REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Three On-Call Contracts Totaling $1,125,000 for Consulting Support for Solid Waste Services (F23-112)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award three on-call contracts to provide on-call consultation services for the Environmental Services Department, Solid Waste Division (ESD) for an initial three-year period to the following firms: SCS Engineers, with a contract amount not to exceed $450,000, J.R. Miller and Associates, Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed $375,000 and HF&H, LLC., with a contract amount not to exceed $300,000. These contracts will provide on-call consultant services as required by ESD.
Approval is also requested to authorize the City Manager to increase the not-to-exceed contract amounts and to extend the term of the contracts for up to two additional years, subject to available budgeted funding, need, and acceptable pricing and service.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC), City Council approval is required for contracts exceeding $250,000.
Pursuant to Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, contracts for this type of service are awarded pursuant to a Request for Qualifications (RFQL) best value process, unless otherwise exempt from the competitive bidding process.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
On-call Consultant contracts provide ESD, the ability to contact these firms to provide project managers and subject matter experts who assist in the management of the City's Solid Waste Division projects and programs related to the closed landfill, solid waste collection, and process...
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