| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 7.b.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | William E. Murray
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Public Works
| | Subject: | Award a contract to Wallace & Associates Consulting, Inc., for on-call professional construction inspection services. (Cost: $400,000) (Action Item) | Date: | 2/9/2016 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To request City Council authorization to award a contract to Wallace & Associates Consulting, Inc. for on-call professional construction inspection services. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
The Engineering Services Division has a Construction Inspector position that is temporarily vacant, due to budget reductions resulting from a poor economy. Without construction inspection, quality control and quality assurance would be lost on capital improvement projects, thus jeopardizing the quality and longevity of many capital projects constructed each year. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
As the City will not be filling position vacancies in the near term due to budget reductions, it is prudent to have consultant inspection resources available to meet the inspection needs within the community.
Staff solicited four requests for proposal to construction management firms for on-call construction inspection services and received responses from two. Staff evaluated each of the proposals and determined that Carl Wallace & Associates Consulting, Inc., is best suited and able to provide on-call construction inspection services. The following is a summary of the ratings:
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Consultant
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Rater A
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Rater B
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Rater C
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Rater D
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Totals
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KOA Corporation
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175
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172
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187
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174
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708
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Carl Wallace & Associates
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188
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175.5
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189
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181
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733.5
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| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund. The contract is in the amount of $400,000. The services will be funded by the various projects requiring inspection services. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
- Award a contract for professional construction inspection services to Wallace & Associates Consulting, Inc.; and
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the professional service agreement with Wallace & Associates Consulting, Inc. in the amount of $ 400,000.
By: Mark Uphus, Senior Civil Engineer
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