DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: On-Call Professional Architectural Consulting Services
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of six On-Call Architectural Consulting Services agreements, with: Beaty Palmer Architects, Chesney Morales & Associates, Inc., Debra J. Dockery Architect, Lopez-Salas Architects, Slay Architecture and WestEast Design Group, LLC, each in the amount not to exceed $500,000.00 per year per firm with a one-year term with an option to renew each agreement for three one-year extensions to provide as-needed architectural consulting services for City-owned facilities and improvements, construction projects and planning projects located City-wide.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Project Background
Currently the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department (TCI) contracts with five consultants that provide on-call Architectural Services for the City. The consultants are Alvidrez Architects, Inc., Beaty Palmer Architects, Chesney Morales & Associates, Inc., Debra J. Dockery Architect, and WestEast Design Group, LLC. These consultants are used on as-needed basis on small projects and for time-sensitive City projects in connection with City improvements and construction projects. The contracts with these five firms will expire in August of 2016.
City departments such as Building and Equipment Services, the San Antonio Public Library, Aviation, the Convention Center and TCI upon recognition of the requirement of services, continue to utilize these services for planned construction projects on an immediate and as per needed bases. TCI continues to improve efficiency and requires additional capacity on agreements. This capacity ensures that staff has the ability to augment additional capital improvement projects without delay as needed.
Procurement of Services
A Request for Qualifications (...
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