TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with Dudek, of Pasadena, CA, for providing continued environmental consulting services related to the Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan, for a total contract amount not to exceed $60,000, for the period of April 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Dudek for continued environmental consulting services related to the ongoing Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan.
In February 2016, the Department of Development Services engaged Dudek's services to provide environmental consulting services for the project, now known as the Globemaster Corridor Specific Plan (Plan). The work was initially authorized under a contract for on-call services, Contract No. 33792, approved by the City Council on December 2, 2014. The term of this contract expired on December 31, 2018. Additional work on the Plan was required, and an interim Munis contract was established to ensure continuity of services beginning January 1, 2019, following standard City procurement protocols, with the intention that the project would be completed prior to the expiration of the interim Munis contract. While the Plan is nearly complete, there have been delays due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional contract authority is needed so the consultant can prepare final job generation, traffic, and air quality analyses.
City Charter Section 1801 requires that contracts for City purchases be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after a competitive bid process, but allows for awards without a competitive bid process if accompanied by a Resolution of the City Council. A competitive procurement process for these services is not feasible because the Plan is near completion and the remaining tasks build upon prior work and expertise developed by Dudek. Therefore, City Council approval is requested to enter into a new contract for a total amount not to exceed $60,000, for the term of April 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on November 16, 2020 and by Business Services Bureau Manager Tara Yeats and Budget Analysis Officer Julissa José-Murray on November 17, 2020.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on December 15, 2020, to ensure timely completion of the Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total contract authority requested will not exceed $60,000. Sufficient appropriation to support this contract is currently budgeted in the Development Services Fund Group in the Development Services Department. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities. There is no local job impact associated with this recommendation.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
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Respectfully Submitted,
OSCAR W. ORCI
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
APPROVED:
THOMAS B. MODICA
CITY MANAGER