OP27 Before-and-After Study Review - Federal Transit Administration
OP27 Before-and-After Study Review - Federal Transit Administration
OP27 Before-and-After Study Review - Federal Transit Administration
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4.5 Guidance<br />
• FTA Guidance on New Starts Policies <strong>and</strong> Procedures, issued May 16, 2006<br />
• Guidance on <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> Studies, Revised October 2006 (under modification)<br />
• Preparing for <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> Studies, Revised 2009<br />
5.0 GRANTEE SUBMITTALS<br />
The PMOC shall obtain <strong>and</strong> study the Grantee’s documents below <strong>and</strong> as listed in Appendix B.<br />
5.1 Preserved <strong>and</strong> analyzed project information<br />
The PMOC shall ensure the Grantee:<br />
• Complies with the requirements of Appendix B of this OP with regard to the preservation <strong>and</strong><br />
submission to FTA of project information <strong>and</strong> forecasts at the noted project milestones;<br />
• Organizes the project information in a clear <strong>and</strong> consistent manner on CD-ROMs, DVDs, or an<br />
external hard drive, to ensure that readers can easily follow <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong> the information;<br />
• Provides a list of all the documents contained on each disc or file, at each project milestone.<br />
The information provided shall be cumulative in nature, including project information from all<br />
phases up to the current milestone;<br />
• Includes with its submissions, a copy of any non-commercial off-the-shelf software (if<br />
possible) that was used to perform analyses;<br />
• Provides an Analysis of Changes Since Last Milestone.<br />
5.2 <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Plan<br />
As shown in Appendix B, it is recommended that the Grantee submit its <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Plan<br />
at entry to PE or FD, however it is required to be submitted not later than with the application for<br />
FFGA (or PCGA for Small Starts).<br />
5.3 <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Report<br />
As shown in Appendix B, the Grantee is encouraged to submit interim reports, however only the Final<br />
<strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong> Report is required.<br />
6.0 SCOPE OF WORK<br />
6.1 <strong>Review</strong> of Project Documentation (Preservation <strong>and</strong> Analysis)<br />
As required in Appendix B, for each of the project development phases, the PMOC shall assess if the<br />
Grantee has preserved the project scope <strong>and</strong> capital cost information needed for use in the predictedversus-actual<br />
analysis for the <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong>.<br />
FOR FTA INTERNAL USE ONLY OP 27 <strong>Before</strong>-<strong>and</strong>-<strong>After</strong> <strong>Study</strong> <strong>Review</strong>s<br />
Rev. 2, May 2010<br />
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