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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 7, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENTS WITH POWER <br />ENGINEERS INC. AND CHAMBERS <br />GROUP INC. FOR ON-CALL <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1? Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2na 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 agreements with Power <br />Engineers, Inc., and Chambers Group, Inc., subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney, to provide environmental services for the not-to-exceed amount <br />of $200,000 for each firm. <br />DISCUSSION <br />City staff has solicited proposals from Environmental Engineering firms to provide environmental <br />services. These consultants are necessary to augment work efforts related to analysis of <br />proposed projects for compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act and/or the <br />National Environmental Policy Act. <br />The Request for Proposals (RFP) was posted on the City website for a period of 28 days. Eleven <br />firms submitted proposals, which were evaluated by a review committee comprised of personnel <br />from the Public Works and Planning and Building Agencies. Ratings were based on criteria <br />related to qualifications of the firms, project team, responsiveness to the RFP, and capacity to <br />perform the required work. Based on the proposals submitted, the ratings for the firms are as <br />follows: <br /> FIRM RATING <br />1. Power Engineers, Inc. 92.0 <br />2. Chambers Group, Inc. 91.8 <br />3. PCR Services Corporation 90.0 <br />4. RBF Consulting 87.8 <br />5. ESA, Inc. 81.0 <br />6. Ultra Systems Environmental, Inc. 78.5 <br />7. Lilburn Corporation 77.0 <br />8. Sapphos Environmental, Inc. 75.3 <br />9. Atkins North America Inc. 74.5 <br />10. AMEC Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. 73.5 <br />11. VCS Environmental 73.0 <br /> 2501-1