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Land Port of Entry Modernization Transportation
Border Working Group Washington Update
April 29, 2009
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American Recovery and Reinvestment ActOverview

• LPOE Modernization
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Program Management Office
• Key Milestones

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Portfolio
Characteristics

• Conditions straining the Infrastructure include
• Rapid post-9/11 evolution of CBP mission and
  operational requirements
• Current facilities designed to meet legacy
  missions
• Some facilities constructed more than 70 years
  ago
• On average, facilities over four decades old
• Traffic volumes are increasing
• Increased staffing strains existing facilities
• Facilities cannot adapt to handle evolving
  inspection technologies

• Current LPOE Portfolio Inventory

LPOE Facility Ownership Total Total
GSA-owned 96.5 58
GSA-leased 22.5 14
CBP-owned 43 27
NPS-owned 1 1
Total Facilities 163 163
Ownership-Specific Characteristics CBP Ports
small, rural, low-traffic volume, severe
dilapidation drives facility needs GSA Ports
large, urban, high-traffic volume, major
congestion drives facility needs
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Conditions at Ports Under Consideration
Boundary, WA (CBP)
Los Ebanos, TX (CBP)
Whitetail, MT (CBP)
Antelope Wells, TX (CBP)
Van Buren, ME (GSA flooded)
Nogales West/Mariposa, AZ (GSA)
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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA
Funding provided for Port Modernization

• The ARRA provided 720M for LPOE modernization,
  divided as follows
• 420M for CBP-Owned LPOEs
• Approximately 23 Design/Build projects,
• Program management and oversight
• Repairs Alterations
• Program Management and Reporting System (PMRS)
• 300M for GSA-Owned LPOEs
• Will fund design and/or construction of seven
  projects
• GSA also received 4.5B for High-Performance
  Green Building Projects

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act PMO
Responsibilities

• The Port Modernization PMO is
• An integrated and centralized program authority
  for all LPOE projects regardless of ownership
  structure or funding source
• Consists of embedded or dedicated liaisons from
  internal CBP Offices and outside agencies

• Responsibilities of the PMO
• Strategically sources and monitors service
  providers
• Has disciplined approach to defining operational
  reqs and change mgmt
• Coordinates and controls information flows
• Rigorous project management controls and
  reporting
• Provides organized and retrievable project
  artifacts
• Emphasizes standardized and operable designs

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American Recovery and Reinvestment ActPMO
Structure
Executive Steering Committee
OFO David Morrell
ExD FME Greg Giddens
Structure w/ Decision Making Framework Pre-Award
Structure
GSA Bill Guerin
Director Rob Janson
USACE Robert Slockbower
Deputy Director Trent Frazier
DHS Scott Myers
CBP-Procurement John Ely
Integrated Program Management Team
Procurement Lead
Program Implementation Mgr Chad Gilchrist
OFO Lead
Technical Support Manager
Business Operations Manager
OIT Lead
CBP Program Lead Ann Steele
GSA Program Lead Dennis Counihan
Real Estate Services Lead
IA Lead
Budget Lead Anna Bearden
GSA Lead
EnvironmentaLead
USACE Lead
Design Services Lead
Program Controls Lead
Data Analysis Lead
Communications Lead
Data IT Support Lead
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American Recovery and Reinvestment ActKey
Milestones

• Key Milestones in the Master Schedule
• Requirements
• Requirements packages finalized MAY JUN
• Real Estate
• Rights of entry (ROE) - Survey obtained - APR
• Environmental
• Initial site surveys APR - JUN (Weather and ROE
  contingent)
• Draft documents available for public comment
  JUL - NOV
• Acquisition
• Requests for Proposals issued JUN and beyond
• Awards/Obligations made AUG and beyond

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