City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/8/2016
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Contract Award for Land Surveying and Mapping, Material Testing, Traffic Engineering and Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency On-Call Services
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E., City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council award annual as-needed contracts to MSA Consulting, Rancho Mirage, CA for Land Surveying and Mapping; LandMark Geo Engineers and Geologists, Palm Desert, CA for Material Testing; Albert A. Webb Associates, Palm Desert, CA for Traffic Engineering; St. Francis Electric, Riverside, CA for Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency On-Call Services; and authorize the City Manager to sign the contracts.
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BACKGROUND:
Cathedral City will have several major improvement projects under construction during fiscal years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. The projects will serve to improve driving conditions, enhance safety, improve access for those with disabilities and will require analysis, testing and survey services.
At the January 27, 2016 meeting, Council authorized the issuance of Request for Proposals (RFP) for biennial as-needed contracts to provide these services. Separate RFP were issued for the Materials Testing Services, Survey and Mapping, Traffic Engineering and Traffic Signal Maintenance. . The RFP were advertised and circulated to all firms that indicated an interest in providing the services. The RFP included all of the Federal language and forms necessary to meet the Caltrans contract requirements. Firms were asked to provide cost proposals that included hourly rates and/or unit costs for various services in a separate, sealed envelope.
An RFP was issued for Striping and Pavement Markings, and only one firm responded. Feedback from vendors indicated that the hourly rate criteria asked for in the cost proposal was not consistent with industry practice. The RFP will be revised and re-issued.
DISCUSSION:
The proposals were reviewed by a pa...
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