DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT: Contract Award: On-Call Construction Inspection Services
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the negotiation and execution of five (5) On-Call Construction Inspection Services Agreements with Foster CM Group, Inc., Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc., Jasmine Engineering, Inc., AG/CM, Inc., and Straight Line Management, Inc., each in the amount not-to-exceed $500,000.00 per year, to provide as-needed On-Call Construction Inspection Services for City Capital Improvement projects. Each agreement is for a term of one year with two additional one-year extension options, at $500,000.00 per annual extension.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Currently, Transportation and Capital Improvements (TCI) contracts with four (4) consultants that provide On-Call Construction Inspection for the City. The current On-Call Construction Inspection consultants are Foster CM Group, Inc., Freese and Nichols, Inc., Jasmine Engineering, Inc., Sunland Group, Inc. These consultants are used on as-needed basis, in connection with City Capital Improvement Projects. The contracts with the four current firms will expire in April 2014.
On-Call Inspection Services have standardized construction inspections for the City. These on-call contracts will be available to all City departments and will address all aspects of construction, to include building and street projects and other special projects. On-Call standardized services not only will be easier to access for all parties, but also save the City money due to the rates negotiated, based on a larger volume of work.
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for On-Call Construction Inspection Services was released in December 2013, This RFQ was advertised in the San Antonio Hart Beat, on the City's website and the Texas Electronic State Business Daily. A Pre-Submittal conference was held on D...
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