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ON-CALL ENGINEERING STAFF SUPPORT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES
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DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ TRANSPORTATION SERVICES DIVISION
PRESENTED BY: RAJA SETHURAMAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: RAMIN NIKOUI, SENIOR ENGINEER, (714) 754-5184
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council:
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with each consulting firm listed below from October 15, 2024 - June 30, 2029, in substantially the form as attached and in such final form as approved by the City Attorney for on-call engineering staff support and program management services for various Public Works projects.
* Ardurra Group, Inc.
* TKE Engineering, Inc.
* Transtech Engineers, Inc.
* Iteris, Inc.
2. Authorize the City Manager and the City Clerk to execute future amendments with the above-listed firms including any potential increases in compensation as long as the amendments are within the approved allocated aggregate amount of $400,000 annually amongst all firms.
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BACKGROUND:
The Public Works Department is committed to serving the public by providing high-quality services and continually improving the City's infrastructure. In doing so, staff occasionally will require assistance from professional consultants in areas such as engineering design, traffic signal/active transportation design, design management, professional project and program management, plan check services and general staff support. Over the last three years, the Public Works Department's workload has dramatically increased due to an influx of new grant funding and Capital Improvement Projects (CIP). For example, the Public Works Department's Transportation Services Division has recently obtained over $12 million in grant funding for systemic safety improvements to the City's transportation system and new active transportation facilities. Many of these grant-funded ...
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