25B - AGMT WATER AND SEWER COSTS STUDY

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Award Agreement to Stantec for a Water and Sewer Cost of Service Study July 3, 2018 Page 2 committee based on criteria as outlined in the RFP. Listed below are the responding firms and their respective scores: FIRM Location Preliminary Lechowicz + Tseng Municipal Consultants Oakland 60.3 The top three scoring firms were invited to interview with staff and provide a presentation on their firm, proposal, and approach for meeting the City's needs. At the conclusion of the presentations and interviews, staff ranked the firms as follows: Rank FIRM Location 1 Stantec Walnut Creek 2 Black & Veatch Kansas City 3 Raftelis Los Angeles In accordance with the RFP, staff recommends awarding a contract to Stantec (Exhibit 1). Their proposal and presentation demonstrated a high technical competency and experience performing similar services. The proposal contained a clear path toward achieving City goals and objectives as required by the RFP. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 - Community Facilities & Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City assets), Strategy H (complete water/waste water rate study to ensure adequate resources to capture critical long-term capital needs). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. 25B-2 Score Black & Veatch Kansas City 89.5 Raftelis Los Angeles 83.8 Stantec Walnut Creek 82.6 Robert D. Niehause, Inc. Santa Barbara 77.9 NBS Temecula 75.5 FG Solutions New York City 73.5 Municipal and Financial Services Group Annapolis 71.6 Lechowicz + Tseng Municipal Consultants Oakland 60.3 The top three scoring firms were invited to interview with staff and provide a presentation on their firm, proposal, and approach for meeting the City's needs. At the conclusion of the presentations and interviews, staff ranked the firms as follows: Rank FIRM Location 1 Stantec Walnut Creek 2 Black & Veatch Kansas City 3 Raftelis Los Angeles In accordance with the RFP, staff recommends awarding a contract to Stantec (Exhibit 1). Their proposal and presentation demonstrated a high technical competency and experience performing similar services. The proposal contained a clear path toward achieving City goals and objectives as required by the RFP. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 - Community Facilities & Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City assets), Strategy H (complete water/waste water rate study to ensure adequate resources to capture critical long-term capital needs). ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT There is no environmental impact associated with this action. 25B-2