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Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has released of the final RFP to design, build, finance, operate and maintain (DBFOM) the Consolidated Rent-a-Car (ConRAC) facility at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), in southern California, USA. The estimated total investment of the project is reportedly US$1 billion.

The ConRAC will house 23 rental car agencies in one facility, improving the rental car customer experience and reduce congestion in and around the airport by eliminating the need for rental car shuttles to pick up and drop off in the terminal loop. 

The project includes the design and construction of the ConRAC facility, rental car storage, a customer service building, cleaning and fueling facilities, and roadway improvements. The selected developer will also be responsible for operations and maintenance of the facility, as well as financing a portion of the project.

The Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was released on 30 November 2016. Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) were received 27 February 2017 with shortlist notices sent out on 5 May 2017. The four pre-approved teams are comprised of the following:

ConRAC Partners: Meridiam ConRAC LLC, Skanska Infrastructure Development Inc., McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Skanska USA Building Inc., HKS Architects Inc., Honeywell International Inc., Fuel Facility Management Inc.

LA Gateway Partners: Fengate Capital Management Ltd., PCL Investments, MVI Finance LLC, PCL Construction Services, Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville Inc., AC Martin Partners Inc., Johnson Controls Inc., MVI Holdings LLC

LAX Consolidated Solutions: ACS Infrastructure Development Inc., AECOM Capital Inc., John Laing Investments Ltd., Dragados USA Inc., Hunt Construction Group Inc., AECOM Energy & Construction Inc., AECOM Technical Services Inc., ACS Infrastructure Development Inc., AECOM Capital Inc.

Plenary Infrastructure Airports: Plenary Group USA Ltd., JLC Infrastructure Fund L.P., Austin Commercial, Sundt Construction Inc., Demattei Wong Architecture, ENGIE Services Inc., Conrac Solutions LLC

These teams will now submit technical and financial proposals. If a team meets the technical proposal minimum threshold, their financial proposal will be reviewed. After evaluating and scoring responsive proposals, LAWA plans to select the bidder proposing the lowest ultimate cost and enter into a single, fixed-price 28-year agreement with the team.

The ConRAC is one component of the Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP), which aims to relieve congestion for people traveling to and from the airport and provide time-certain access to terminals.  Other components of LAMP include the Intermodal Transportation Facility-West (ITF) and the Automated People Mover (APM) train system.

The ConRAC RFP is the second Public-Private Partnership (P3) RFP that LAWA has released for the LAMP at LAX. Following a competitive tender process, the APM project was awarded to LAX Integrat Express Solutions (LINXS) earlier this year.

Both the APM and ConRAC will be operational in 2023, with the latter being the eastern terminus for the former.