City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
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Biennial on-call and/or as needed Service Contract Awards for Land Surveying and Mapping, Geotechnical and Material Testing, Traffic Engineering and Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency Services
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FROM:
John Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff is recommending that the City Council award biennial on-call and/or as needed service contracts to:
1. Fomotor Engineering, Palm Springs for Land Surveying and Mapping; and
2. Earth Systems Pacific, Bermuda Dunes CA for Geotechnical and Material Testing; and
3. Albert A. Webb Associates, Palm Desert, CA for Traffic Engineering; and
4. Siemens ITS, Riverside, CA for Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency On-Call Services, and authorize the City Engineer and Public Works Manager to negotiate the final routine maintenance rates for traffic signal maintenance; and
5. Authorize the City Manager to execute all the required contracts.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Cathedral City continues to grow. As a result, the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure continues as well. Over the years, the City has found it both efficient and cost effective to biennially bid out for on call and/or as needed services that provide a specialized service, rather than having full time personnel on Staff that are specialized in that particular skill set. Regularly called upon to assist the City's Engineering and Public Works Departments are land surveyors, geotechnical engineers, traffic engineers and traffic signal maintenance professionals.
DISCUSSION:
It has been two years since a request for proposals for the above stated on call and/or as needed services were solicited. Thus, City Engineering Staff solicited separate Request for Proposals (RFP) for Geotechnical and Materials Testing Services, Surveying and Mapping Services, Traffic Engineering Services and Traffic Signal Maintenance and Emergency On-Call Servic...
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