Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from Trade Subcontractors interested in bidding construction of the Bus Ramps on the contract for the Transbay Transit Center (TTC) Project located in San Francisco, California, on January 2, 2013. The RFQ sought Trade Subcontractors with significant experience with relevant scope including, but not limited to, cable stayed structures, steel box girders, cast-in-place concrete viaducts, cast-in-place concrete overcrossings, off ramp connections, mechanical stabilized earth (MSE) walls, and on grade road and related structures construction, requiring significant coordination with adjacent properties and traffic relocation located in an urban environment; including the engineering, coordination, procurement and complete installation of their respective systems in the following trade:

TG18.1: BUS RAMPS

Trade Subcontractors will be required to have second-tier subcontractors in order to meet the Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation goals. Second-tier subcontractors do not need to respond to this RFQ, regardless of SBE status. An SBE is defined in the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Board Policy No. 15,Small Business Enterprise Program.

Under the RFQ process, the following firms were pre-qualified to bid the scope of work when contract documents are released:

• Kiewet Infrastructure West Co.

• MCM Construction, Inc.

• Myers and Sons Construction, LP

• RGW Construction, Inc.

• Shimmick Construction Company, Inc.

• Skanska US Civil West California District Inc.

• Walsh Construction Company

• Pre-Qualified Bidders Contact List

Contract documents, including plans and specifications, for the project are anticipated to be available for bidding in March 2013. The estimated date for issuing the Notice to Proceed (NTP) for construction is Fall 2013. If Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture chooses to recommend any of Trade Package work to the TJPA for its approval, the Trade Subcontractor will be asked to comply with all TJPA contract requirements, including signing a letter of assent to the Transbay Transit Center Program Project Labor Agreement and certifying compliance with federal Buy America regulations.

Description:
The scope of work for the Design/Build Glazing Systems Package includes all glazing systems currently labeled in the bidding documents as W-1, W-3, W-4, W-8, and W-10.  Major scope elements for this package will consist of, but are not limited to, the following:

• Perform services including the preparation of glazing system design documents, engineered calculations, and detailed coordination shop drawings with associated 2-D & 3-D modeling. Trade Subcontractor to provide coordination, constructability reviews and sequence of installation advice to assist Architect in finalizing the construction documents where glazing systems interface with other aspects of the building (i.e., structural steel, security systems, lighting, etc.).  The process shall be collaborative where all members of the design and contracting team mutually refine and update their respective construction documents to illustrate the full design intent.
• Provide all calculations including the verification of blast requirements as specified in the Contract Documents.  Provide all necessary system component and supporting data for testing criteria and all specified test results from blast analysis.
• Engineer, prepare, coordinate, conduct and complete all specified on- and off-site testing and mock-ups.
• Coordinate all other trade scope system interfaces with W systems (i.e., future fixtures, LEDs, security, signs, etc.) as shown and specified in the Contract Documents.
• Fabricate and install all systems and system structures (i.e., all structural and support assemblies that are welded and/or bolted to primary building structure, etc.). Bolted assemblies and their location on primary structures require additional coordination with steel fabricators in conjunction with continuous on- and off-site quality control, shop drawings review and coordination, review and confirmation of all of bolted assemblies including, but not limited to, on-site coordination during fabrication at fabricator facilities.
• Furnish and install all specific glazing assemblies and components per bidding documents, including but not limited to all required frit patterns, laminate(s) types, edge treatment, tempering, gaskets and sealants.
• Furnish and install all associated aluminum and stainless steel panels, enclosures, escutcheons, trim profiles and any/all aluminum and stainless steel flashing, closure plates and backing assemblies as shown for each W system. All paneling and trims at floor finish levels require coordination with finish floor assemblies and locations. Coordination of receiving trims adjacent to finish flooring requires properly sized and fabricated receiving trims, panels and caps.  
• Furnish and install all system expansion joints and subassemblies where specified; all bird deterrent systems; all smoke seals and fire safeing at slab edges; all architectural, structural and fire caulking at joint locations, to adjacent surfaces and to all dissimilar materials where shown and/or specified and by code; vapor barriers; specified protective coatings; welded or bolted plate assemblies to structural steel and/or embedded in concrete and all miscellaneous iron in direct support of glazing systems.
• Furnish and install all waterproofing and associated backing plates and support assemblies as specified. All waterproofing assemblies require detailed, systematic coordination and scheduling for proper sequencing of other trades and waterproofing applications. Installation requires multiple mobilizations and non-sequential installations for areas where detailed system interface requires multiple trades to work in tandem in achieving required installations.     
• Coordinate and provide support structures requiring interface with other trades (i.e., future lighting, signage, exit signage, etc.).
• Design, provide and install all associated system embeds including, but not limited to, field layout, verification of control, grouting and all necessary concrete pour watch manpower.
• Coordinate, design and install integral fall protection components for W-8 and W-10 systems only.

The selection process for this package has been a three-step process:  1. Request for Qualifications, 2. Request for Design Proposals, and 3. Invitation for Bids.  Trade Subcontractors must be pre-qualified through the first two steps in order to submit a Bid.  Pre-qualified bidders are:

• Enclos Corp.
• Josef Gartner USA (division of Permasteelisa North America Corp.)

Bid Plans and Specifications may be purchased via ARC – Northern California PlanWell, (415) 495-8700. Other package documents, including the Project Bidding Manual, are posted below.

A mandatory (for Bidders, not subcontractors to Bidders) pre-bid conference was held on June 21, 2011 at 1:00 pm at TJPA offices, 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, CA.  The pre-bid conference was followed by an SBE networking session.  An additional SBE networking session was held on June 22. Pre-Bid Presentation | Pre-Bid Sign-in Sheets | SBE Networking Sessions Sign-in Sheets  | An additional mandatorypre-bid conference was held on November 27, 2012 at 9:00 am at Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture’s project office at 175 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Pre-Bid Presentation | Pre-Bid Sign-in Sheets

If Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture chooses to recommend any of the qualified subcontractors for the Glazing Design-Build contract to the TJPA for its approval, the Subcontractor will be required to comply with all TJPA contract requirements.   Trade Subcontractors bidding for the Glazing Design-Build package will be required to have second-tier subcontractors in order to meet a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation goal of 20 percent.  SBE is defined in the TJPA Small Business Enterprise Program.  Learn more about the TJPA SBE Program.

The Bid Date has been Suspended to Summer 2013.

THE TJPA BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, JULY 1, 2013 AT 9:00AM IN CITY HALL, ROOM 416.

Description:
Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture seeks responses to a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and concurrent Invitation for Bids (IFB) from Trade Subcontractors interested in bidding Trade Package TG07.1R Structural Steel Superstructure Package (Comprised of -Parts TG07.1W, TG07.1C and TG07.1E) Construction Services on the contract for the Transbay Transit Center (TTC) Project located in San Francisco, California.

Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture seeks Trade Subcontractors that have significant experience with structural steel superstructures including large span beams/girders, all embedded items and metal decks on complex projects which present significant coordination with adjacent properties and traffic relocation located in an urban environment; including the engineering, coordination, procurement and complete installation of their respective systems.

The TG07.1R Structural Steel Superstructure Package (Trade Package) is comprised of three Parts: TG07.1W, TG07.1C, and TG07.1E. Qualified Trade Subcontractors may submit bids, as specified in the Bid Form, for any Part or Parts of the Trade Package, for any combination of two of the three Parts of the Trade Package, or for the entire Trade Package.

***Note the following related to Buy America: The Buy America regulations require that all steel and iron be manufactured in the United States. The Buy America requirements are not discretionary on this project and cannot be removed by TJPA. There are three conditions under which a waiver to the Buy America regulations may be requested: public interest, non-availability, and price differential. Bidders should be advised that TJPA will not request a public interest waiver.

If a steel pipe or section cannot be manufactured in the United States, and all bidders certify non-compliance because the particular material is not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality, TJPA reserves the right to request a non-availability waiver from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) after the bid opening.

If at least one bidder certifies compliance with the Buy America requirements, but the lowest compliant bid would increase the cost of the contract by more than 25 percent over a responsive non-compliant bid, TJPA reserves the right to request a price-differential waiver from the FTA after the bid opening.

Bidders are advised to complete the Buy America certification(s) appropriately. More than one certification may be submitted if some material can be procured in a manner that is compliant with the Buy America requirements but other material cannot. If more than one certification is submitted, the certifications should each clearly state to which material the certification applies. For example, if both a certification of compliance and a certification of non-compliance are being submitted, the certification of non-compliance must identify the specific materials that will not be compliant, and the reason therefore.

Bidders should be advised that all waiver requests submitted to the FTA will be published in the Federal Register for a period of public comment. Even if the conditions for a waiver exist, it is unknown whether FTA will grant such a waiver.***

Bid Plans and Specifications may be purchased via ARC – Northern California PlanWell, (415) 495-8700. Other package documents, including the Project Bidding Manual, are posted below.

A Pre-bid Conference for Trade Subcontractors interested in submitting bids was held on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at 2:00 pm, at Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture’s project office at 175 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. Attendance at the pre-bid conference was optional but highly encouraged. Pre-Bid Presentation | Pre-Bid Sign-in Sheets

Bidders must be qualified for this package. Currently pre-qualified bidders are:

• Canam Steel Corporation

• The Herrick Corporation

• Schuff Steel Company

• Skanska USA Civil West

• SME Steel Contractors

• Pre-Qualified Bidders Contact List (as of April 29, 2013)

If a Bidder is not pre-qualified, the Bidder shall submit one (1) original and four (4) copies of their Qualification requirements in sealed envelopes addressed to : Jeff Heath, Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture at 175 Beale Street, San Francisco, California 94105 by 2:00 pm Pacific Time on May 16, 2013. No Qualification submissions will be accepted after 2:00 pm on this due date. Second-tier subcontractors do not need to respond to the RFQ. Trade Subcontractors will be notified of their qualification status by May 23, 2013. Bids from non-pre-qualified bidders at the time of bid opening will be returned to the respective bidder unopened. Qualification application documents are posted below.

Trade Subcontractors will be required to have second-tier subcontractors in order to meet a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) utilization goal. An SBE is defined in the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) Board Policy No. 15, Small Business Enterprise Program. Contractors interested in being second-tier subcontractors on this package are being asked to fill out an Expression of Interest (EOI) Form; please follow the link(s) related to your trade: Demolition | Materials, Equipment and Supplies | Site and Office Logistics | Structural Steel | Trucking/Hauling | Welding

Expressions of Interest forms which have been submitted by SBE, DBE, LBE firms to date (4/29/2013) are available here.

To support the pre-qualified trade subcontractors in building their respective teams to meet the 12% SBE utilization goal for this contract, the Transbay Transit Center’s SBE program team has compiled a series of databases which include key information regarding certified SBE, DBE and LBE firms who hold relevent licenses. Click on the respective certification category to access the information contained in these databases: SBE – CaDGS | DBE – CUCP | LBE – SFHRC

Trade Subcontractors will also be required to sign a letter of assent to the Transbay Transit Center Project Labor Agreement. See PLA Frequently Asked Questions.

Each Trade Subcontractor shall submit sealed bids to the TJPA offices at 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100, San Francisco, California 94105 by 2:00 pm Pacific Time on June 20, 2013. No bids will be accepted after 2:00 pm on the bid due date.

Funding for this work may be partially provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); ARRA requirements include submitting monthly reports of hours/jobs.

For notification of updates, contractors are encouraged to register on the TJPA’s website. However, all contractors are solely responsible for ensuring the receipt of any and all addenda, and should therefore check the website before submitting their Qualifications and Bids to ensure receipt of all addenda, and to ensure their qualififications and bids respond to any such addenda.

THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 

ROOM 416, CITY HALL
1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE
 

THE TJPA BOARD MEETING FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 2013 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE TJPA BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013
AT 9:00AM IN CITY HALL, ROOM 416.

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) for INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES (Services) for the Transbay Transit Center Program (Program) from firms or individuals (Respondents) with the qualifications and expertise to provide a full range of Information Technology (I.T.) System and End-User Support Services, on an if-and-as-needed basis. The TJPA seeks proposals from qualified individuals and/or firms with expertise in I.T. system design, computer/network operations, systems management, and end-user support to provide assistance to the TJPA I.T. Manager, who in turn supports 10-15 TJPA staff and 20-25 on-site consultant staff responsible for the operations of the TJPA. Support will be on an if-and-as-needed basis to assist the I.T. Manager with complex projects and/or to fill in for the I.T. Manager during his absence from the office.

The TJPA intends to select one or more Respondents to enter into negotiations for an agreement to perform the services for a term of three years, with an option to extend for an additional three years.

 
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND CALENDAR 

Monday, May 20, 2013
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, CA 

SPECIAL MEETING
9:00 a.m. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jane Kim, Chair
  Greg Harper
Art Lloyd
Gabriel Metcalf
Edward Reiskin
Bijan Sartipi 

Executive Director
Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan
 

Secretary
Nila Gonzales 

201 Mission St. #2100
San Francisco, California  94105
415-597-4620
415-597-4615 fax

ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority meeting will be held in Room 416, at 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, San Francisco, CA.  The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center Station at United Nations Plaza and Market Street.  Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are:  Muni Metro Lines J‑Church, K‑Ingleside, L‑Taraval, M‑Oceanview, N‑Judah, and T-Third at Van Ness and Civic Center Stations; F-Market; 19-Polk, 47‑Van Ness; 49-Mission-Van Ness; 5-Fulton; 6 Parnassus; 21-Hayes; 9‑San Bruno; and 71‑Haight Noriega.  For more information about MUNI services call 311. 

The meeting room is wheelchair accessible.  Accessible curbside parking spaces have been designated on the Van Ness Avenue and McAllister Street perimeters of City Hall for mobility-impaired persons.  There is accessible parking available within the Civic Center Underground Parking Garage at the corner of McAllister and Polk Streets, and within the Performing Arts Parking Garage at Grove and Franklin Streets. 

If you require the use of an American Sign Language interpreter, a sound enhancement system, or a reader during the meeting, such person or system can be made available upon request; please contact Nila Gonzales at (415) 597-4620 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.  Late requests will be honored if possible.  Calendars and minutes of the meeting may be available in alternative formats; please contact Nila Gonzales at (415) 597-4620 or NGonzales@TransbayCenter.org at least 72 hours in advance of need.  Written reports or background materials for calendar items are available for public inspection and copying at 201 Mission St. Suite 2100 during regular business hours and are available online at www.TransbayCenter.org. 

To assist the City’s efforts to accommodate persons with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals. 

The ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices are prohibited at this meeting.  Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound-producing electronic devices. 

9:00 – SPECIAL MEETING

ORDER OF BUSINESS

1.  Call to Order

2.  Roll Call

3.  Communications

4.  Board of Director’s New and Old Business

5.  Executive Director’s Report

• Construction Update

6.  Public Comment 

    Members of the public may address the Authority on matters that are within the Authority’s 
    jurisdiction and are not on today’s calendar.

THE FOLLOWING MATTERS BEFORE THE TRANSBAY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ACTION AS STATED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE CHAIR.
 

SPECIAL CALENDAR
 

7.  Presentation of and Public Hearing for draft Fiscal Year 2013-14 (FY 2013-14) Capital Budget in an amount not to exceed $282,814,000 and draft FY 2013-14 Operating Budget in an amount not to exceed $5,612,895.
 

8.  Approving the Operating Assistance Proposal dated April 30, 2013 and a Resolution of Project Compliance for the allocation of Regional Measure 2 Funds in an amount not to exceed $4,231,795 for the Transbay Transit Center Program.
 

9.  Approving an Amendment to Contract No. 08-04-CMGC-000, authorizing Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture to award a Purchase Order to Bradken, Inc. for the Cast Nodes to be supplied to TG07.1R: Structural Steel Superstructure Package, thereby increasing authorized Direct Costs by $17,085,547.20 and increasing the authorized Construction Services Fixed Fee by $1,401,014.87.
 

10. Approving the Minutes of the April 11, 2013 meeting.
 

RECESS SPECIAL MEETING AND CONVENE CLOSED SESSION
 

CLOSED SESSION

11.  Call to Order

12.  Roll Call

13.  CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code section 54956.8) and CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code section 54956.9(a) and 54956.9(d)(1))

(13.1) Property:  85 Natoma Street #9 (Block 3721, Lot 117)

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Miller, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel

Negotiating parties:  TJPA; Wendy Roess-DeCenzo and Christopher John DeCenzo

Under negotiation:  Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s acquisition of property interest in 85 Natoma Street #9

Name of case: City and County of San Francisco v. Wendy Roess-DeCenzo, et al., San Francisco Superior Court Case No. CGC-10-506790

(13.2) Property:  60 Tehama Street (Block 3736, Lot 88)

TJPA Negotiators:  Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Executive Director, and Andrew W. Schwartz and Deborah L. Miller, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, outside counsel

Negotiating parties:  TJPA; Peter F. Byrne, Trustee of The Peter F. Byrne Revocable Trust Dated 12/5/07

Under negotiation:  Price and terms of payment for TJPA’s acquisition of property interest in 60 Tehama Street

Name of case: City and County of San Francisco v. Peter F. Byrne, Trustee of the Peter F. Byrne Revocable Trust Dated 12/5/07, et al., Case No. 10-506780

14.  CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL–EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code section 54956.9(a) and 54956.9(d)(1))

Name of case: DND Construction v. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., et al., San Francisco County Superior Court case no. CGC-12-525388

15.  Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b), the TJPA Board of Directors will meet in closed session to discuss the process for routine evaluation of public employee: 

            PROCESS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 

            Executive Director
      

ADJOURN CLOSED SESSION AND RECONVENE SPECIAL MEETING
 

16.  Announcement of Closed Session.
 

17.  Authorizing the Executive Director to execute a Dispute Resolution Board (DRB) Agreement with Webcor/Obayashi Joint Venture in order to implement the DRB procedure to address any requests by Balfour Beatty Infrastructure for additional compensation and/or time related to the performance of its work.
 

ADJOURN
 

The Ethics Commission of the City and County of San Francisco has asked us to remind individuals that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [Campaign and Gov't Conduct Code, Article II, Chapter 1, § 2.100, et seq.] to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the Ethics Commission at 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 220, San Francisco, CA 94102, telephone (415) 252-3100, fax (415) 252-3124 and web site: www.sfethics.org.

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View Cancellation Notice.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
5:30 pm
TJPA Offices
201 Mission Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94105

5:30 pm| TJPA Offices| 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100| San Francisco, CA 94105

http://transbaycenter.org/uploads/2013/05/Transbay_Update_05.10.2013.pdf

 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
 

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013
 

ROOM 416, CITY HALL
1 DR. CARLTON B. GOODLETT PLACE
 

THE TJPA BOARD MEETING FOR THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2013 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE TJPA BOARD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
AT 9:00AM IN CITY HALL, ROOM 416.

The third and final traffic bridge was successfully installed in April. We are now gearing up to complete mass excavation across the entire Transbay site and are readying to pour the foundation for the final structure. All around the jobsite, we are bustling with activity and would like to invite you to come to our next community meeting to see what exciting things are currently taking place.
In addition to our monthly construction update, we will also be having a presentation on bike and pedestrian accessibility around the future Transbay Transit Center.
Join us on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 to learn more about construction activities, mass excavation and internal bracing, foundation work, the hours of activity and future plans for bike and pedestrian accessibility. The community meeting will be held from 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM at the TJPA’s offices located at 201 Mission Street, Suite 2100. We appreciate that you are taking your lunch hour to learn more about this innovative project, and would of course welcome you to bring food or drinks to this meeting.

What:

Community Meeting: Transbay Construction Update & Bike/Pedestrian Accessibility Presentation

When:

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Time:

12:00 Noon

Where:

Transbay Joint Powers Authority
201 Mission Street, Suite 2100
San Francisco, CA 94105

We look forward to your participation and input during this exciting time. Click for more information about the Transbay Transit Center Project or to sign up to receive construction updates.