DATE: November 24, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Agreements with Consultants for On-Call Environmental Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning, subject to the review and approval by County Counsel as to legal form and the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector as to accounting form, to execute eight On-Call Environmental Consultant Agreements for environmental consultant services ($2,000,000).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the Director of Public Works and Planning to execute on-call Agreements with eight firms to provide various environmental consultant services. The term of each Agreement is three years, with two optional one-year renewals. The maximum total dollar amount of all Agreements is an aggregate of $2,000,000. The impacts of this item are Countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, the Department will have to prepare a separate Request for Proposal for each project, causing significant delays in the design process and delivery of planned public works projects. If delivery deadlines are not met, the Department will be at risk of losing Federal funding.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The total combined maximum amount of the Agreements is $2,000,000 over the potential five-year term. The consultants will be compensated at agreed hourly rates for services performed as set forth in each Agreement. As these services are provided, costs will be reimbursed from appropriate sources for the various approved public works projects. A total of $1,105,000 was authorized using the previous on-call Agreements which expire in January 2021.
DISCUSSION:
Approval of the recommended action would retain environmental consultants to assist in the completion of various public works projects on...
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