DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Professional Services Agreements for On-Call Environmental Consulting Services
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of five (5) On-Call Professional Services Agreements with ATC Group Services LLC, Baer Engineering & Environmental Consulting, Inc., Raba-Kistner, Inc., SWCA, Inc., and Terracon Consultants, Inc., each in an amount not to exceed $600,000.00 per year and each for a term of one (1) year, with an option to renew any or all of the agreements, for three (3) one-year extensions under the same terms and conditions.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI), through its Environmental Management Division (EMD), oversees environmental assessments and remediation activities and utilizes these on-call environmental consulting contracts on an as-needed basis to assist with various environmental investigations. EMD had five previous contracts for on-call Environmental Consulting Services with Raba Kistner, Weston Solutions, Kleinfelder, Freese & Nichols, and GeoStrata Environmental Consultants. These contracts expired in April 2017.
Through the delivery of the 2017-2022 Bond Program, there will be a vast quantity of environmental assessments that need to take place prior to moving projects into construction, to include assessments for federally funded projects. These on-call contracts will allow staff to continue addressing assessment and remediation strategies for capital projects and adhere to the current construction schedule. The City makes no minimum guarantee pertaining to the volume of work that may be expected from each consultant under these on-call contracts.
Staff will utilize these On-Call Environmental Consulting Services on an as-needed basis, to assist with various assessment projects. The environmental consulting services that may ...
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