REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Contract for Sunnyvale Clean Water Program Facility Condition Assessment Project (F17-048)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract in the amount of $953,177 ($779,984 for base services and $173,193 for optional services) to AECOM Technical Services, Inc. of Oakland, CA for professional condition assessment work associated with the Sunnyvale Clean Water Program. Approval is also requested for a 10% for contract contingency on the base services in the amount of $77,998.
EXISTING POLICY
Consistent with the provision of Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, contracts for this of professional design services are awarded pursuant to a Request for Proposals (RFP) best value process, unless otherwise exempt from competitive bidding.
In addition, the City evaluates civil engineering design proposals in conjunction with the Qualification Based Selection (QSB) process established in California Government Code section 4525 et. seq. This requires that consultants be evaluated on the basis of demonstrated competence before pricing is considered and negotiated.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This award is for the assessment of current facility and equipment conditions and design services therefore 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(a) 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
The City is engaged in a Program to renovate the existing Water Pollution Control Plant (Plant) to a new facility suitable to treat and dispose of municipal sewage over the next 30 or more years. Portions of the existing Plant were built in the 1950s. With additions over the years, including the oxidation ponds in 1966 and the tertiary plant in 1978 i...
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