Terminal 1 procurement review underway; assembly actions targeted in April as crane agreements with Matson remain under negotiation

Municipal staff and the program manager said the Terminal 1 construction procurement is in active review and that the administration will seek Assembly actions in April so the project can meet a May 7 limited notice-to-proceed date.

Kim Pearson, municipal manager, told the Assembly Enterprise and Utility Oversight Committee that the municipality has passed the RFP deadline and received bids but remains in the evaluation phase and is constrained by “Title 7” confidentiality rules on bidder information. Pearson said the compressed timetable is intended to preserve the May 7 limited notice-to-proceed deadline in the revised construction schedule.

Eric Adams, program manager for Jacobs, described the procurement scoring and contract structure: the solicitation combined qualifications and cost with 40 points allotted to technical qualifications and 60 points to cost. “The contract is made of two parts, which is a lump sum part and allowances,” Adams said, explaining that allowances cover uncertain…