File #: 2022-0127   
Type: Contract Status: Passed
File created: 2/24/2022 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 4/28/2022 Final action: 4/28/2022
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS6056400A with FAME Assistance Corporation (FAME) for Administration of Metro's LIFE program for the Southwest and Northwest Service Regions in the amount of $965,932, increasing the total contract value from $2,991,965.01 to $3,957,897.01, for the remaining two years of the contract; and B. EXECUTE Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS6056400B with the International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA) for Administration of Metro's LIFE program for the Southeast Service Region in the amount of $467,085, increasing the total contract value from $1,605,248 to $2,072,333, for the remaining two years of the contract.
Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
Indexes: Board approved Contract, Budgeting, Contracts, Guidelines, Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE), Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Procurement, Program
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Procurement Summary, 2. Attachment B - Modification Change Order Log, 3. Attachment C - DEOD Summary, 4. Attachment D - Motion 40
Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANANGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 21, 2022


Subject
SUBJECT: LOW INCOME FARE IS EASY (LIFE) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR SERVICES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION:

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS6056400A with FAME Assistance Corporation (FAME) for Administration of Metro's LIFE program for the Southwest and Northwest Service Regions in the amount of $965,932, increasing the total contract value from $2,991,965.01 to $3,957,897.01, for the remaining two years of the contract; and

B. EXECUTE Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS6056400B with the International Institute of Los Angeles (IILA) for Administration of Metro's LIFE program for the Southeast Service Region in the amount of $467,085, increasing the total contract value from $1,605,248 to $2,072,333, for the remaining two years of the contract.

Issue
ISSUE

At its meeting of September 25, 2019, the Metro Board of Directors approved the award of competitively procured contracts PS6056400A and PS6056400B, effective January 1, 2020, with FAME and IILA respectively, to provide program administration and oversight activities of the countywide LIFE program. Each organization has specific responsibility over Metro designated geographic regions within the county.

At its meeting of September 23, 2021, the Metro Board adopted Motion 40 (Attachment C) to, among other things, promote a doubling of enrollment in Metro's LIFE program. To achieve this goal, program administrators have significantly increased current resources towards this objective. While remaining within the scope of the original contract, this increase in the required level of effort to comply with the goal of the Board is consuming personnel and other resources at a rate greater than originally planned or anticipated.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

In response to the Board motion, staff has worked to support the doubling of LIFE program ...

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