Title
Investigative Services Contract - RFQu 26-0293 - Request for Award (Ordinance S-53290) - Citywide
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, through the City Attorney, to enter into contracts with various investigative services providers for investigative services for the Law Department on an as-needed basis, as determined by the City Attorney. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The total combined value of the contracts will not exceed $320,000. Request to apportion the total combined value among the contract awardees, based on the City's needs and resources, at the City Attorney's discretion.
Report
Summary
This contract will provide investigative services to the City. The City Code authorizes the City Attorney to enter into agreements to provide investigative and other legal services for the City. Upon City Council approval of this request, the City Attorney will enter into agreements with eight firms. As needed, the City Attorney may also contract for other services consistent with the authority granted in the Phoenix City Code. Should the City Attorney contract with additional investigative firms over the five-year aggregate period, funds will be disbursed under the authority of this ordinance, and such additional contracts are authorized by this approval.
Procurement Information
The existing list of qualified investigative services providers that currently provide services to the City on an as-needed basis is set to expire on December 31, 2026. The Finance Department, Central Procurement Division, on behalf of the Law Department, issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQu) for investigative services firms to submit qualifications for inclusion on a Qualified Vendor List (QVL) to provide services for the City over the next five years. The Central Procurement Division received nine offer submittals to the RFQu and determined, with the Law Department, that the following eight offerors met the requirements and have been approved to be placed on the list to provide services to the City on a case-by-case basis:
Contego Investigations, LLC
Sharnai Monike Fisher dba Fisheye Investigation Group
Frasco, Inc.
GNW Security Consultants, Inc. dba Contel Investigations
Goar Investigations, LLC
Investigative Research, Inc.
Palicon Group, Inc.
PRIVIN Network, LLC
Contract Term
The contracts will begin on or about January 1, 2027, for a five-year term with no options to extend.
Financial Impact
The aggregate value of the contracts will not exceed $320,000.
The individual agreements set forth specific rates and fees for services in accordance with proposals submitted during the RFQu or otherwise agreed to between the City Attorney and applicable firms.
Funding is available in various departments' operating budgets, including the Law Department and Self-Insured Retention Fund. Payments will be made from affected funding sources, primarily from the Self-Insured Retention Fund or the General Fund on an individual or case assignment basis.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Ed Zuercher and the Law Department.