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
Title
Request City Council to: (1) Award Professional Services Agreements with Koury Engineering & Testing Inc. and MTGL, Inc. for On-Call Geotechnical Services, and (2) Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents.
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BACKGROUND
The City solicits services of professional geotechnical firms, on an on-call basis, to provide consulting services for capital improvement projects and private land development projects.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
On February 22, 2022, the City released Request for Proposals (RFP) No. 22-051 for "On-Call" Geotechnical Services on PlanetBids.com and the City's website. The RFQ scope of services included but were not limited to geotechnical testing and preparation of reports and design recommendations, compaction testing and reporting, and subsurface exploration. 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 March 31, 2022, the City received 13 proposals from the following firms, listed in alphabetical order:
1. Aragon Geotechnical, Inc.
2. Geocon
3. GeoMat Testing Laboratories, Inc.
4. GeoTek
5. Hilltop Geotechnical, Inc.
6. Koury Engineering and Testing, Inc.
7. LOR Geotechnical Group, Inc.
8. MTGL, Inc.
9. RMA Group
10. Terracon Consultants, Inc.
11. Tetra Tech
12. The Converse Professional Group
13. Willdan Engineering
The City assembled an evaluation panel that included the following City staff and staff from the County of San Bernardino:
* Amparo Corona, Principal Budget and Financial Analyst
* Art Cervantes, Engineering Manager
* Arlene Chun, Engineering Manager, County of San Bernardino
Following a review of the proposals by the evaluation panel, the top two (2) ranking firm...
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