Title
Air Service Consulting Services - Contract Award
Description
This report requests the Transportation, Infrastructure and Planning Subcommittee recommend City Council approval to enter into an agreement with Arthur D. Little, LLC for air service consulting services at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
Report
Summary
The Air Service Development team consists of the Air Service Development Manager and a contract for air service consulting services.
In order to maintain strong international and domestic air service, and to mitigate the impacts of COVID, the Aviation Department (Aviation) requires an experienced air service development firm to assist with the implementation of its air service strategy.
Such firms provide detailed route, airline, and market data; analysis and recommendations; industry intelligence; airline meeting facilitation; scenario assessments; and support with local, state, and federal issues relating to air service. The current contract expires Aug. 9, 2022.
Procurement Information
Aviation issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on Dec. 13, 2021 to solicit a contract for air service consulting services.
An evaluation panel evaluated the proposals based on the following six criteria with a scoring range from 0 to 1,000:
- Qualifications and experience (200 points);
- Qualifications and experience and accessibility and availability of primary consultant and key personnel (200 points);
- Method of approach to data, research, and data analysis (200 points);
- Method of approach to legislative, regulatory, and industry analysis (150 points);
- Presentation skills and samples (150 points); and
- Fee schedule (100 points).
The result of the evaluation panel consensus score and ranking for the proposals is as follows:
Proposer Total Points
ICF Incorporated, LLC 620 points
Arthur D. Little, LLC 820 points
Contract Term
The term of the contract will begin on or about Aug. 10, 2022, for a term of three years, with two one-year options to extend, for an aggregate five-year contract term if both options to extend are exercised. The options may be exercised at the sole discretion of the Aviation Director.
Financial Impact
The aggregate contract value will not exceed $1.875 million for the five-year aggregate contract term.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The Phoenix Aviation Advisory Board recommended approval of the issuance of this RFP on Oct. 21, 2021, by a vote of 7-0.
The City Council approved the issuance of this RFP on Dec. 1, 2021.
Location
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport - 3400 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.
Council District: 8
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Aviation Department.