Metro - File #: 2023-0606

• File #: 2023-0606
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/18/2023
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 11/16/2023
• Final action: 11/30/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award and execute Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order-based Contracts No. AE100331000 and AE100331001 to HNTB Corporation and Gannett Fleming, Inc., respectively, for transit operations engineering support services for a combined not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $116,000,000 for the four-year base period, and combined NTE of $20,000,000 for each of the three one-year options; for a combined NTE total amount of $176,000,000 subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Capital Improvement Program, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Contracts, Disadvantaged business enterprises, Housing, Location 99, Maintenance, Operations and Maintenance, Procurement, Professional Services, Project delivery, Safety, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning, Transit System
• Related files: 2024-0045

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/30/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: TRANSIT OPERATIONS ENGINEERING SUPPORT

Action
ACTION: AWARD CONTRACTS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award and execute Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) task order-based Contracts No. AE100331000 and AE100331001 to HNTB Corporation and Gannett Fleming, Inc., respectively, for transit operations engineering support services for a combined not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $116,000,000 for the four-year base period, and combined NTE of $20,000,000 for each of the three one-year options; for a combined NTE total amount of $176,000,000 subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

The existing engineering support Contract No. PS46172000 for transit infrastructure maintenance expires on December 31, 2023. Therefore, the Operations Infrastructure Maintenance and Engineering (IM&E) Department is seeking assistance from engineering and technical resources to develop and execute capital improvement projects, support expansion projects, and meet the day-to-day engineering needs necessary to maintain Metro's transit infrastructure assets and systems. The transit operations engineering support services contracts will enable the IM&E Department to supplement the in-house resources needed to maintain the end-of-life infrastructure assets, deliver improvement projects on time and within budget, and support expansion projects.

Background
BACKGROUND

The IM&E Department is responsible for maintaining Metro's system-wide infrastructure assets at Union Station Gateway (USG), bus facilities, rail facilities, and wayside systems in a State of Good Repair (SGR). In addition, the department oversees the delivery of capital projects within the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and supports expansion projects, joint development projects, security projects, and zero-emission charging in...