FTA Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) Services Program

LS Gallegos has supported the FTA’s Project Management Oversight Contractor (PMOC) Services Program since 1998, both as a subcontractor to other PMOC prime contractors and, since 2014, as a PMOC prime contractor. LS Gallegos’s PMOC experience includes oversight of major capital projects/programs being implemented by multiple transit agencies (project sponsors) utilizing various transit technologies: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Light Rail Transit (LRT), Streetcar, Heavy Rail Rapid Transit, Electrified Trolley, Electrified Commuter Rail and Diesel-Powered Commuter Rail. The project sponsors programs range in value from a few hundred-million dollars for BRT projects up to $2.5 billion for implementation of multiple LRT and Streetcar corridors concurrently. LS Gallegos has supported the in FTA Regions 2 New York and New Jersey), 4 (North Carolina),7 (Kansas and Missouri), 8 (Utah), 9 (California and Arizona), 10 (Washington State), and the Lower Manhattan Recovery Office (LMRO).

LS Gallegos’ role as an FTA PMOC is to serve as an extension of staff providing oversight of project sponsors to ensure the adequacy of the project sponsor’s management capability and capacity, assess the reasonableness of the scope, schedule, and cost, and assess the likelihood the cost and schedule will hold through revenue service.

In the performance of its work as PMOC LS Gallegos visits project sites, reviews sponsor documents, and evaluates the management capacity and capability (MCC) of sponsor’s teams to help the FTA accomplish its fundamental stewardship role and provide project sponsors with oversight and technical assistance to identify and avoid problems, capture opportunities, mitigate risks as they implement their capital projects/programs. As part of PMOC oversight, LS Gallegos identifies problems, suggests solutions to project sponsors, and reports to FTA their findings, professional opinions, and recommendations.

As PMOC LS Gallegos assesses the full breadth of the project sponsor’s capital project and project delivery team, including:

• Evaluating the project sponsor’s Project Management Plan (PMP) and monitoring conformance with the approved PMP
• Assessing the project sponsor’s technical capacity and capability to deliver the project
• Reviewing safety and security plans and related documents
• Reviewing real estate plans and estimates
• Assessing project sponsor quality assurance and quality control programs
• Evaluating value engineering activities
• Performing project scope reviews, including assessments of the National Environmental
• Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, transit capacity, and project delivery method
• Performing cost reviews to assess the consistency, soundness, and reliability of estimates
• Performing schedule reviews and analyses
• Performing technical reviews of vehicle procurements and fleet management plans
• Conducting project risk and contingency reviews
• Assessing project readiness to advance to subsequent project phases (e.g., engineering, grant or loan agreement, construction, revenue service)
• Performing project-specific reviews to support FTA project evaluations and reporting

LS Gallegos’ recent and ongoing PMOC assignments as a prime contractor include:

• The Reno/Sparks Connector
• 4th Street and Prater Way and Virginia Street Bus Rapid Transit Projects in Reno, NV
• The Flamingo Corridor Bus Rapid Transit Project in Las Vegas, NV
• The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Commuter Rail Extension Project in San Marin County, CA
• The Phoenix South Central LRT Extension, Northwest Phase II LRT Extension, and Tempe Streetcar projects in AZ
• The Northwest Indiana Transportation Commuter District West Lake Corridor Commuter Rail Corridor and South Shore Line Double Track projects in Indiana
• The Metropolitan Council Green Line LRT Extension, Orange Line BRT corridor, Gold Line BRT corridor and Blue Line LRT Extension projects, Minneapolis MN

As a subcontractor, LS Gallegos recent and ongoing PMOC assignments are:

• The Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit Project in San Francisco, CA,
• The Mission Bay Light Rail Transit Extension Project, San Francisco, CA,
• The Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project, Durham, NC.