Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Debbie Bazan, Director of Project Development Unit
Subject: On-Call Geotechnical Engineering Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the County Manager or Manager's designee to execute on-call agreements with the following 5 firms: Engeo, Fugro, Kleinfelder, Langan, and Rutherford & Chekene to provide on-call geotechnical engineering services for the Project Development Unit for the term October 17, 2017 through October 16, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $600,000 per agreement for an aggregate not to exceed amount of 3,000,000.
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BACKGROUND:
In January 2017, the County Manager's 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 on-call geotechnical engineering services. It is anticipated that the Project Development Unit will be ramping up for a period of four to five years managing these projects, however it 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 PDU to move forward with these recommendations. These new, approved, and on-going Capital Projects total approximately $500 million and are being managed by the PDU.
DISCUSSION:
Multiple large County capital ...
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