TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements for as-needed multi-discipline, design services inclusive of architecture, civil engineering and other professional consulting services with PBS&J, The Austin Company, Concept Marine Associates (a Division of Transystems Corporation) and URS Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per consultant, for a three-year term; and execute additional amendments to the agreements, relative to the extension of the terms, 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 design plans, specifications, special studies and reports, and other related services for capital projects related to facility and building improvements. These as-needed services include expertise in building, landscape, and interior architecture and civil, structural, electrical, mechanical, and geotechnical engineering. These services are needed as the Public Works Department does not have specialized expertise in some of these fields, including building architecture and electrical, mechanical, and geotechnical engineering. Current as-needed consultant contracts related to these specialized expertises have expired or will expire shortly. In anticipation of this, a Request for Proposal (RFP) process was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 8-4, “Method of Selecting a Professional Consultant,” to secure these needed professional services.
A host of consulting firms, led by thirty-three prime consulting firms, submitted formal written proposals. The consultants’ and subconsultants together included thirty-four DBENVBEIMBE firms and five local Long Beach firms. A multi-departmental Technical Evaluation Committee reviewed the proposals, interviewed a short-listed portion of the aforementioned res...
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