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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 21, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION <br />MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE FIRST <br />STREET BRIDGE REPLACEMENT OVER <br />THE SANTA ANA RIVER (061723) <br />r" <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with Hill <br />International, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $967,500 subject to nonsubstantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The First Street Bridge over the Santa Ana River consists of two travel lanes in each direction; <br />however, the street leading onto the bridge has three lanes (Exhibit 1). During rush hour, the <br />bridge becomes a bottleneck that severely impedes traffic flow. To improve the situation, <br />construction contract documents were prepared to widen the bridge to three lanes in each <br />direction with pedestrian sidewalks on both sides and widening of the bridge approaches. Award <br />of the construction contract is to be presented for the Council's approval at the March 21, 2011 <br />meeting. <br />Since the bridge construction is a highly specialized scope of work, and to ensure safe and high- <br />quality construction, on November 15, 2010 the City Council approved the release of a Request <br />for Proposals (RFP) to qualified construction management firm with experience in bridge <br />construction. Subsequently, RFPs were sent to 11 consulting engineering firms, including three <br />located in Santa Ana. Three firms submitted proposals, including one Santa Ana firm. An <br />evaluation committee rated the proposals according to qualifications, experience, and capacity <br />to perform the required work. <br />Based on the proposals submitted, the scores for the firms are as follows: <br />RATING SCORE <br />Hill International, Inc. 1 91 <br />URS Corporation 2 86 <br />Anderson-Penna Partners, Inc. 3 79 <br />25E-1