Title:
Title
Agreements: Public Works On-Call Professional Services
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FileID
File ID: 2019-01690
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute 56 agreements for on-call professional services with the consultants identified in Exhibit A, each in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for an initial three-year term, with two one-year renewal options; and 2) authorizing other City departments to use the on-call professional services list contained in Exhibit A to satisfy the competitive selection requirements for the categories of services on such list, provided that sufficient funding exists for that department to execute its own agreements and purchase orders.
Contact: Mark C. Brown, Supervising Engineer, (916) 808-7118; James Christensen, Facilities Manager, (916) 808-5863, Department of Public Works
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Exhibit A - On-Call Professional Services List
3-Agreements
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On-call professional services agreements are often established as “best management practices” to provide timely and more efficient services and are well suited for small to medium service requests. City staff will typically assign work on a rotational basis, providing that consultants are assigned approximately the same value of available work over the agreement term.
To maximize economic efficiencies and provide essential City services expeditiously, the Facilities and Real Property Management Division is seeking City Council approval of 56 on-call professional services agreements for the 16 disciplines listed in Exhibit A. Agreements for one other discipline will be brought to City Council at a later date. The 56 agreements recommended in this staff report are each in the amount of $750,000 for the initial three-year term and contain two one-year renewal options, for a total term of five years if all renewal options are exercised by the City.
Policy Considerations: The recommendations in this report are in accordance with City Code Chapter 3.64 regarding agreements for professional services.
Economic Impacts: None
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): The recommended professional services agreements specified in this report do not constitute a project under CEQA because the activities amount to continuing administrative activities under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(2). Additionally, the activities are exempt from CEQA because it can be seen with certainty there is no possibility the activities in question will cause a significant impact on the environment pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).
Sustainability: None
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: On September 27, 2016, the City Council passed Motion No. 2016-0295 approving on-call professional service agreements for a term of three years. Those agreements expired on September 26, 2019. On July 10, 2019, the Department of Public Works, Facilities and Real Property Management Division issued Request for Qualifications (RFQ) #Q19014541006 for On-Call Professional Services to replace the expired agreements.
A total of 109 proposals with statements of qualifications were received for the 17 professional service disciplines solicited. Selection committees of subject matter experts from various departments evaluated and ranked the responders based on their submitted proposals. Staff recommends awarding agreements to the top ranked firms in 16 service disciplines (agreements for the last service discipline will be brought to City Council at a later date). Staff is recommending agreements with between 2 and 6 firms for each of the 16 disciplines, based on forecasted project needs.
Financial Considerations: Each agreement will have a not-to-exceed amount of $750,000 for a three-year term. The City may extend the agreement term in writing for additional successive one-year periods, provided that the total agreement term including any such extensions shall not exceed five years.
When professional services are required, City staff will prepare a scope, request a proposal, and negotiate a fee. When a cost and schedule are agreed upon, a purchase order will be issued against a fully funded capital improvement project. Professional service providers may have multiple service requests or purchase orders during a given year; however, the aggregate amount of purchase orders may not exceed $750,000 for the term of the agreement. Capital improvement projects must be established and have sufficient funds to issue a purchase order.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): The RFQ required consultants to submit their local business enterprise certification status. LBE firms were given 5 additional points on the evaluation criteria worksheet. Firms receiving preference are indicated in Exhibit A.