DEPARTMENT: Transportation and Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: On-Call Civil Engineering Services
SUMMARY:
An ordinance authorizing the execution of five On-Call Civil Engineering Services Agreements with Camacho-Hernandez & Associates, Inc., Maestas & Associates Inc., Sanchez-Salazar & Associates, Inc., Garcia & Wright Consulting Engineers Inc., and IDCUS Inc., each in the amount not to exceed $750,000.00 per year for a term of one year with two additional one year extension options, to provide as needed On-Call Civil Engineering Services for capital improvement projects.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
These On-Call contracts will be available to all City departments and will address all aspects of civil engineering, to include street and roadway design, drainage design, site layouts, surveying, architectural or structural design and other special projects. Utilizing these On-Call contracts allows for expedited delivery of capital projects and provides a cost savings to the City based on negotiated rates for a larger volume of work. Previously, Transportation and Capital Improvements (TCI) contracted with five (5) consultants that provided On-Call Civil Engineering Services for capital projects and those contracts expired in May 2017.
Procurement of Services
A Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for On-Call Civil Engineering Services was released in January 2017. This RFQ was advertised in the San Antonio Hart Beat, on the City's website, the Texas Electronic State Business Daily and Television San Antonio (TVSA). A Pre-Submittal conference was held on January 31, 2017 and responses were due on February 28, 2017. Twenty-eight (28) firms responded and submitted their Statement of Qualifications (SOQs). A selection committee made up of City staff from the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department evaluated and ranked the submissions. Scoring was based on the published ...
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