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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute agreements for as-needed architectural services with expertise in sustainable and LEED-certified designs with the City selected firms Gruen Associates, WWCOT, Transystems Corporation, and Gonzalez Goodale Architects, in the amount not to exceed $200,000 per consultant, for a two-year term;
Authorize City Manager to execute agreements for as-needed design firms for LEED-certified architectural design services with the Redevelopment Agency (RDA) selected firms Dougherty and Dougherty Architects, Sparano and Mooney Architects, and Gonzalez Goodale Architects in the amount not to exceed $200,000 per consultant, for a two-year term;
Authorize that all seven of the above as-needed design contracts can jointly be used by the City and by the RDA; and
Execute amendments to the agreements, relative to extending the terms for up to two additional one-year terms, authorize additional services, if required, within the provisions of the agreements, and adjust the fee schedule of hourly rates for inflation as appropriate and if funds are available. (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 asneeded services include state-of-the-art expertise in building architecture, both exterior and interior, and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering involved in sustainable and LEED-certified designs. These services are needed as the Department of Public Works (PW) and RDA do not have sufficient specialized expertise in some of these fields, including LEED-certified building architecture and mechanical and electrical sustainability engineering.
In anticipation of this need, PW issued a Request for Qualifications/Request for Proposal (RFQ/RFP) in accordance with Administrative R...
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