Title
Approving the selection of Freese and Nichols, Inc. to provide Staff Augmentation services and authorizing the City Manager to enter into an agreement in the amount of $711,000.
Summary
The Engineering Department has six (6) engineering positions vacant in the Development and CIP divisions. As a means to maintain production, Engineering Department requests to utilize temporary staff of professional engineering firms for six months, up to a year, until permanent staff hired. To keep projects moving forward, the City solicited requests for qualifications from engineering firms to assist with engineering staff augmentation services.
City staff received six (6) statements of qualifications (SOQs) on September 19, 2019, reviewed and scored by a scoring committee of three staff members. Freese and Nichols, Inc. (FNI) is one of the two firms selected by the scoring committee to assist the City with engineering staff augmentation services and was selected to assist the CIP Division. This contract will continue for up to one year with the option to extend or until the Engineering department is adequately staffed.
The scope includes three key areas:
1. Engineering Project Management Services [CIP Division as determined by project demand(s)]. FNI will serve as the City’s representative to provide project management for capital projects. For assigned projects, duties to include but not limited to the following:
· Manage project procurement process
· Communicate with other local, state, and federal regulatory agencies and residents
· Compile/prepare technical documentation
· Attend meetings: City Council, pre-bid, kickoff, stakeholder, management, etc.
2. Construction Contract Administration and Training. FNI will provide Construction Management staff to provide construction contract administration services as requested on an as needed basis. Services can include Inspector coordination and training, attending and leading meetings with the City, Engineer of R...
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