Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER AWARDING SEVEN CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE AS-NEEDED, ON-CALL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES FOR BROWNFIELDS SITE ASSESSMENTS & GRANT IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City has been awarded three (3) Equitable Community Revitalization Grant (ECRG) Round 2 funding for a total amount of $875,000 from the State of California Environmental Protection Agency's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), and one (1) Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup (MAC) Grant Program from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The City is awaiting results from one additional ECRG grant application and intends on applying to more brownfield funding in the future.
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) was issued on March 14, 2024, to seek qualified firms to provide on-call environmental services to implement the awarded grants (and any future grants). Seven proposals were received by the RFQ deadline RFQ deadline of April 24, 2024. A selection committee reviewed the proposals and evaluated each firm on the criteria set forth in the RFQ. All seven firms are determined to be well qualified by the committee and are all recommended to provide services for brownfield site assessment and other grant implementation activities.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. AWARD and APPROVE the on-call Contract Services Agreement to EnSafe Inc. for a not-to-exceed sum of $750,000 for a five-year term, following approval as to form by the City Attorney;
2. AWARD and APPROVE the on-call Contract Services Agreement to Stearns, Conrad & Schmidt Consulting Engineers, Inc. (dba SCS) for a not-to-exceed sum of $750,000 for a five-year term, following approval as to form by the City Attorney;
3. AWARD and APPROVE the on-call Contract Services Agreement to Terracon Consultants, Inc. for a not-to-exceed sum of $750,000 for a five-year term, ...
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