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Resolution approving a consulting services agreement with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc. of Walnut Creek, California for the WQCP Switchgear & Cogeneration Controls Upgrade Project (Project No. ss1705) in an amount not to exceed $504,616, authorizing the City Manager to execute the agreement, and authorizing a total design agreement budget of $555,000.
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco co-owns and operates the South San Francisco/San Bruno Water Quality Control Plant (WQCP), located at 195 Belle Air Road to provide secondary wastewater treatment for the Cities of South San Francisco and San Bruno, Town of Colma, and portions of City of Daly City, a population over 110,000, and
WHEREAS, the WQCP obtains power from PG&E via a 12-kilovolt (kV) main service, as supplemented by an on-site 410 kilowatt cogeneration system fueled by digester gas, and distributes this power via four 480-volt switchboards to various motor control centers to operating equipment throughout the plant, and,
WHEREAS, for reliability and operational cost effectiveness, it is beneficial to upgrade the WQCP’s aging electrical components, including replacing the main power service, upgrading and adding circuit breakers to the switchboards, upgrading and interconnecting several of the motor control centers, and replacing the cogeneration control panel, and
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2018, the City issued a Request for Proposals for professional design and construction services and received proposals from AECOM, Kennedy Jenks, Lee & Ro, and Zeiger Engineers.
WHEREAS, staff convened a panel of qualified technical staff to review the submitted proposals and then to interview three firms on March 12, 2019, and
WHEREAS, the panel found the firms to be responsive to the Request for Proposal requirements and qualified to perform this scope of work, but ranked Kennedy Jenks to be best qualified for the desired scope of services, and
WHEREAS, staff recommends approving the consulting services agreements for design of the WQCP Switchgear & Cogeneration Controls Upgrade Project for the City of South San Francisco’s Capital Improvement Program in the total amount not to exceed $504,616, and
WHEREAS, funding for this agreement is provided in the 2018/2019 Capital Improvement Program Project ss1705.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby approves a consulting services agreement, attached herewith as Exhibit A, with Kennedy Jenks of Walnut Creek, California in an amount not to exceed $504,616, conditioned on Kennedy Jenks’s timely execution of the consulting services agreement and submission of all required documents, including but not limited to, certificates of insurance and endorsements, in accordance with the Project documents.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco authorizes the Finance Department to establish the Project budget consistent with the information contained in the staff report.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute the agreement and any other related documents on behalf of the City upon timely submission by Kennedy Jenks of the signed contract and all other documents, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is hereby authorized to take any other required actions consistent with the intent of this resolution, that do not materially increase the City’s obligations.
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