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Request to Approve Selected Vendor Contracts for Expedited Building Inspection Services July 5, 2017 Page 2 Securing contract inspection staffing will provide a means by which projects may be expeditiously serviced without having to wait up to three weeks. Moreover, it will assist in reducing response time for inspection of general work load by permanent in-house staff. This expedited service will be funded via an additional pass through service fee based on contract rates established and agreed upon by the successful Consultant(s) and the City. There is also the added benefit of previewing potential staff in the event that permanent future positions are made available. Building and Safety received 12 proposals for the Expedited Building Inspections RFQ. A selection committee consisting of senior building staff was composed to review the proposals. The criteria to select the firms were based on the firms' expertise, length of time in the industry, specialties, and cost. Of the 12 the selection committed selected 6. Although the RFQ stated 4 top firms would be selected. The selection committee agreed that the 6 firms selected were comparable in all the criteria used for selection. In addition it would benefit the City to have the additional 2 firms as it provides more resources and a larger pool of qualified inspectors to choose when assigning expedited inspections. On June 22, 2017, staff held a Meet and Confer with representatives from Service Employees International Union 721 to discuss the proposed program as required under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding. Approval from the City Council to authorize the City Manager and the Clerk to execute the attached agreements will allow staff to administer these contracts and additional service. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's effort to meet Goal #3 - Economic Development; Objective #3 (Promote a solution -based customer focus in all efforts to facilitate development and investment in the community). FISCAL IMPACT Expedited inspection fees paid to the City by the applicant for each project contracted out for inspections will fully fund the consultants cost to perform the inspection. Effective July 1, 2017 these amounts will be deposited by the applicant into expedited inspection services account no. 05316002-53618 prior to the consultant commencing any work. Fees paid to the consultant will be recorded from account no. 05316021-62300. Funds will be budgeted in FY 2017/18 and subsequent fiscal years in the following account for the specified years of the term: Accounting Unit FY 17/18 FYI 8/19 FY19/20 no. Ub3lb021462300) 25F-2 M