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Authorize negotiation and execution of amendments to the professional services agreements for engineering services for the 2020 Large Scale General Civil Engineering Services Rotation List, with the following 12 firms: Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.; CAS Consulting & Services, Inc.; AECOM Technical Services, Inc.; HDR Engineering, Inc.; Atkins North America, Inc.; Freese & Nichols, Inc.; Dannenbaum Engineering Company-Austin LLC; MWM DesignGroup, Inc.; Walker partners, LLC; BGE, Inc. and Klotz Associates, Inc. d/b/a RPS Klotz Associates in the amount of $10,400,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $31,600,000.
[Note: This contract continues to be subject to City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). Current participation to date is 15.21% MBE and 19.04% WBE].
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Lead Department
Financial Services Department.
Managing Department
Financial Services Department.
Fiscal Note
Funding is available in the Capital and/or Operating and Maintenance Budgets of the various departments requiring services.
Purchasing Language:
12 contracts were awarded through a qualifications-based selection process.
Prior Council Action:
October 03, 2019 - Council approved a professional services agreement for 12 firms for the 2020 Large Scale General Civil Engineering Services Rotation List.
December 10, 2020 - Council approved additional authority for for the 2020 Large Scale General Civil Engineering Services Rotation List.
For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to the Financial Services Department - Central Procurement at: FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500. Respondents to the solicitation and their Agents should direct all questions to the Authorized Contact Person identified in the solicitation.
Additional Backup Information:
As a standard business practice, the City of Austin routinely engages the services of professional engineering firms to perform analysis, design and support services associated with construction or improvement of City capital assets. Rotation List contracting allows the City of Austin to always have a group of qualified consultants available to perform a specific type of recurring work in a timely manner to meet the project and operational needs of the City.
This additional authorization amount is necessary to continuously accommodate immediate assignment requests while soliciting for a new Large Scale General Civil Engineering Rotation List.
The extension and additional authority for the 2020 Large Scale General Civil Engineering Services Rotation List will allow for the continuation projects of various scopes and sizes, generally anticipated to include, but not limited to, the following:
• Water & Wastewater Utility Projects: Planning Studies, investigations, pipeline design and rehabilitation, utility relocation design, and design and evaluation of lift station improvements, including electrical, mechanical and instrumentation work.
• Capital Delivery Services/Various City Department Projects: Street and/or intersection improvements; storm drainage systems which may include piping, inlets, culverts, channels detention ponds, and water quality controls; utility relocation; parking lot improvements; sidewalks and associated Americans with Disabilities Act ramps and crosswalks; miscellaneous Parks Department improvements.
The remaining authority for the current 2020 Large Scale General Civil Engineering Rotation List is extremely low. A delay in approving this amendment could affect the City’s capacity to complete projects, impacting capital project delivery schedules.