TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
Ross Anderson, Engineer Consultant
SUBJECT:Title
Approve Continued Use of As-Needed Professional Services Agreement with Transtech Engineers, Inc. and Penco Engineering, Inc. for Design Engineering Services (Public Works Director Olmos).
APPROVE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council approve continued use of As-Needed Professional Services Agreements with Transtech Engineers, Inc. (Transtech) and Penco Engineering, Inc. (Penco) for design engineering services.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funds for individual task orders are available from previously approved Capital Improvement Projects.
BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 2015, City Council approved professional service agreements for as-needed professional services for Harris & Associates, Inc., Transtech, and Penco in the amount of $300,000 for a three-year term for each firm. City Council also directed staff to not issue individual task orders exceeding $100,000 without City Council approval and to not issue any additional task orders when the cumulative amount of the individual task orders exceed half the contract amount unless City Council approves the continued use of the agreement.
To date, staff has issued five task orders to Transtech for a cumulative amount of $106,500. Staff has received a task proposal from Transtech for Task Order No. 5, but staff cannot approve the additional task order since the cumulative amount of the task orders will exceed half of their contract amount (Attachment 1). Staff recommends continued use of the Transtech's agreement since they have performed well on previously assigned tasks.
Similarly, staff has issued four task orders to Penco for a cumulative amount of $149,856. This cumulative amount of the task orders has encum...
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