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Resolution approving and authorizing the City Manager to enter into various consulting services agreements for on-call architectural, engineering, and other professional services for various City-funded projects in an amount not to exceed $300,000 per fiscal year for a three year period per agreement with selected consultants.
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WHEREAS, on February 12, 202, City of South San Francisco ("City") staff issued a Request for Statement of Qualifications ("SOQ") for on-call architectural, engineering, and professional services for 16 service areas from consulting firms, which professional service areas include appraisal services; architecture; biological services; civil engineering, construction management and inspection services; electrical engineering; geotechnical engineering and materials testing; hazardous material testing and monitoring; landscape architecture; marine engineering; mechanical engineering; solid waste engineering; structural engineering; surveying, mapping and right-of-way engineering; traffic engineering and transportation; and water resources; and
WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, staff received one hundred sixty nine (169) proposals for the various service areas from consultants in response to the SOQ; and
WHEREAS, City staff from the Engineering Division, Building Division, Economic and Community Development Department, Public Works Department, Parks and Recreation Department, Planning Division, and Water Quality Control Plant reviewed the proposals and selected the consultants based on their project understanding, example projects, expertise and proposal; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the Council approve and provide authority for the execution of the consulting services agreements with the selected consultants listed in Exhibit A and utilizing and customizing the form Consultant Services Agreement for each selected consultant, attached as Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, costs for the on-call architectural, engineering and other professional services will be charged to various city-funded projects through their sources of funding and shall not exceed $300,000 per agreement per fiscal year for the term of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023, in which the first fiscal year will begin on July 1, 2020 and end on June 30, 2021, with the City Manager having the option to extend their agreement for an additional two (2) years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby approves the Consulting Services Agreement, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit B, and utilizing this agreement for on-call architectural, engineering, and other professional services for various Capital Improvement Projects, for those selected consulting firms listed in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, in an amount not to exceed $300,000 per agreement per fiscal year for the term of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023, in which the first fiscal year will begin on July 1, 2020 and end on June 30, 2021, with the City Manager having an option to extend any agreement for an additional two (2) years.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute on-call consulting services agreements on behalf of the City for those selected consulting firms listed in Exhibit A by utilizing the agreement listed as Exhibit B and in substantially the same form as Exhibit B, upon timely submission by the selected consultants' signed contracts and all other required documents, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to take actions consistent with the intent of this Resolution that does not materially alter the City's obligations hereunder.
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