To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Julie Lucido, Public Works Director
Prepared By: Ian Heid, Associate Civil Engineer
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On-Call Environmental Consulting Services
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Authorize the Public Works Director to execute on behalf of the City an agreement with Prunuske Chatham, Inc., for task-order based on-call environmental consulting services, in an amount not to exceed $500,000.
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DISCUSSION:
The Engineering Division seeks additional environmental consulting to the City's design team to augment staff's design capabilities and technical expertise to effectively deliver projects within the Capital Improvement Program. This can be accomplished by using on-call environmental consulting services.
In June 2021 the City published a Request for Proposals, and in July 2021 the City received six proposals from qualified firms, all of whom met the minimum qualifications presented in the Request for Proposals. The following firms submitted proposals (in alphabetical order): Area West Environmental, Inc.; FCS International, Inc.; GHD, Inc.; LSA Associates, Inc.; Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd.; and Prunuske Chatham, Inc.
A selection committee comprised of Engineering Division, Development Engineering Division, and Utilities Department staff evaluated and scored each of the submitted proposals. Each firm was evaluated based on the following criteria: thoroughness of proposal, consultant experience, contract understanding, firm's expertise/capabilities and proximity to the City of Napa. After thorough review and deliberation, the Selection Committee determined that Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd.; LSA Associates, Inc.; GHD, Inc.; and Prunuske Chatham, Inc., scored as the top four firms and recommended them to the Public Works Director. Per staff's recommendation, the City Council authorized execution of contracts with Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd.; LSA Associates, Inc.; and...
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