City of Long Beach - File #: 06-1012

• File #: 06-1012
• Version: 1
• Name: PW - Environmental Surveys (Converse/Ninyo etc.)
• Type: Contract
• Status: CCIS
• File created: 10/3/2006
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/10/2006
• Final action: 10/10/2006
• Title: Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements for as-needed environmental surveys and certified materials testing and inspection services for Public Works projects with Converse Consultants, Ninyo & Moore, Kleinfelder, and Professional Service Industries, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 per consultant for a three-year term; and Authorize City Manager to execute amendments to the agreements, relative to the extension of the term, authorize additional services, if required, within the provisions of the agreements, and adjust the fee schedule of hourly rates for inflation. (Citywide)
• Sponsors: Public Works
• Indexes: Contracts
• Related files: 29965_000, 29896_000, 29893_000, 29892_000

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/10/2006	1	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements for as-needed environmental surveys and certified materials testing and inspection services for Public Works projects with Converse Consultants, Ninyo & Moore, Kleinfelder, and Professional Service Industries, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 per consultant for a three-year term; and

Authorize City Manager to execute amendments to the agreements, relative to the extension of the term, authorize additional services, if required, within the provisions of the agreements, and adjust the fee schedule of hourly rates for inflation. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach has historically used professional consultants on an as-needed basis to provide environmental surveys, certified materials testing and inspection, and other related services for capital projects related to facility, building, and infrastructure improvements. These as-needed services include asbestos and lead-based paint surveys, abatement monitoring, air quality monitoring, environmental sampling and testing of soil and other materials. Certified materials testing and laboratory services will include, but are not limited to, reinforced concrete, masonry, aggregates, asphalt, soils, metal, fireproofing, and other construction materials. Professional construction inspection services in the public right-of-way as well as special deputy inspections of City facilities are required by building codes.

These services are needed as the Public Works Department does not have specialized expertise in some of these fields, including environmental asbestos and lead-based paint surveying and abatement and air quality monitoring, nor the necessary testing laboratories, to cover all of its capital projects. Current as-needed consultant contracts related to these specialized fields have expired or will expire shortly. In anticipation of this, a Request for Proposal (RFP) process was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regula...