Sacramento Regional Transit District Announces Golden Spike Award Winners
January 13, 2006

Nearly 300 attendees, including representatives from 160 different businesses, convened for the 2nd Annual Sacramento Regional Transit Primes & Subcontractors Conference on January 10, 2006 for networking and potential partnering on contracts for the designing and building of Sacramento Regional Transit District’s planned light rail extensions which are expected to total more than $1 billion. The sold-out event held at the Lions Gate Garden Pavilion, McClellan, California, was co-hosted by Sacramento Regional Transit and The Federal Technology Center.

During the conference, Dr. Beverly Scott, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Sacramento Regional Transit, encouraged firms to start building partnerships now for the future major light rail expansion projects. Upcoming major extension projects include the South Sacramento Corridor Phase II project and the Downtown/Natomas/Airport (DNA) project. The South Sacramento Corridor Phase II project will continue the south line of the light rail from Meadowview Road to Cosumnes River College. The DNA project will extend light rail from downtown through the Natomas area to the Sacramento International Airport. The Sacramento Regional Transit (RT) executive management team provided insight about these upcoming projects and conveyed RT’s interest in gaining new quality partners. “As a result of the last RT event in 2005, six new IT vendors have been added to work with us on projects.  We are pleased to have new businesses to assist us with our IT needs,” states Roger Thorn, Director of IT/ITS, Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Many of the small businesses who participated on the recently completed Folsom Corridor Light Rail Extension were Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE), a federal small business development program. Sacramento Regional Transit honored these outstanding DBEs and other contractors with the Golden Spike Award. Fifteen firms with $500,000 or more in DBE participation, or that were DBE Prime Contractors, received a Golden Spike Award for their achievements. The Golden Spike Award winners were:

• ACANTHUS
• AZTECA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
• B&C TRANSIT CONSULTANTS
• DMJM HARRIS
• DYNARAM CONSTRUCTION, INC.
• HATCH MOTT MACDONALD
• HERZOG CONTRACTING CORPORATION
• THE HOYT COMPANY
• JOHN F. OTTO, INC.
• KIEWIT PACIFIC COMPANY
• LTK ENGINEERING SERVICES
• MARTINEZ ELECTRIC TRANSPORT
• STACY & WITBECK, INC.
• URS CORPORATION
• VALI COOPER & ASSOCIATES

The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program is a Department of Transportation small business development program. The goal of the DBE program is to develop small businesses into successful large businesses and to increase participation of DBEs on transportation projects that are funded in part by federal funds. Small businesses that would like more information on DBE certification or RT procurement opportunities, may contact the counselors at The Federal Technology Center for free assistance, (916) 334-9388 or contact Fernando Barcena, Senior Procurement & DBE Administrator, Sacramento Regional Transit District (916) 321-3874.