The proposed Staff extension consulting services will be utilized to meet current and projected capacity needs based upon projected workload. The not-to-exceed budget allows services for up to a twenty-four month performance period to achieve needed resource capacity to manage the current and growing volume of transportation capital improvement projects. The staff extension will be fully integrated into the City's Capital Delivery Division. A critical element to meeting the expectations of cost-effective, value-driven, reliable delivery of projects is resource capacity. The Department of Transportation and Public Works (TPW) is currently managing the delivery of the 2014 Bond Program along with numerous additional projects advanced through Community Facilities Agreement and other funding sources. On May 1, 2017, TPW issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to a list of pre-qualified consultants created through a prior City solicitation for professional services in January 2017. Eleven responses were received and evaluated. Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc., was selected as the firm best qualified to provide program management staff extension services. Funding for this work effort is included in each of the projects that are assigned; no new money is being assigned/appropriated.
M/WBE OFFICE - A waiver of the goal for MBE/SBE subcontracting requirements was requested by the Department and approved by the M/WBE Office, in accordance with the M/WBE or BDE Ordinance, because the purchase of goods or services from source(s) where subcontracting or supplier opportunities are negligible. This contract serves ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS. |