Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 21, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO):
A. To award and execute a five (5) year contract, Contract No. PS66866, with Cumming Management Group Inc. for Sustainability Program Assistance Services on Task Orders for a total amount not-to-exceed $23,800,000 inclusive of three base years (not to exceed $14,000,000) with two one-year options (option year one = $4,850,000 and option year two = $4,950,000.) Staff will return to the Board to approve the two one-year options.
B. To award individual Task Orders and changes up to the Not-to-Exceed contract amount of $14,000,000; and
C. AUTHORIZING Contract Modification Authority (CMA) in the amount of $2,380,000 (10% of the not-to-exceed contract amount) and authorizing the CEO to award and execute individual task order, changes and/or modifications within the CMA amount.
Issue
ISSUE
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has implemented a sustainability program since 2007. This program has become part of our agency's culture. We have incorporated sustainability and resiliency principles specifically focused on climate, energy, water and resource conservation and management in all of the things we plan, design, construct, operate, maintain and procure. In addition to the environmental and social benefits that our agency derived from these programs, we have also received financial benefits that have facilitated the unprecedented expansion of our initiatives and our portfolio of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. The need for more efficient and cost-effective management of this program comes at a very opportune time, specifically given our current financial agency-wide COVID-19 related constraints.
The Board adoption of our 10-year Sustainability Strategic Plan Moving Beyond Sustainability ...
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