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File #: CON 15-0018    Version: 1
Type: Gen. Bus. - SR w/Contract Status: Agenda Ready
In control: City Council Regular Meeting
On agenda: 5/19/2015 Final action:
Title: Award of Professional Service Agreements for On-Call Utility Design Services (RFP1030-15) to AKM Consulting Engineers; SA Associates; and Quantum Quality Consulting in the Amount of $250,000 for a Three-Year Term for Each Firm (Public Works Director Olmos). APPROVE
Sponsors: Public Works Department, Vince Mastrosimone
Attachments: 1. Professional Services Agreement - AKM Consulting Engineers of Irvine CA, 2. Professional Services Agreement - Quantum Quality Consulting of Torrance CA, 3. Professional Services Agreement - SA Associates of Arcadia CA, 4. Typical Design Consultant RFP Process and RFP #1030-15 Consultant Ratings, 5. List of Potential Utility Design Projects
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager

FROM:
Tony Olmos, Public Works Director
Joe Parco, City Engineer

SUBJECT:Title
Award of Professional Service Agreements for On-Call Utility Design Services (RFP1030-15) to AKM Consulting Engineers; SA Associates; and Quantum Quality Consulting in the Amount of $250,000 for a Three-Year Term for Each Firm (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Award Professional Service Agreements for On-Call Utility Design Services to AKM Consulting Engineers; SA Associates; and Quantum Quality Consulting in the amount of $250,000 for a three-year term for each firm.
2. Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Payment for work associated with all three agreements will be funded by previously approved projects in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

BACKGROUND:
From fiscal years 2006-07 to 2011-12, City Council approved an average of
$6 Million per year in CIP funding. From fiscal years 2012-13 to 2014-15, City Council approved a total of $59 million in new CIP funding, averaging approximately $19.7 million per year. The major reason for this increase was the addition of significant water, wastewater, and street projects including Sepulveda Widening at $19 million. Without including Sepulveda Widening, the City currently has a carryover amount of approximately $22 million with approximately $10 million in proposed funding for FY15-16.

Approximately $8.5 million of the $22 million in carryover funding relates to Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater projects (Utility). In addition, the proposed FY 15-16 CIP identifies $1.7 million of the $10 million in new funding for Utility projects.

The Public Works Engineering Division does not currently have sufficient in-house resourc...

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