It is recommended that the City Council authorize the execution of Amendment No. 2 in the amount of $500,000.00 for each of the following Professional Services Agreements: CSC No. 48833, as renewed and amended, with Teague Nall & Perkins, Inc., CSC No. 48835, as renewed and amended, with VRX, Inc., CSC No. 48836, as renewed and amended, with Freese and Nichols, Inc., CSC No. 48837, as renewed and amended, with Multatech Engineering, Inc., and CSC No. 48838, as renewed and amended, with Lamb-Star Engineering, L.P. for construction inspection services for various City construction projects increasing each Agreement amount up to $1,400,000.00 annually and establishing contract termination dates for each.

The City uses contract inspectors from various firms based on inspection experience in essential areas of infrastructure construction and availability at the time of the City's request for service. M&C C-28098 authorized contracts with Freese and Nichols, Inc., Lamb-Star Engineering, L.P., Multatech Engineering, Inc., Teague Nall & Perkins, Inc., and VRX, Inc., among others, to provide construction inspection services to the Transportation and Public Works Department. Each of these contracts has been renewed and amended once. It has become necessary to increase the contract capacity with Teague Nall & Perkins, Inc., VRX, Inc., Freese and Nichols, Inc., Multatech Engineering, Inc., and Lamb-Star Engineering, L.P., in the amount of $500,000.00 each, due to these firms furnishing a larger number of experienced inspectors to the City. Each amended contract will be in the revised amount of $1,400,000.00 annually.

Contract inspection services are utilized for TPW's portfolio of infrastructure inspection projects which includes developer initiated and City projects. Funding for inspection services for City infrastructure projects are provided through various Capital Improvement Program Funds including the 2018 Bond Program. The contracted inspectors are assigned to various projects city-wide as an augmentation to City staff in order to accommodate peak periods of construction.

A portion of these agreements will include 2014 Bond Funds. Available resources within the General Fund will be used to provide interim financing for these expenses until debt is issued. Once debt associated with this project is sold, bond proceeds will reimburse the General Fund in accordance with the statement expressing official intent to reimburse, that was adopted as part of the ordinance canvassing the bond election (Ordinance No. 21241-05-2014).

The Office of Business Diversity in conjunction with the Transportation and Public Works Department has determined compliance with the City's Business Diversity Enterprise Ordinance by the inclusion of SBE firms on this project. Lamb-Star Engineering, Multatech Engineering, Inc., and VRX, Inc., are certified SBE firms. Freese and Nichols, Inc., and Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc., are also being recommended for amendments on their existing contracts.

This is for ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS.