DATE: September 10, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Edward Hill, Chief Operating Officer/Interim Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
Steven E. White, Director, Department of Public Works & Planning
SUBJECT: Agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with The Gordian Group, Inc. dba The Mellon Group, through a cooperative agreement with Omnia Partners, for consulting services, software support, and administrative services for the Job Order Contracting system, not to exceed seven consecutive years, effective April 28, 2024, through January 7, 2026, with five optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $3,000,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with approval of the recommended action, which will allow the Internal Services Department, Facility Services division (ISD-Facility Services) and the Department of Public Works and Planning (PWP) to contract with The Gordian Group, Inc., doing business in California as The Mellon Group (Gordian), through a cooperative agreement, for consulting services, software support, and administrative services for the Job Order Contracting (JOC) system. The JOC system facilitates procurement for repair, remodeling, and other repetitive work to be done according to unit prices in an expeditious and cost-effective manner, in accordance with Public Contracts Code ?20128.5. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the County would be without a JOC service administrator, as the County does not have the necessary staff or resources to run a JOC system. The County would also not have an efficient method to procure services for repair, remodeling, and other repetitive work based on pre-determined unit prices and would need to issue public bids for all required work, resulting in higher costs, increased delays, and extend...
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