TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a contract and any necessary amendments thereto with MWH Americas, Inc. (MWH), in an amount not to exceed $129,500 (with a net cost to the City of $18,500) to provide statistical and data gathering services for the California Multi-Agency Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Benchmarking Study Group in which the City of Long Beach participates, for a one-year term, with the option to extend the contract for two additional one-year terms; and increase appropriations in the General Fund (GP) in the Department of Public Works (PW) by $111,500. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 2001, the City of Long Beach has participated in an ongoing study to benchmark capital project delivery performance by the seven largest cities in California (Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, and San Jose). The purpose of the study is to determine reasonable costs to deliver capital projects by comparing cost data from similar agencies and to compare/evaluate different delivery methods. Information is shared by each participating agency on what has worked or not worked to improve project delivery in categories as varied as fire stations, libraries, parks, streets, storm drains, and traffic signals, just to name a few. The results have been a more uniform and improved project delivery approach for each of the participating agencies.
The study, now known as the California Multi-Agency CIP Benchmarking Study, was first published in 2002, with subsequent annual updates published each year thereafter. The study currently includes three main areas: Performance Benchmarking, Best Management Practices and Discussions of Current Project Delivery issues, and has been officially recognized by the League of California Cities and the American Public Works Association. The study, now in its eleventh year, is considered nationally as one of the longest and best studies ever conducted for the purposes of understan...
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