REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize Amending an Existing Contract with CDM Smith for Program Management and Related Services for the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program (F21-028)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Staff requests approval to amend an existing contract with CDM Smith of Walnut Creek to provide Program Management services related to the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program reconstruction of the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). The Fourth Amendment would increase the contract not to exceed amount by $10,099,549; increasing the total not-to-exceed contract amount from $21,303,039 to $31,402,588 and will extend the term of the agreement through December 31, 2023. Approval is also requested to increase the remaining contingency by $34,284 to $833,086 (5% of the remaining and added core services). Total expenses for the contract term, including contingencies, will not exceed $32,235,674 subject to annual appropriation of funds.
Overall services under this contract include quality assurance of design work products; coordination of new construction; records management; financial and schedule oversight; regulatory and environmental operational compliance; public outreach program implementation; coordination of simultaneous plant projects, new facilities commissioning; and automation and controls systems integration.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code City Council approval is required for the procurement of goods and/or services exceeding $100,000 in any one transaction.
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(a) in that it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The existing WPCP was initially built in 1956. With additions over t...
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