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Thursday, April 1, 2010, 9:30 AM
Agenda
Transportation Business Advisory Council Meeting
One Gateway Plaza Gateway Plaza Conference Room 3rd Floor
American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California
Asian American Architects & Engineers Association
Asian Business Association
Black Business Association
Chinese American Construction Professionals
Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce Latin Business Association
Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles
National Association of Minority Contractors
National Association of Women Business Owners – Los Angeles
Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers – Los Angeles Chapter
Women Construction Owners & Executives USA
Women’s Transportation Coalition
Women’s Transportation Seminar
I. Call to Order Lucia Tam
II. Roll Call Lucia Tam
III. Review/Approval of Minutes Lucia Tam
IV. Chair’s Report Lucia Tam
V. TBAC Speaker Maria Contreras Sweet Promerica Bank
VI. Metro Contracting Opportunities Tashai Smith
A. Contract Look-Aheads B. Current Solicitations
VII. TBAC Committee Reports A. Legislative Affairs Ezekiel Patten, Jr. Dave Vila B. Commodities Ezekiel Patten, Jr. C. Professional Services Carlos Morgner D. Construction Ken Wong E. Membership Lynn Chen F. Bylaws Sandi Sinicrope
VIII. Old Business A. Action Items
IX. New Business
X. Public Comment
XI. Adjournment
# Project Description Scope of Work Project Estimate
Contract Administrator
Project Manager DEOD Manager DEOD Contract Compliance
Representative
Goal Status Anticipated Advertise Date
Professional Services1 Remove & Replace
Deteriorating Mapcases at 5 Green Line Stations
Metro is seeking a fabricator to remove and replace 10 deteriorating mapcases at 5 Green Line stations
$199,500 Linda Wasley, [email protected]
Mike Barnes, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No SBE % Established
12-Mar-2010
Metro is seeking a firm to conduct a comprehensive audit of MTA's litigation costs and cost management performance
Potential Subcontract Opportunities by NAICS:541110, 541199 - Law Firm/Litigation Expert541211 - Auditor/CPA Attorney Litigation ExpertMetro is seeking auditors to conduct a performance audit to review the administrative processes currently in place and to identify deficiencies or efficiency improvements
Potential Subcontract Opportunities by NAICS:541211 - Certified Public AccountantsMetro is inviting a Consultant Team to develop and detail an imaginative, sustainable plan to serve and celebrate the Eastside neighborhoods, focused on select Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations of the recently completed Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension
Potential Subcontract Opportunities by NAICS:541611 - Project Management 541613 - Programming/Site Analysis541330 - Preliminary/Schematic Design & Engineering Plans541614 - Design Development541620 - Quad Gate Coordination541690 - Model Ordinance541820 - Community Outreach
4 Metro Eastside Gold Line Linkages
$1,500,000
20-Mar-2010
5% DALP Established
Greg Kildare, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
N/A
Jack Shigetomi, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Jay Fisgus, [email protected]
10% SBE Established
2 Audit of MTA Litigation Cost Management Practices
$400,000 Calvin Rascoe, [email protected]
3 Workers' Compensation Efficiency Audit
$75,000 Maria V. Lechuga, [email protected]
35% SBE Established
29-Mar-2010Amy Wang, [email protected]
Laura Cornejo, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Linda Perryman, [email protected]
Contract Look-Aheads April 2010
LEGENDDALP – Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Anticipated Levels of ParticipationSBE – Small Business EnterpriseWBE VALP – Women Business Enterprise Voluntary Anticipated Levels of Participation MBE VALP – Minority Business Enterprise Voluntary Anticipated Levels of ParticipationUDBE - Caltrans DBE Program Underutilized Disadvantage Business EnterpriseTo Be Determined – Contact Contract Administrator for Updated InformationN/A - Formal Advertisement Not Required - Contact Contract Administrator for information
DISCLAIMER All information provided above is subject to change. If you are interested in any of the projects, please contact the listed Contract Administrator and/or go to www.Metro.netClick on Doing Business with Metro and go to Contracting Opportunities and Future Contracting Opportunities for updated bid/ proposal opportunities.
Diversity and Economic Opportunity Department 1 of 2 April 1, 2010
# Project Description Scope of Work Project Estimate
Contract Administrator
Project Manager DEOD Manager DEOD Contract Compliance
Representative
Goal Status Anticipated Advertise Date
Contract Look-Aheads April 2010
Professional Services (Cont'd)5 Workplace, Violence
Consultation, Assessment & Training
Metro is seeking consultant(s) to support Metro's Violence Prevention Policy and Program through providing training to managers/supervisors, consultation to the Threat Assessment Team, and psychological risk assessment of individual employees when needed
$56,000 Maria V. Lechuga, [email protected]
Carol Holden, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No DALP % Established
N/A
Metro is seeking a consultant to conduct an on-site audit at the offices of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) claims department and third party administrator Hertz Claims Management claims department in Pasadena, CA to determine if the claims are being adequately handled in compliance with industry standards and best practices
Potential Subcontract Opportunities by NAICS:541211 - Certified Public Accountants
Construction (No Projects)
Design & Construction (No Projects)
1 Metro Blue Line Power Substation Replacement Project
Metro is seeking to purchase electrical cables $1,250,000 Lily Lopez, [email protected]
Kelvin Zan, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No DALP % Established
To Be Determined
Material/ Supplies1 Nexus 7010 Metro is seeking to acquire Cisco Nexus 7010 core switch,
cables, parts and installation service to upgrade of current Cisco 6509 to Nexus 7010
$230,000 Mark Lu, [email protected]
Vincent Tee, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No SBE % Established
To Be Determined
2 Bus - Alternators Metro is seeking to replenish the stock for bus alternators $5,130,830 Tanya Allen, [email protected]
Cathy Kaminski, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No DALP % Established
To Be Determined
3 Odyssey PC2150 Bus Batteries
Metro is seeking to purchase of Odyssey PC2150 VRLA Bus Batteries
$313,200 Tanya Allen, [email protected]
Michael Stange, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No DALP % Established
To Be Determined
Other1 Fire Extinguisher services,
repair, re-charge and certification
Metro is seeking a qualified firm to provide Fire Extinguisher Services
$45,000 Victor Ramirez, [email protected]
Mary Powers, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
No DALP % Established
N/A
Equipment
6 General Liability Audit $75,000 Maria V. Lechuga, [email protected]
N/AGreg Kildare, [email protected]
Tashai Smith, [email protected]
Violeta Aguilos, [email protected]
5% DALP Established
Diversity and Economic Opportunity Department 2 of 2 April 1, 2010
Current Solicitations Sorted by Due Date 4/1/10 To get more information on a specific solicitation, click on the solicitation number.
Number Title Type Due Date
10-0016 Steam Soap / Degreaser including Amendment 1, 2, 3 & 4 IFB 06/24/2010
OP31202523 Bus Tire Leasing and Maintenance Services RFP 05/19/2010
PS4340-2538 Metro Gold Line Eastside Access Project RFP 05/13/2010
10-0034 Spark Plugs and Wires IFB 05/13/2010
OP39612514
Real Time Bus Arrival Information System (BAIS) Including Amendments 1, 2 & 3 RFP 04/29/2010
PS10642010
Convenience Copying, Print Management and Document Management Services including Amendment 1 & 2 RFP 04/29/2010
10-0035 Bus Trash Bags includes Amendment 1. IFB 04/28/2010
PS7120-2541
Signage and Wayfinding for the Metro Silver Line including amendment 1 RFIQ 04/23/2010
10-0032 Copier Paper including Amendment 1 IFB 04/22/2010
OP3344-2544 Roll-up Door Maintenance Services IFB 04/22/2010
C0965 Noise Barrier at Harbor Transitway (37th Street Bus Station) IFB 04/21/2010
OP63502314R Vertical Storage Carousel including amendment 1, 2 & 3 IFB 04/21/2010
OP26102517 Video Analytics Software IFB 04/21/2010
PS107140502
GREENLINE MAPCASE REPLACEMENT INCLUDING AMENDMENTS 1 & 2 RFP 04/20/2010
10-0033 Computer Monitors including Amendment 1 IFB 04/13/2010
C0962 Central Hotel Improvements IFB 04/12/2010
10-0028
P865/P2020 LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE TRACTION MOTOR REPAIR AND OVERHAUL IFB 04/12/2010
PS68102527 FIRST AID SUPPLIES, CPR/AED/FIRST AID TRAINING SERVICES RFP 04/08/2010
OP39602518 UPS System and Generator Receptacle including amendment 1 IFB 04/07/2010
PS13102535
Audit of MTA Litigation Cost Management Practices including Amendments 1, 2 & 3 RFP 04/06/2010
PS10643038
GATEWAY BUILDING FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT INCLUDING AMENDMENT 1 RFP 03/26/2010
PS7120-2531
Metro.net - Google Search Appliance Customization and Filtering including amendments 1 & 2 RFP 03/26/2010
C0949R Design-Build ATMS Computer Room Modifications IFB 03/25/2010
C0958 El Monte Busway and Transit Center including amendments 1 & 2 IFB 03/15/2010
10-0031
BUS RE-POWER INSTALLATION KIT-CANCELLATION NOTICE 3/9/2010 IFB 03/11/2010
OP33402480
Metro Red Line Civic Center Station Escalator Replacement including Amendment 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 IFB 03/11/2010
OP35902470
Contracted Transportation Services for the South Region of Los Angeles County including amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 RFP 03/11/2010
10-0009 Tap (Smart) Cards including amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 IFB 03/09/2010
PS0921102333
High Occupancy Toll Express Express Lanes On the I-10 and I-110 Freeways Project - INDUSTRY REVIEW RFP 00/00/0000
C0959-C Metro subway station entrance canopy - CANCELLATION NOTICE IFB 00/00/0000
OP33432475
Division 10 and 18 CNG Upgrade, Operation, and Maintenance including amendments 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 IFB TBD
Industry Review
Elevator/Escalator Maintenance and Repair Services RFP N/A
OP63502388
Vertical Storage Carousels and Vertical Lift including amendment 1 & 2 IFB N/A
This information is provided as a service to those who want access to Metro through this Internet site. The information contained in this system is subject to change at any time. Please call 213-922-1037 or email Vendor Relations to request the most current information available.
Additional Information
• Construction Solicitations above are also available on eBidboard website. • Contract Terms and Conditions • Future Contracting Opportunities
DEOD AWARD TRACKER REPORT
Total Awards: 2
DBE Awards:
SBE Awards:
MWBE Awards:
Total Federal Awards: Total State/Local Awards:$86,788,097 0 $0 2 $86,788,097
$0
$0
$12,191,183
02/01/2010 - 03/01/2010
Total DSMWBE Awards: $12,191,183
0 0
4
4
Disclaimer:
This report contains prime contract awards approved by the Metro Board during the report period.
Information on subcontracts reflects prime listing of subcontract activity known at time of bid. Metro does
not award direct contracts to subcontractors. This report does not capture all contracts awarded by Metro.
Contract #Award
Date
3/31/2010
Project Name Prime Award $Funding
Source
DALP/SBE/
VALP Est% Subcontractors Sub Amt.Cert
Type Ethnic Group
Run Date:
C0943 2/11/10 C G O Construction Co, Inc. $715,899 MBE African American
Diversified Landscape Co. $3,877,843 MBE Hispanic American
Ace Fence Co. $2,135,598 WBE Asian Pacific American
Western Paving Contractors, Inc. $5,461,843 WBE Asian Pacific American
Metro Orange Line
Extension - Design Build
(Design Only: 25% MBE
25% WBE; Construction
Only: 34.60% MBE
21.87% WBE)
Brutoco Engineering
& Construction
State - State$85,521,000 VALP 25%
MBE: 5% $4,593,742
WBE: 9% $7,597,441
OP-3434-2407 2/25/10 Utility Trucks Configured
for Road Service
Fairway Ford State - Local$1,267,097 VALP 0%
MBE: 0% $0
WBE: 0% $0
Legend:
DALP - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Anticipated Levels of Participation
SBE - Small Business Enterprise
MBE VALP - Minority Business Enterprise Voluntary Anticipated Levels of Participation
WBE VALP - Women Business Enterprise Voluntary Anticipated Levels of Participation
Note: Contracts not listing DALP, SBE or M/WBE percentage/dollars indicate Prime Contractor did
not list certified firms in its Bid or Proposal. On Indefinite Delivery Contracts and Task Order
Contracts exact dollar amounts are not known at time of Bid/Proposal. In this case, Prime
Contractors list certified firms without known percentage/dollar amounts.
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2009-2010 AB2755 Bonnie Lowenthal (A)
99 - Introduced 2/19/10
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 130051.9 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 130051.9. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint a full-time chief executive officer who shall act for the authority under its direction and perform those duties delegated by the authority. (b) The chief executive officer shall be appointed to a term of four years and shall be removed from office only upon the occurrence of one or both of the following: (1) A two-thirds majority of the members of the authority votes for removal. (2) The chief executive officer violates a federal or state law, regulation, local ordinance, or policy or practice of the authority, relative to ethical practices, including, but not limited to, the acceptance of gifts or contributions. (c) The chief executive officer shall approve and award all contracts for construction, and that approval shall be based upon the lowest responsible and responsive bid submitted. The chief executive officer may delegate this authority as necessary for the administrative efficiency of the authority. (d) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall appoint a general counsel and board secretary. SEC. 2. Section 130051.11 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 130051.11. (a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may determine its organizational structure, which may include, but is not limited to, the establishment of departments, divisions, subsidiary units, or similar entities. Any department, division, subsidiary unit, or similar entity established by the authority shall be referred to in this chapter as an “organizational unit.” The authority shall, at a minimum, establish the following organizational units: (1) A transit construction organizational unit to assume the construction responsibilities for all exclusive public mass transit guideway construction projects in Los Angeles County. (2) An operating organizational unit with the following responsibilities:
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(A) The operating responsibilities of the former Southern California Rapid Transit District on all exclusive public mass transit guideway projects in the County of Los Angeles. (B) The operation of bus routes operated by the former Southern California Rapid Transit District, and all the duties, obligations, and liabilities of the district relating to those bus routes. (3) A transportation planning and programming organizational unit with all planning responsibilities previously performed by the former Southern California Rapid Transit District and the former Los Angeles County Transportation Commission. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require specific bus routes to be operated. The authority or the operating organizational unit may make any adjustment with respect to bus routes, bus services, or both, which is within the power of the former Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, or the former Southern California Rapid Transit District. (c) Any obligations of the former Southern California Rapid Transit District arising out of a collective bargaining agreement entered into by the district shall be the exclusive obligations of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. It is the intent of the Legislature that the rights or obligations under any collective bargaining agreement in existence on January 1, 1993, not be enlarged or diminished by this section or any other provision of the act which added this section. (d) No collective bargaining agreement entered into by the former Southern California Rapid Transit District on or after January 1, 1993, shall be effective unless approved by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The authority’s approval of an agreement shall cause the agreement to be binding upon the authority. (e) Any reference to the former Southern California Rapid Transit District in Article 10 (commencing with Section 30750) of Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 10 is deemed to refer to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (f) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority may administratively delegate to an organizational unit or to its chief executive officer any powers and duties it deems appropriate. Powers and duties that may be delegated to an organizational unit include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The power of eminent domain. (2) Approval of contracts, except the final approval of labor contracts. (3) Hearing and resolving bid protests. (4) Preparation of supporting documents and findings, and approval of contracts, under Sections 130233, 130234, 130236, 130237, and 130242 within guidelines adopted by the board of directors.
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(g) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall establish a citizens’ advisory council pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 130105. SEC. 3. Section 130051.21 of the Public Utilities Code, as added by Chapter 10 of the Statutes of 1996, is amended and renumbered to read: 130051.21(a) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority shall prepare a prequalification questionnaire to be completed by each construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, product vendor, and any other business entity seeking to contract with the authority to perform a public works project in excess of five million dollars ($5,000,000). The authority shall require its inspector general to review the questionnaire to ensure it solicits, at a minimum, information on all of the following subjects regarding the firm: (1) Experience. (2) Quality and timeliness of past performance. (3) Reliability and responsibility. (4) Compliance with equal employment requirements. (5) Compliance with wage, hours, and other fair labor standards. (6) Subcontractors used by the firm. (7) Integrity of the firm and its key personnel. (8) Gifts given, or contributions made, to members or alternate members or employees of the authority. (b) Neither the authority nor any of its organizational units shall contract or do business with any responding firm that knowingly provides false information in the questionnaire. (c) Nothing in this section is intended to restrict the authority from requiring a similar questionnaire to be completed by any other construction company, engineering firm, consultant, legal firm, product vendor, or any other business entity seeking to contract with the authority. (d) The authority may prequalify prospective contractors for particular types of supplies, services, insurance, or construction, and may limit consideration of bids or proposals to prequalified contractors. SEC. 4. Section 130232 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read:
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130232. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), purchase of all supplies, equipment, and materials, and the construction of all facilities and works, when the expenditure required exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), shall be by contract let to the lowest responsible bidder. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 10 days before the date for the receipt of the bids. The commission, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids and readvertise. (b) Except as provided for in subdivision (f), whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds one thousand dollars ($1,000), but not twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), the commission shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared. (c) Where the expenditure required by the bid price is less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), the executive director may act for the commission. (d) All bids for construction work submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder’s security: (1) Cash. (2) A cashier’s check made payable to the commission. (3) A certified check made payable to the commission. (4) A bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the commission. (e) Upon an award to the lowest bidder, the security of an unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the commission beyond 60 days from the date that the award was made. (f) The following provisions apply only to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: (1) The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder or, in the authority’s discretion, to the responsible bidder who submitted a proposal that provides the best value to the commission on the basis of the factors identified in the solicitation when the purchase price of all supplies, equipment, and materials exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). “Best value” means the overall combination of quality, price, and other elements of a proposal that, when considered together, provide the greatest overall benefit in response to requirements described in the solicitation documents. The contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder when the purchase price of the construction of all facilities exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). (2) The authority shall obtain a minimum of three quotations, either written or oral, that permit prices and terms to be compared whenever the expected expenditure required exceeds three thousand dollars ($3,000), but not one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
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(3) The authority may purchase supplies, equipment, and materials from a public auction sale, including public auctions held via the Internet, using the procedures established for all other participants in the public auction. (4) The authority may participate in a procurement agreement involving other public entities that is identified by a procuring public entity or entities as a cooperative procuring agreement from which other public entities may make purchases or enter into contracts, and the authority may procure, and enter into contracts for, items purchased pursuant to that procurement agreement, notwithstanding that the authority may not be the procuring public entity, provided the procurement agreement is awarded or entered into by either of the following: (A) One or more public entities or an organization of public entities, which may include the authority. (B) A federal, state, or local public entity. (5) (A) The authority may award individual contracts, none of which shall exceed eight million dollars ($8,000,000) per year, providing for the issuance of job orders for construction work with compensation for the work based on unit prices. No contract awarded under this paragraph may provide for the issuance of any single job order that would exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000). The maximum amounts set forth in this paragraph shall be adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the California Consumer Price Index. The maximum term of a contract issued pursuant to this paragraph shall not exceed one year, plus four option terms of one year each. The contracts shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. The lowest bid shall be based upon the bidder’s percentage adjustment to the unit prices for units of work listed and described either in (i) a book of unit prices for units of work that is an industry standard and is incorporated in the authority’s invitation for bid, or (ii) a schedule of unit prices for units of work contained in the authority’s invitation for bid. (B) Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, subject to the approval of the authority, a contractor may enter into subcontracts with subcontractors that were not listed in the bid for the job order contract, but are listed in the contractor’s proposal for a job order under the contract. (C) For purposes of this paragraph: (i) “Job order” means an order issued by the authority to a contractor to perform construction work under a contract awarded under this paragraph. (ii) “Unit price” means the amount paid for a single unit of an item of work. (D) Nothing in this article or in this code shall prohibit the Authority from utilizing job order contracting as an alternative to any contracting procedures that the authority is otherwise authorized or required by law to use.
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SEC. 5. Section 130242 of the Public Utilities Code is amended to read: 130242. (a) In addition to the other powers it possesses, and as an alternative to any contracting procedures the Authority is otherwise authorized or required by law to use, the authority may enter into contracts with private entities, the scope of which may combine within a single contract all or some of the planning, design, permitting, development, joint development, construction, construction management, acquisition, leasing, installation, and warranty of all or components of (1) transit systems, including, without limitation, passenger loading or intermodal station facilities, and (2) facilities on real property owned or to be owned by the authority. (b) The authority may award contracts pursuant to subdivision (a) after a finding, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the authority, that awarding the contract under this section will achieve for the authority, among other things, certain private sector efficiencies in the integration of design, project work, and components. (c) A contract awarded pursuant to this section may include operation and maintenance elements, if the inclusion of those elements (1) is necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the authority, to assess vendor representations and warranties, performance guarantees, or life cycle efficiencies, and (2) does not conflict with collective bargaining agreements to which the authority is a party. (d) Any construction, alteration, demolition, repairs or other works of improvement performed under a contract awarded pursuant to this section shall be considered a public works project subject to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, and shall be enforced by the Department of Industrial Relations in the same way it carries out this responsibility under the Labor Code. (e) A contract under this section shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder whose bid is responsive to the criteria set forth in the invitation for bid, or, in the authority’s discretion, to a contractor chosen by a competitive bidding process that employs selection criteria in addition to cost. Notice requesting bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation. The publication shall be made at least 60 days before the receipt of the bids. The authority, at its discretion, may reject any and all bids, and may readvertise. All bids and price proposals submitted pursuant to this section shall be presented under sealed cover and shall be accompanied by one of the following forms of bidder security: (1) cash, (2) a cashier’s check made payable to the authority, (3) a certified check made payable to the authority, or (4) a bidder’s bond executed by an admitted surety insurer, made payable to the authority. Upon an award, the security of each unsuccessful bidder shall be returned in a reasonable period of time, but in no event shall that security be held by the authority beyond 60 days from the time the award is made. (f) When the design of portions of the project permits the selection of subcontractors, the contractor shall competitively bid those portions. The contractor shall provide to the authority a list of subcontractors whose work is in excess of one-half of 1 percent of the total project cost as soon as the subcontractors are identified. Once listed, the subcontractors shall have the rights
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provided in the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 4100) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code). SEC. 6. Section 130243 of the Public Utilities Code is repealed.
Date The Honorable Alan Lowenthal, Chair Senate Transportation & Housing Committee Room 2209 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Chairman Lowenthal: On behalf of the ___(your organization)_, I am writing to express my support for SB 1341 (Price) which would provide greater opportunities for small businesses. With the passage of Measure R and the availability of State bond funds, Metro will be making significant investments in transportation infrastructure. As a small business owner, I would like to have greater participation in Metro’s contracting opportunities. I believe the passage of SB 1341 will make the necessary improvements to Metro’s current contracting statues that will foster greater small business inclusion in Metro’s procurement process. SB 1341 will broaden small business opportunities to all non-federally comepetively bid contracts. Once approved, the legislation will certainty encourages prime contractors to partner with small business owners to compete in major contracting procurements at Metro. We look forward to working with you. Thank you. Sincerely, XXXX
TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL (TBAC)
Calendar of Events
January 2010 to December 2010 Thursday, January 7, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committee Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Meet the Primes 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM Metro Plaza Lobby, Board Room, 3rd Floor Lobby
Thursday, February 4, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, March 4, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, April 1, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, May 6, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, June 3, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 1, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, August 5, 2010 No Session
Thursday, September 2, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, October 7, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, November 4, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Thursday, December 2, 2010 Gateway Plaza Conference Room, 3rd Floor 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Committees Meeting 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Regular Meeting
Note: Calendar of Events subject to change
