STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Environmental & Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: September 11, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Department of Sanitation Services
EXECUTIVE: Alina Ciocan
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) ratification of the City Manager's purchase and payment in the amount of $225,000.00 incurred for emergency debris monitoring services related to the severe weather event occurring on May 28, 2024; and (2) a one-year emergency service price agreement with Tetra Tech, Inc. for emergency debris monitoring services in the estimated amount of $525,000.00, for a total estimated contract amount of $750,000.00 - Tetra Tech, Inc., lowest responsible bidder of seven - Total estimated amount of $750,000.00 - Financing: Sanitation Operation Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimate amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
On May 28, 2024, a significant severe weather event generated approximately 550,000 cubic yards of storm-related debris. To protect the health and safety of the City, the Department of Sanitation (Sanitation) needed to procure debris monitoring services during the debris removal. The debris monitoring services are necessary to assure Federal agencies emergency plan and debris removal contract requirements are met by monitoring the debris removal from public access roads, rights-of-way and public property, and the debris management sites, and to assure the debris management plan and contracts are effectively and efficiently implemented. Sanitation led the removal efforts in partnership with other City departments and...
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