AUTHORIZE staff to publish a Request for Proposals for construction management for the Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start project, subject to the review and approval of Agency counsel.

The Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project is at 75% design, property is being acquired for the project and utility relocations are under negotiation. It is now time to seek a firm to perform construction management for the project.

The total Kick Start project budget for all phases of work is $69 million funded through secured state funding; the estimated cost of the construction phase is $30 million. The project budget includes funding for construction management activities. The independent cost estimate for this request for proposals is $4.3 million.

TAMC is planning for the extension of rail service from Santa Clara County to Monterey County, known as the “Salinas Rail Extension Project”. This project extends passenger rail service from Santa Clara County south to Salinas (68 miles). TAMC is currently pursuing a first phase of the Salinas Rail Extension Project, called the “Kick Start Project”. The Kick-Start project includes improvements at the Salinas Station, a two-train layover facility in Salinas, improvements to the Union-Pacific-owned Coast Main Line track between Gilroy and Salinas, track improvements in Gilroy to allow for run-through service, and minor improvements to the Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Jose Tamien stations.

Approval of this action will allow TAMC to request proposals from qualified consultants for the construction management of the Kick Start project.

Online as a Web Attachment is the draft scope of work for the Request for Proposals, subject to review and approval by Agency counsel. The tasks under this contract include the review of the 75% and 100% designs and bid documents, oversight of structure demolition (demolition itself will be a separate contract), oversight of utility relocations, and finally construction oversight.

The RFP schedule is proposed as follows:

Date/ Timeframe                         Task

June 28, 2017                              Release RFP

July 7, 2017                                 Questions Due

July 14, 2017                               Revised RFP released (if necessary)

August 4, 2017                            Proposals Due

August 5-11, 2017                       Sub-committee review and ranking of submittals

August 14-21, 2017                     Interviews, if necessary

August 24, 2017                          Staff recommendation to the Rail Policy Committee

September 11, 2017                    Rail Policy Committee recommendation to TAMC Board

September 27, 2017                    TAMC Board approval of consultant contract

September 27-October 6, 2017    Circulate contract for signatures; issue Notice to Proceed

October 2017                               Kick-off meeting