Metro - File #: 2023-0735

• File #: 2023-0735
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/4/2023
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 2/15/2024
• Final action: 2/22/2024
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award a cost-plus fixed fee contract, Contract No. AE107133000, for a period of 5 years, with two, 5-year options, to WSP USA, Inc., for Program Management Support Services (PMSS) for the Slauson/A Line to Pioneer segment of the Southeast Gateway Line Project (formerly referred to as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor) in an amount not to exceed $99,999,105, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Board approved Contract, Budgeting, Construction management, Construction Support, Contracts, Housing, Light rail transit, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Rail A Line, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Procurement, Professional Services, Program Management, Project, Project delivery, Project management, Union Pacific Railroad, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor - Administration (Project), West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project
• Related files: 2024-0197

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/22/2024	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: SOUTHEAST GATEWAY LINE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award a cost-plus fixed fee contract, Contract No. AE107133000, for a period of 5 years, with two, 5-year options, to WSP USA, Inc., for Program Management Support Services (PMSS) for the Slauson/A Line to Pioneer segment of the Southeast Gateway Line Project (formerly referred to as the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor) in an amount not to exceed $99,999,105, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Staff is seeking the Board's approval of a contract award to provide program management and construction management support services to meet the Board's expectation of delivering the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) segment of the Southeast Gateway Line Project, formally known as West Santa Ana Branch Project. It allows staff to continue the momentum already established in our ongoing coordination with third-party stakeholders, which is key to ensuring the successful completion of project-related agreements.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Project roadmap is comprised of the following parallel workstreams:

* Planning - completing final environmental clearance,
* Early Due Diligence (EDD) - addressing high risk items such as utilities, unknown soils conditions, and third-party agreements, and
* LRT Project Delivery - continuing to evaluate various contract delivery methods most beneficial to Metro.

A component of the EDD workstream includes the award of several contracts to address the high-risk elements of the project prior to the light rail construction. The Advanced Engineering (AE) contract was the first of those contracts and was approved by the Board in November 2023. While the AE contract provides design services to support Metro's efforts in meeting FTA requirements to advan...