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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to add Anchor Environmental CA, L.P., to the current list of firms under contract with the City of Long Beach for as-needed engineering services; execute all documents necessary to enter into a three-year contract with Anchor Environmental CA, L.P., and execute amendments to renew for up to one additional three-year term; authorize additional services, if required, within the provisions of the contract, and if extended for one additional three-year term, adjust the fee schedules for allowable CPI increases; and
Authorize City Manager to increase the aggregate total of the contract authority for Anchor Environmental CA, L.P., together with the four existing firms currently under contract: AECOM Technology Services, Inc.; KFM Engineering, a Tetra Tech Company; Winzler & Kelly; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Moffatt & Nichol; and URS Corporation (dba URS Corporation America) for as-needed engineering consulting services from $8,700,000 to $10,500,000 over the three-year contract period. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On August 17, 2010, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into three-year contracts for as-needed engineering consulting services for an aggregate total not to exceed $8,700,000 over a three-year period (Attachment).
Together with the Department of Public Works (PW), the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has consistently contracted with environmental and engineering consulting firms to provide services pertinent to the maintenance and management of recreational water bodies and structural elements in the City of Long Beach (City). Past projects have included Bluff Park restoration; Colorado and Rainbow Lagoons renovation and restoration; dredging at Alamitos Bay and areas of the Los Angeles River; and restoration and renovation of the Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier, inclusive of seismic retrofit. PRM has also utilized these contracts for coastal engineering, environmental permitting, ...
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