The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority has issued an RFQ for the Alignment Design-Build Project, to hire the design-build team that will build the $1.5 billion, six-station Foothill Gold Line light rail extension from Glendora to Montclair in Southern California.
The project will extend the Metro Gold Line 12.3 miles and add stations in the Los Angeles County cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, Claremont and Montclair.
The RFQ is the first of a two-step, competitive process that will result in a short-list of the most qualified teams to compete for the work. The RFQ requires interested teams and/or firms to detail their qualifications to complete all elements of the light rail project, experience completing similar projects, credentials of their key personnel, a staffing plan and their expected main subcontractors. They must also demonstrate financial and legal qualifications to conduct the work.
Statements of Qualifications in response to the RFQ are due in January 2018; and will be evaluated by a committee of experts who will recommend the short-list of the most qualified and experienced teams to the Construction Authority board of directors. Only those teams short-listed through the RFQ process will receive the RFP, to be released in spring 2018. The RFP will require the short-listed teams to review the engineering and planning for the project and provide their proposals to complete the project.
The RFQ can be viewed on the Contracting Opportunities section of Construction Authority’s website at www.foothillgoldline.org.
