DATE: October 19, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Agreement with Consultant for Miscellaneous On-Call Professional Services
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an agreement with Southern Yosemite Engineering, Inc., to provide on-call professional consultant services, effective upon execution, with a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $500,000.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will supplement the list of on-call consultants previously chosen through the County's formal selection process, by adding a third electrical engineering firm. While there is no guaranteed minimum amount the County is required to pay to the consultant, the maximum total of the agreement will not exceed $500,000. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
If the recommended action is not approved, projects may be delayed because some projects may require an independent professional consultant services selection process in order to obtain the electrical engineering services required for their completion.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. A not-to-exceed cost for each project will be negotiated and authorized in writing by the Department of Public Works and Planning (Department), in consultation with the user departments, prior to the commencement of work. The user departments will pay the capital project costs. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the user departments Orgs for the FY 2021-22 Adopted Budget. As the services are provided, costs will be paid for or reimbursed by the user departments.
DISCUSSION:
Specialized professional service consultant contracts are necessary to assist the Department in the completion of a number of capital projects of varying sizes. Other county departments are able to...
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