DEPARTMENT: Aviation
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Russell J. Handy
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Authorizing the City Manager or his designee to make changes to subconsultants to the On-Call Environmental Consulting Agreements for the San Antonio Airport System
SUMMARY:
City Council consideration to authorize the City Manager or his designee to approve changes in subconsultants for three on-call environmental consulting professional services agreements with prime consultants RS&H, Inc.; AECOM Technical Services, Inc.; and Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the San Antonio Airport System. The current agreements require City Council approval for any changes to subconsultants.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
In August 2018, City Council authorized three on-call professional services agreements with RS&H; AECOM Technical Services, Inc.; and Freese and Nichols through Ordinance No. 2018-08-02-0552 to provide on-call environmental consulting services for the San Antonio Airport System. The initial term for each agreement is three years with the option to extend for two additional one-year periods. Each agreement has a value up to $1,000,000.00 for the five-year period.
Each prime consultant is required to meet the Federal Aviation Administration's Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) Good Faith Effort Plan as its services may be used on a federally-funded project. The goal set for the agreements participation from DBE certified firms of 13.77%.
ISSUE:
In 2019, RS&H was assigned to perform environmental services that required archeological services. RS&H's list of subconsultants under its agreement with the City did not include a subconsultant with experience in that specialty. The firm requested to add a certified DBE firm to its list of subconsultants to perform the necessary archeological...
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