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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Make findings in accordance with Chapter 3.13, Section 3.13.030 subsection (B) of County Ordinance Code, find that specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in County classifications are involved in the performance of the work; and
2) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to sign competitively bid Agreement 8823 with Tetra Tech BAS, Inc., doing business as Bryan A. Stirrat & Associates, for the provision of as-needed solid waste, landfill, and wastewater treatment plant general engineering and construction quality assurance services, with a not-to-exceed amount of $450,000 and a term of three years effective upon execution.
FUNDING: County Service Area 10 Solid Waste funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In April 2024, Procurement and Contracts, a Division of the Chief Administrative Office, on behalf of the Environmental Management Department (Environmental Management), issued Request for Qualification (RFQ) #24-0034 for solid waste and landfill general engineering and construction quality assurance services and subsequently awarded the bid to Tetra Tech BAS, Inc as well as Geosyntec Consultants.
In accordance with the County’s Procurement Policy C-17, Section 7.10, Request for Qualifications, Environmental Management staff, along with a representative from the Department of Transportation, formed an evaluation committee to review responses for each of the engineering categories. Prospective consulting firms were evaluated for both categories on a basis of the firm’s experience with work including, but not limited to, landfill and wastewater treatment plant design, engineering, construction, maintenance, closure/post-closure plans and analysis, erosion control/storm water maintenance services, leachate collection and management, landfill gas collection, air quality permitting, and local, state, and federal regulatory requirements applicable to ...
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