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Recommendation to Award Contract in the Amount of $377,451, Including Contingencies, to BKF Engineers for Engineering Consulting Services in Connection with the Arbor Street Storm Drain Pump Station Replacement, P.W. No. 10-14-15. (Public Works 310)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John A. Russo, City Manager
Re: Award Contract in the Amount of $377,451, Including Contingencies, to BKF Engineers for Engineering Consulting Services in Connection With the Arbor Street Storm Drain Pump Station Replacement, P.W. No. 10-14-15
BACKGROUND
On June 15, 2010, the City contracted with Psomas Co. to assess the City's ten storm drain pump stations. Psomas's number one priority recommendation was to completely replace the Arbor Street pump station, originally built in 1948, and located just north of the intersection of Arbor Street and Buena Vista Avenue. On November 4, 2014, the Public Works Department sent out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Engineering Services for Replacement of the Arbor Street Storm Drain Pump Station, P.W. No. 10-14-15. The proposed contract will include design and construction management services.
DISCUSSION
To solicit the maximum number of responses, the RFP was provided to 19 separate builders exchanges throughout the Bay Area. A notice for the RFP was sent out to all the consultants on the Public Works listing, published in the Alameda Journal, and put on the City's website. Four consultants submitted proposals, which were opened on Thursday, December 18, 2014, see below. The proposers were given the option of providing in-house environmental services for acquisition of CEQA document and permits, or working with an on-call environmental consultant contracted directly with the City.
Proposer
Location
Base Fee
Environmental Fee
GHD Inc.
San Francisco
$232,989
$ 59,095
BKF Engineers
Oakland
$328,218
Not proposed
ANWest &YEI, JV
Richmond/Oakland
$499,608
Not proposed
Schaaf & Wheeler
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