DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Professional Services Agreements Amendment for Traffic Engineering Consulting Services
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the first amendment of three (3) On-Call Traffic Engineering Services Agreements with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, Inc., and WSP USA, Inc. each to increase the amount by $250,000.00 to a total of $500,000.00 per year for a term of one year, with an option to renew for up to two additional one-year extensions under the same terms and conditions for a possible maximum contract value not to exceed $1,500,000.00 to provide as-needed professional traffic engineering consulting services.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Historically, Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI) contracts with three (3) consultants to provide on-call traffic engineering consulting services for the City. Due to the high volume of requests for traffic-related studies, investigations and remediation plans, as well as the limited in-house resources in this area, these consultant services will continue to allow the City to utilize the services of consultants immediately at the City's discretion. The original consultant contracts were approved by City Council on November 30, 2017, through Ordinance 2017-11-30-0927.
The original RFQ for On-Call Traffic Engineering Services was released in September 2017, and a pre-submittal conference was held on September 15, 2017. Thirteen (13) firms responded and submitted their Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) by the September 28, 2017 closing date. A selection committee comprised of TCI staff evaluated and scored the SOQs and recommended contract awards to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Pape-Dawson Consulting Engineers, Inc., and WSP USA, Inc.
The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program of the State of Texas was utilized in place of SBEDA. The (DB...
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