Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER A CONTRACT WITH A CONSULTANT FOR GRANT IDENTIFICATION AND WRITING SERVICES (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City has been consulting with California Consulting for grant identification and writing services for the past 18 months. During that time, eleven grant applications have been submitted and five have been awarded totaling $500,415.00 in grants funds received by the City of Carson (Exhibit No. 1). The current contract between the City and California Consulting expires May 30, 2018. Staff has conducted a request for qualifications (RFQ) for these services. Staff received three responses and recommends continuing with California Consulting.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. AWARD a three-year contract to California Consulting to provide grant identification and writing services for the period of June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2021, with two additional one-year extensions at the City's sole election, and should the City exercise those options the agreement has the potential of reaching May 31, 2023;
2. AUTHORIZE the Mayor to execute the contract after approval as to form by the City Attorney, and
3. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to execute each of the optional extensions in one year increments.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
The City Council may consider other consultants for grant identification and writing services however, doing so will cut short the momentum that has developed over the last eighteen months with California Consulting.
IV. BACKGROUND
In preparation for this RFQ, staff surveyed the surrounding cities to see if they work with a grant consultant and if so, which consultant(s) those cities have done business with. From there a RFQ was released and three firms responded; Blais and Associates, SJC3 Consulting and California Consulting. Those responses are included as Exhibit No. 2, 3 and 4.
Consultant: Rate:
Blais an...
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