Title
Authorization to Award Contract to Moss Adams LLP for Construction Auditing Services (Ordinance S-44279)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Moss Adams LLP to provide auditing services for two construction contracts for the City Auditor Department. The aggregate contract value will not exceed $60,500 over the life of the contract. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The City Auditor Department is requesting to enter into a contract with Moss Adams LLP to perform construction auditing services.
Procurement Information
A modified RFQu was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, where staff identified potential consultants, solicited them to submit bids indicating their qualifications, and selected the lowest bid that met the qualifications. Bid solicitation was sent to 16 vendors, including one small business enterprise and 11 off the City Auditor Department's Qualified Vendor List.
Three responses were received. Two responses declined to submit a bid due to either not meeting the qualifications or not believing they could submit a low bid. There was one bid received by the City Auditor Department on Jan. 11, 2018 by the following vendor. This bid met or exceeded the minimum qualifications set within the bid solicitation with a price deemed appropriate by the City Auditor Department.
Moss Adams LLP: $60,500
The City Auditor recommends that the offer from Moss Adams be accepted as a responsive and responsible offer that is most advantageous to the City.
Contract Term
This contract will begin on or about Feb. 20, 2018 and end on or about July 30, 2018. There will be no extensions beyond the completion of this contract.
Financial Impact
The expenditures against this contract shall not exceed the aggregate amount of $60,500. Funds are available in the City Auditor's Department budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by City Manager Ed Zuercher and the City Auditor Department.