TO: AC Transit Board of Directors
FROM: Michael A. Hursh, General Manager/Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT: Awarding the On-Call A&E Services
ACTION ITEM
AGENDA PLANNING REQUEST: ?
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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Consider approving the award of eight (8) contracts for On-Call Architectural/Engineering services to Parsons Transportation Group, Inc.; Interactive Resources, Inc.; STV, Inc.; Chow Engineering, Inc.; Group 4 Architecture Research + Planning, Inc.; Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.; Mott-McDonald Group, Inc.; and West Coast Code Consultants, Inc.
Staff Contact:
Ramakrishna Pochiraju, Executive Director of Planning & Engineering
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STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE:
Goal - Safe and Secure Operations
Initiative - Infrastructure Modernization
On-call architecture and engineering (A&E) contracts support the execution of the District's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) by having specialized resources available to address specific and often short-term project needs. Having these resources on-call and readily available saves months of procurement time.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no immediate fiscal impact from the award of these contracts. Only when a task order is issued under one of the eight on-call contracts will there be an impact. The maximum value of each individual tasking will be equal to the unused portion of the annual allocation for that specific contractor. The minimum value of each task order is $2,500.
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
On-Call A&E contracts will provide the District with access to specialized architectural and engineering services as well as short-term staff augmentation to accommodate the capital project's program needs. These needs cover a variety of A&E areas, which include, but are not limited to permit code compliance review and inspection, architectural design, civil engineering, structural design and analysis, mechanical / electrical / plumbing design, landscape architecture and design, cost estimating, and scheduli...
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