For City Council Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Alberto Paiva, P.E., Director of Engineering Services/City Engineer
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Request City Council to: (1) Award Professional Services Agreements with Black O'dowd and Associates, Inc. DBA BOA Architecture and Westgroup Designs Inc. for On-Call Professional Architectural Services, and (2) Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents.
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BACKGROUND
The City solicits the services of professional architectural firms, on an on-call basis, to provide consulting services for capital improvement projects, and to maintain, improve, expand, or construct new public facilities.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
On August 11, 2022, the City released Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 23-009 for "On-Call" Professional Architectural Services on PlanetBids.com and the City's website. The RFQ scope of services included but were not limited to remodeling, repurposing, refurbishing existing public buildings, restoration or refurbishing of designated historical public structures; design of new municipal public structures; space allocation planning; infrastructure upgrades; demolition plans for unused facilities; landscape architectural, upgrade of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) equipment; coordination for the installation of fire sprinkler and alarm systems, door and window replacements, and ADA evaluations. The RFQ was written to ensure that the selected firms demonstrated successful experience and capacity to provide services to municipal government agencies similar to the City of Rialto.
On September 1, 2022, the City received ten (10) statements of qualifications from the following firms, listed in alphabetical order:
1. BOA Architecture
2. Bureau Veritas
3. Infrastructure Architects
4. Miller Architectural Corporation
5. ONYX Architects, Inc.
6. Rubio Medina, Architect
7. STK Architecture, Inc.
8. TAIT & Associates, Inc.
9. TR Design Gro...
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