LA County Board

39. On-Call Building and Safety Inspection, Permit Technician, and Related\nServices Consultant Services Agreements\nRecommendation: Award and authorize the Director of Public Works to execute\n14 consultant services agreements with the following firms: six small-sized firms,\nGateway Science & Engineering, Inc.; Hayer Consultants, Inc.; J. Lee\nEngineering, Inc.; SuperbTech, Inc.; The "G" Crew; and True North\nCompliance Services, Inc.; three medium-sized firms, BPR Consulting Group\nLLC; Jason Addison Smith Consulting Services, Inc.; and TRB and Associates;\nand five large-sized firms Bureau Veritas North America, Inc.; CSG\nConsultants, Inc.; Interwest Consulting Group, Inc.; West Coast Code\nConsultants, Inc.; and Willdan Engineering, the firms will provide specialized\non-call building and safety inspection, permit technician, and related services\nfor construction projects within the County's jurisdictional area for an aggregate\nnot-to-exceed program amount of $20,000,000 across all 14 agreements for the\nentire three-year term plus two one-year extension options if exercised, subject\nto the additional extension provisions specified below; find that the proposed\nactions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and authorize\nthe Director to take the following actions: (Department of Public Works)\nAPPROVE\nAuthorize additional services and extend the contract expiration date for\neach of the 14 agreements as necessary to complete those services\nwhen those additional services are previously unforeseen, related to a\npreviously assigned scope of work on a given project, and are necessary\nfor the completion of that given project;\nSupplement the initial not-to-exceed program amount by up to 25% of the\noriginal program amount based on workload requirements; and\nAdminister the agreements and at the discretion of the Director, exercise\nthe extension options based upon project demands and the level of\nsatisfaction with the services provided with no change to the initial\nnot-to-exceed program amount, and suspend/terminate the agreements\nfor convenience, if necessary and appropriate to do so in the discretion\nof the Director. (24-2873)