TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Transportation
MEETING DATE: December 6, 2016
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Howard N. Dashiell
PHONE:
463-4363
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Adoption of Resolution Approving Department of Transportation Agreement Number 160048 with Crawford & Associates, Inc., in the Amount of $240,000, for Professional Geotechnical Engineering Services for the 2016 Quadrennial Geotechnical Support Agreement, and Authorizing the Director of Transportation to Sign any and all Amendments to the Agreement Not to Exceed $30,000 (County-Wide)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Adopt Resolution approving Department of Transportation (DOT) Agreement Number (No.) 160048 in the amount of $240,000, for professional geotechnical engineering services with Crawford & Associates, Inc., for the 2016 Quadrennial Geotechnical Support Agreement, and authorize the Director of Transportation to sign any and all amendments to the agreement not to exceed $30,000 (County-Wide); and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On October 18, 2011, the Board approved DOT Agreement No. 110062 for on-call Geotechnical Engineering Services with Taber Consultants. On March 25, 2014 the Board approved DOT Agreement No. 130072 for on-call Geotechnical Engineering Services with Taber Consultants. These Agreements have since expired.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
During the four-year period of DOT Agreement No. 160048, projects with geotechnical factors are expected to arise. Mendocino County Department of Transportation (MCDoT) does not have staff with specialized abilities to address these complicated geotechnical problems and requires the services of geotechnical engineering firms to provide specialized geotechnical support services. As required by federal funding sources, MCDoT conducted a Qualifications-Based Selection for professional services (Brooks Act). This process also ...
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