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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />August 6, 2024 <br />TOPIC: On -Call Staff Support Services for Inspection, Engineering, Project <br />Management, and Administration <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Agreements with Project Partners, Interwest Consulting Group Inc., EC & AM <br />Associates Inc. dba GK & Associates Inc., Richard Fisher Associates, and Ladayu <br />Consulting Group for On -Call Staff Support Services for Inspection, Engineering, Project <br />Management, and Administration <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with the firms listed below to provide <br />inspection, engineering, project management, and administration services, for a three- <br />year period commencing August 6, 2024, and expiring August 5, 2027, with a provision <br />for one, two-year renewal option, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000 <br />for the term of the contract, including the optional renewal (Core Agreement No. A- <br />2024-XXX). <br />Firms <br />Location <br />Project Partners <br />Laguna Hills, CA <br />Interwest Consulting Group, Inc. <br />Loveland, CO <br />GK & Associates, Inc. <br />Diamond Bar, CA <br />Richard Fisher Associates <br />Irvine, CA <br />Ladayu Consulting Group <br />Palos Verdes Estates, CA <br />GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency (PWA) oversees all aspects of civil engineering for capital <br />improvement projects, development engineering, and the management of project design <br />and construction. In prior years, the City has contracted with consultant firms to provide <br />temporary staffing for PWA to perform a wide range of tasks to design, manage, and <br />inspect the construction of City capital improvements, to support citywide development, <br />plan check, and utility permit -related services. In anticipation of peak workloads, which <br />will exceed the current staffing capacity of PWA, the recommended staff augmentation <br />will help maintain time -sensitive project delivery schedules and commitments related to <br />private property development activity. The approval of the recommended action will <br />