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Board approves modification to central subway construction contract; SFMTA to reassign ATCS design and testing work
Summary
The board approved a contract modification that deletes certain Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) design/procurement/start‑up/testing responsibilities from the Tutor Perini construction contract and reassigns them to the agency and the central subway program; staff said the change is intended to improve coordination and the schedule.
The SFMTA board approved a modification to a central subway construction contract that reduces the contractor’s scope for Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) design, equipment procurement and operations start‑up and testing and reassigns those responsibilities to SFMTA/Central Subway and Thales. Acting program manager Albert Ho told the board the reassignment aims to improve coordination among the construction contractor, the ATCS contractor (Thales) and the agency to avoid schedule impacts on revenue service.
Staff said the change will leave the contractor responsible for equipment installation but transfer the design/procurement and commissioning responsibilities back to the agency so SFMTA can better control procurement and testing timelines. The transcript recorded staff saying the modification reduces the contract value by about $18 million; the transcript’s numeric presentation of the new contract amount was garbled and unclear, so the exact post‑modification contract total was not specified on the public record in the meeting transcript.
Board members had no public speaker(s) on the item. The board moved, seconded and approved the modification.
Next steps: staff will proceed with reassigning the ATCS design/procurement/start‑up tasks to the agency and coordinate with Thales on testing and operations start‑up.
