Five Bid for Silver Line Phase 2 Contract

Five contractors - including Reston-based Bechtel - have entered bids to construct Phase 2 of Metro's Silver Line, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority announced Friday. 

The bids ranged from $1.1 to $1.3 billion.

Phase 2 is the 11.4-mile segment of the Silver Line that will run from Reston's Wiehle Avenue to Dulles International Airport and into Ashburn,

Phase 1 of the Silver Line, from Tysons Corner  to Wiehle Avenue, is nearly completed and scheduled to open in December.

MWAA said Friday the award of the Phase 2 contract will occur after a review to validate that each proposal properly responds to the solicitation. 

“Today is a significant step toward the selection of the design-build contractor for Phase 2,” Pat Nowakowski, Executive Director of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, said in a statement. “It moves us even closer to completing one of the nation’s major public transportation projects.”

The names of the teams and their price proposals for the design-build contract, which were read in public, are listed in alphabetical order:

• Bechtel Transit Partners
  Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation

Price Proposal: $1,191,978,777.00

• Capital Rail Constructors
  Clark Construction Group, LLC
  Kiewit Infrastructure South Co.

Price Proposal: $1,177,777,000.00

• Dulles APC Railbuilders
  Archer Western Contractors, LLC
  PCL Civil Constructors, Inc.
  Corman Construction, Inc.
  Price Proposal: $1,285,000,000.00
  
  
• Dulles Metrorail Connectors
  Skanska USA Civil Southeast / Granite Construction Company
  G.A. & F.C. Wagman, Inc. / Trumbull Corporation
  Facchina Construction Company, Inc.

Price Proposal: $1,325,470,000.00

• Silver Line Constructors
  Fluor Enterprises, Inc. / Tutor Perini Corporation / Stacy and Witbeck, Inc.

Price Proposal: $1,378,646,479.00

The price proposals were submitted as part of a competitive procurement, which began in July 2012. In March of this year, these teams submitted technical proposals that were found to meet the technical requirements of the contract. Contract award is expected in May, with a notice to proceed anticipated in July, MWAA said.

 “As part of this substantial price competition, we have been involved in an extensive, collaborative process with some of the most qualified and successful engineering and construction companies in the world,” Nowakowski said.  

This contract is the largest of three total design-build packages for Phase 2 and represents approximately 50 percent of Phase 2 work.  The stations are at Reston Town Center, Herndon, Innovation Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Route 606 and Route 772/Ashburn.

This contract does not include the rail yard, garages or professional services.

Construction of Phase 2 is anticipated to be completed in 2018, MWAA says. 

Phase 2 has been the subject of much discussion and conflict as the parties try to amass funds to build it over the last several years. Phase 1 received $900 million in federal funding, but Phase 2 received none, putting the responsibility on local and state governments.

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