Title
Water Resource Technical Policy Development (Ordinance S-44052)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to approve a Water Technical Policy Development Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for eligible consultants to provide data analysis services for water resource and conservation projects. The aggregate contract value shall not exceed $650,000, with an annual estimated expenditure of $130,000. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
These contracts will provide the Water Services Department with a Qualified Vendor List (QVL) for consulting services, on an as-needed basis for the contract period beginning Nov. 29, 2017, through Nov. 28, 2022. Examples of water projects may include: accessing, compiling and consolidating complex data relating to the distribution of water resources in Arizona, modeling efforts to project water and wastewater distribution challenges, and water conservation analysis.
Procurement Information
The Water Services Department released a Request for Qualifications (RFQu) for "Water Resource Technical Policy Development" on June 23, 2017. The RFQu was conducted in accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10.
Consultants will be contributing to various projects that require specific skills in areas such as water resource and conservation assessment and development. Five responsive proposals were received in response to the RFQu.
The evaluation panel reviewed submittals according to the following criteria set forth in the RFQu:
1. Offeror's background, past experience and proven capability in providing high quality research, analysis and report preparation in selected areas of expertise.
2. Qualifications, experience, technical training and expertise of the individual staff members proposed as team members for projects in selected areas of expertise.
3. Offeror's background, past experience and proven capability in data collection, resource development, water issues, assessment of current conditions and future conditions, consensus-based/science-based policy recommendations and practices.
The panel determined that all offerors met the established criteria to provide the necessary consulting services.
1. AMP Insights
2. CH2M
3. Cliff Neal Consulting
4. Culp & Kelly, LLC
5. Kathleen Ferris
Contract Term
This is a five-year contract period beginning Nov. 29, 2017, through Nov. 28, 2022, with no options to extend.
Financial Impact
The aggregate contract value shall not exceed $650,000, with an annual estimated expenditure of $130,000. Funds are available in the Water Services Department operating budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.