Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Deborah Bazan, Project Development Unit Director
Subject: Agreement with Telamon Engineering Consultants, Inc.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Project Development Unit Director or his/her designee to execute an amendment to the agreement with Telamon Engineering Consultants, Inc. increasing the agreement by $110,000 to an amount not to exceed $179,485.
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BACKGROUND:
In January 2017, the County Manager’s Office Project Development Unit (PDU) was formed to oversee and manage all ground up construction performed by the County of San Mateo. The PDU’s core group includes a Director, a Manager, two Management Analysts, a Senior Accountant, and two Project Managers. It was determined that the best method to supplement this core group is to add experienced contract Project Managers and on call Constructions Managers. It is anticipated that the PDU will be ramping up for a period of four to five years managing these projects, however must remain scalable while additional studies and plans are made to determine the next phase of projects to be managed by this unit.
In March of 2017, your Board held a Study Session to consider the recommendations made in the Feasibility Studies and Master Plans that reviewed the County’s use of lease space, aging facilities, OSHPD compliance work, public accessibility and navigation, parking, environmental standards, and efficiency of employee work spaces. Direction was given to the County Manager and the Project Development Unit to move forward with these recommendations. These new anticipated and on-going Capital Projects, totaling $454.1 million, are managed by the PDU.
DISCUSSION:
On August 1, 2017, the Project Development Unit approved a $69,485 agreement with Telamon Engineering Consultants, Inc. to provide easement consulting and surveying for County Office Building 3 and Parking Structure 2 projects. By increasing the amount of the agreement, the department can utilize the consultant’s expertise with the site to conduct a design-level survey for the Parking Structure 2 location.
County Counsel has reviewed and approved the resolution and amendment as to form.
Approval of this action will contribute to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of a Collaborative Community by advancing projects that provide regional benefits to San Mateo County residents.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of the contract will be funded by the budgets for the individual projects to which the consultant is assigned.