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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	February 28, 2023

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Subject:

Agreement Consenting to the Assignment of Seven Agreements to Consor North America, Inc., Countywide.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/28/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Adelina Huerta, 925.313.2305

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: February 28, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute an agreement of Assignment and Assumption of Contract and Consent for seven (7) agreements (both on-call and specific project based) from Quincy Engineering, Inc. (Quincy) to Consor North America, Inc. (Consor) to provide civil design and construction management services for specific County projects and civil engineering, structural engineering and construction management on-call services, effective December 12, 2022. Those agreements are as follows:


- Project #0662-6R4128 – Danville Blvd./Orchard Court – Complete Streets Improvement Project (Design Services), County Public Works Contract ID #10324

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

- Project #0662-6R4128 – Construction Management for Danville Blvd/Orchard Court, County Public Works Contract ID #10968

- On-Call Civil Engineering Consulting Services (2019) (Term through May 7, 2023), County Public Works Contract ID #10317

- On Call Civil Engineering Consulting Services (2022) (Term through August 9, 2025), County Public Works Contract ID #10991

- On-Call Structural Engineering Consulting Services (2019) (Term through December 31, 2025), County Public Works Contract ID #10319

- On-Call Structural Engineering Consulting Services (2022) (Term through August 16, 2025), County Public Works Contract ID #11008, and

- On-Call Construction Management Services, Countywide (Term through September 30, 2024), County Public Works Contract ID #10049

with no change to each individual consulting services agreement, contract terms or payment limits, Countywide. (Project Nos. Various)

FISCAL IMPACT:

Work performed under these contracts will be funded by local, state and federal funds for road and flood control projects.

BACKGROUND:

The Public Works Department is involved in various projects in the County that require civil engineering, structural engineering and construction management services for road and flood control projects. After a solicitation process, Quincy was selected as one of several firms to provide civil and structural engineering services on an “on-call” basis. Quincy has augmented Public Works staff and provided both civil and structural engineering services when in-house expertise is not available on an as-needed basis. They have been used as an extension of Public Works staff during busy times when extra help is needed or when in-house expertise is not available.

Quincy was also selected to provide civil design and construction management services for the Danville Boulevard-Orchard Court Complete Streets Improvements project in Alamo (Project #0662-6R4128), after completing a request for proposal solicitation and technical proposal process. Public Works successfully negotiated with Quincy to provide the civil design and construction management services for this project.

Quincy and the County, for its Public Works Department, have entered into seven active consulting services agreements to provide the services described above.

In May of 2019, Quincy was acquired by, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Consor. On or about October 3, 2022, Quincy was merged into Consor, upon which Quincy shall cease and Consor will assume the obligations under Quincy’s active contracts. Approval to execute this Assignment and Assumption of Contract and Consent is necessary for the continuation of the services described above. All contract terms and payment limits for each Consulting Services Agreement will remain the same.

Government Code Section 31000 and 4245 authorizes the County to contract for services, including the type of civil, structural and construction management services that Consor provides.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without approval from the Board of Supervisors’ these contracts will no longer be in effect causing a delay to the design and construction of these various Public Works projects requiring civil engineering, structural engineering, and construction management services.