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January 26, 2023 Item #5

Agenda Item 5

5. RESOLUTION NO. ____________ - APPROVAL OF PERSONAL SERVICES\nAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES HARBOR DEPARTMENT\nAND APEX COMPANIES, LLC, BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY,\nINC., LEIGHTON CONSULTING, INC., NINYO & MOORE GEOTECHNICAL AND\nENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONSULTANTS, PACIFIC EDGE ENGINEERING,\nINC., PARSONS ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP, INC., TETRA TECH,\nINC., AND TRC SOLUTIONS, INC. FOR AS-NEEDED SITE ASSESSMENT AND\nRESTORATION SERVICES\nSummary: Staff requests approval of the proposed Agreements (Agreements) with APEX\nCompanies, LLC (Apex), Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. (B&M), Leighton\nConsulting, Inc. (Leighton), Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical and Environmental Sciences\nConsultants (N&M), Pacific Edge Engineering, Inc. (Pacific Edge), Parsons Environment &\nInfrastructure Group, Inc. (Parsons), Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech), and TRC Solutions, Inc.\n(TRC) to provide the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department (Harbor Department) with as-\nneeded site assessment and environmental restoration services. This action will authorize eight\nproposed Agreements, each for a three-year term, with a combined not-to-exceed amount of\n$21,000,000. The Harbor Department is financially responsible for payment of services rendered\nunder the proposed Agreements.\nRecommendation: Board resolve to (1) find that the proposed action is exempt from the\nrequirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Article II, Section 2(f) of\nthe Los Angeles City CEQA Guidelines as determined by the Director of Environmental\nManagement; (2) find that in accordance with the City Charter Section 1022, work under the\nsubject Agreements can be performed more feasibly by independent consultants rather than by\nCity employees; (3) approve the proposed Agreements for a term of three-years each, with a\ncombined contract total of $21,000,000 as follows: a. Tetra Tech, Inc. (Pasadena, CA) for\n$4,000,000; b. APEX Companies, LLC (Signal Hill, CA) for $4,000,000; c. Leighton Consulting,\nInc. (Irvine, CA) for $3,000,000; d. Pacific Edge Engineering, Inc. (Mission Viejo, CA) for\n$3,000,000; e. Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc. (Brea, CA) for $2,500,000; f.\nParsons Environment & Infrastructure Group, Inc. (Pasadena, CA) for $1,500,000; g. Ninyo &\nMoore Geotechnical & Environmental Science Consultants (Los Angeles, CA) for $1,500,000;\nand h. TRC Solutions, Inc. (Irvine, CA) for $1,500,000; (4) authorize the Executive Director to\nexecute and the Board Secretary to attest to said Agreements, for and on behalf of the Board;\nand (5) adopt Resolution No.___________.\nSPECIAL MEETING AGENDA\nEnvironmental Management