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STATEMENT OF WORK

RQ143706(2) - TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL SERVICES – BRIDGE ORDER

1.0 Scope of Work

Temporary Traffic Control. The Contractor is required to provide labor, tools, and equipment to implement Temporary Traffic Control Zone when work areas are in a street environment or public traffic areas. The Temporary Traffic Control Plan must provide safety for the workers, motorists, cyclists, pedestrians, including those with disabilities

(ADA).

• Appropriate warnings, signs, and instructional safety signs shall be conspicuously posted where necessary.

• In addition, a signal person shall control the movement of motorized equipment in areas where the public might be endangered.

• Signs, signals, or other control devices used to regulate vehicular traffic shall meet the requirements of paragraph 2.0 of this document, and the work area

Traffic Control Handbook (known as the "Watch Manual") or California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

2.0 Period of Performance

Temporary Traffic Control Service will be requested for an unlimited number of

Task within 6 months period of performance. When a Task is planned, a schedule will be provided to the Contractor.

3.0 Design of the Temporary Traffic Control Plan Shall be:

• In compliance with Work Area Traffic Control Handbook. California MUTCD.

• In compliance with Flagging Handbook – US Department of Transportation

• In compliance with Section 21400 of the California Vehicle Code prescribing

Uniform standards and specification for official traffic control devices

• The Plan should be reviewed and certified.

4.0 Metro Responsibilities

4.1 The Metro project manager shall schedule this work in coordination with the

Contractor and all stake holders and apply for Metro’s Work Permit to facilitate the Contractors at the work locations.

4.2 The Metro projector manager will coordinate access to the work site and always provide support on site during the project

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5.0 Work Site Locations

Los Angeles City and County areas. Street areas where Metro Light Rail vehicles operate.

6.0 Contractor Responsibilities

6.1 The contractor is required to meet with the Metro Project Manager to discuss and review the scope of the work.

6.2 The contractor shall design and provide a Temporary Traffic Control Plan to the project manager.

6.3 Contractors shall employ crews that are trained, skilled and knowledgeable to perform the scope of the work and execute the construction of the Work

Plan required by the contract.

6.4 The contractors’ work methods shall comply with California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal-OSHA) regulations.

6.5 The contractor shall have a minimum of three (3) years’ experience performing

Traffic Control and may need to furnish Metro with verifiable references so that they have performed similar jobs.

6.6 The contractor shall have a good safety record and currently be insured. The contractor shall furnish a copy of his/her company insurance certificate in the types and amounts required by Metro. The contractor shall carry or maintain insurance coverage for the duration of the contract.

6.7 Contractors shall possess all permits, licenses, and professional credentials.

necessary to perform Traffic Control services as specified under this statement of work.

6.8 When or if an accident occurs at the Temporary Traffic Control Zone, the contractor must provide a detailed and concise incident report to Metro within

24 hours of the incident denoting the salient facts.

7.0 Permit and Fees

7.1 Reviews and certification fees for the Temporary Traffic Control Plan shall be the responsibility of the Contractor.

7.2 The Contractor shall obtain all Permits for the Temporary Traffic Control plan from the proper authority having legal control at the proposed work site. The permit shall be acquired from the appropriate Local, State, City or Highway Patrol.

8.0 General Conditions and Work Schedule

8.1 The Contractor shall be available to work 24/7. Excluding holidays

8.2 Work will be scheduled Sunday through Saturdays (00:00 ~ 24:00).

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9.0 Metro Safety Requirements

9.1 The Contractor’s crew shall be qualified to perform the scope of work required and adhere to all safety requirements/procedures. Each Prime or

Subcontractor employee must be qualified to perform the scope of work required and have valid safety certification badges.

9.2 Metro Safety Training: The contractor crew must attend Metro Safety training.

Usually held every Week at Location 63, (7:00AM~ 11:00AM) on the scheduled day. Safety re-certification is required every 2 years.

9.3 Contractors shall follow Metro safety rules and policies, including no use of cellphone in Right Of Way. Traffic lanes and sidewalks adjacent Metro Right Of

Way are not covered by this rule. Complying with speed limits and wearing safety vests.

9.4 Contractors are responsible to report work site injuries, illness, or safety hazards promptly per Metro rules/ SOPs to their designated Metro Project Manager or designated contact.

9.5 Comply with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements when working on Metro properties.

9.6 The contractor shall adhere to all applicable local, state, and federal safety, health, and environmental regulations.

10.0 Warranty

Not Applicable

11.0 Acceptance

11.1 The Temporary Traffic Control Work Plan must be designed by the

Contractors qualified.

11.2 Traffic Control Engineer and executed by qualified Traffic Control

Supervisor and Traffic Control Technicians. It does not require Metro approval.

12.0 Traffic Control Work Plan (TCWP)

12.1 The Contractor shall plan, design, construct and restore normal traffic flow when the maintenance work is completed.

12.2 The design must control all road users, motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians using the streets, including persons with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities, complying with ADA Acts, Title II paragraph 35.130 through a temporary traffic control zone.

12.3 Bicyclists and pedestrians, including those with disabilities, should be provided with access and safe passage through the Temporary Traffic Control

Zone.

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12.4 The design shall protect all workers and their activities in the boundary of the

Temporary Traffic Control Zone.

12.5 The Temporary Traffic Control Work Plan should post advance notices to residents, property owners, businesses, and patrons impacted by the work zone.

12.6 The Temporary Traffic Control Work Plan should encourage road user to use alternate routes that do not include the work zone.

12.7 The needs of Emergency service providers (Law Enforcement, Fire and

Medical) should be assessed, and appropriate coordination and accommodation made.

13.0 Job Hazard Analysis

13.1 Each person whose action affects Temporary Traffic Control Zone safety, from the

Contractors Management through the field workers, should receive training appropriate to the job decisions each individual is required to make. Only those individuals who are trained in proper Temporary Traffic Control practices and have a basic understanding of the principles (established by applicable standards and guidelines, including those of the MUTCD) should supervise the selection, placement, and maintenance for Temporary Traffic Control Zones.

13.2 The Temporary Traffic Control Zone must review the safety impact to workers, motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, including those with disabilities (ADA).

13.3 The Temporary Traffic Control Work Plan must provide safety for the workers, motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, including those with disabilities (ADA).

13.4 Motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians must be guided in a clear and positive manner while approaching and traversing through a Temporary Traffic Control Zone.

13.5 Adequate warning signs, devices, delineation, and channelization of traffic should be provided to assist in guiding road users in advance of and through the Temporary

Traffic Control Zone.

13.6 Traffic Control Devices inconsistent with the intended travel path through the

Temporary Traffic Control Zone should be covered.

13.7 All Temporary Traffic Control Devices shall be removed as soon as practical when they are no longer needed. When work is suspended for short periods of time, Temporary Traffic Control Devices that are no longer appropriate shall be removed or covered.

13.8 Flagging procedures, when used, should provide positive guidance to road users traversing the Temporary Traffic Control Zone.

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13.9 Qualified individuals should check that all Temporary Traffic Control Devices of the project are consistent with the Temporary Traffic Control Plan and are effective in providing safe conditions for drivers, motorists, pedestrians, and workers.

13.10 The individual assigned to monitor Temporary Traffic Control should have the ability and authority to halt work until applicable or remedial safety measures are taken when working conditions change and plans must be modified to provide safe and efficient vehicular movement and provide for worker safety.

13.11 Temporary Traffic Control Zones should be carefully monitored under varying conditions of traffic flow and weather conditions, and to check that applicable

Temporary Traffic Control Devices are effective, clearly visible, clean and in compliance with the Temporary Traffic Control Plan.