REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award a Contract for Climate Action Plan 2.0 Technical Development and Community Engagement Services (F17-151)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a contract in the amount of $235,480 to DNV GL Energy Services USA, Inc. (DNV GL) for professional services for Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0 technical development and community engagement and to approve a contract contingency in the amount of $14,000.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Chapter 2.08 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, contracts for this type of professional services are awarded pursuant to a Request for Proposals (RFP) best value process unless otherwise exempt from competitive bidding. Further, City Council approval is required for contracts exceeding $100,000.
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)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Sunnyvale's current Climate Action Plan (CAP), adopted in 2014, is a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions reduction plan to address the causes of climate change and reduce the impacts of climate change in the future. The adopted CAP is designed to meet the State's 2020 GHG reduction target and includes more than 130 distinct actions intended to reduce GHG emissions. Implementation of the adopted CAP puts the City on path to achieve and exceed the State's near-term target of returning to 1990 GHG emissions level by 2020. However, the adopted CAP falls short of reaching the recently adopted State targets set forth in SB 32 (reducing emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030) and Executive Order S-3-05 (reducing emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050). Additionally, technologies have continued to evolve and this is the optimal time to integrat...
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