Title
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH IRON CLAW ENGINEERING LLC FOR ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $100,000 AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
Brief Description: This contract is to assist and supplement City staff with engineering, design and quality control services for all phases of the Velocity Broadband fiber to the home (FTTH) network project.
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Legislative History
Resolution 25-49 authorized advertising for bids and entering into a contract for construction of the FTTH pilot project.
Purpose & Explanation
Staff issued a request for proposal and obtained and reviewed proposals from four firms and found Iron Claw to be the best choice. They provided a focused response, relevant example projects, itemized the costs the way we asked, and were clear that the fees were fixed regardless of volume used. City staff will perform much of the engineering and design of the project in-house. Iron Claw also provided the lowest rates for the major categories of service as highlighted on Exhibit A, attached.
Legal Authority for Proposed Legislation
Pursuant to Charter Section 6.04:
Competitively bid and advertised for three consecutive weeks
Joint or Cooperative Purchase Program
X Professional Services
Other
Fiscal Impact
X Currently Budgeted
Supplemental Appropriation Required
Appropriation Not Required.
Does this legislation require use of an emergency clause?
X Yes - this will allow for engineering plans to be in place to bid out the first phase of fiber to the home project.
No
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends that Council approves this authorization for the City Manager to enter into a professional services agreement with Iron Claw Engineering, LLC for an amount not to exceed $100,000.
Submitted by,
Thomas J. Sheridan, City Manager
Jeffrey Knoblauch, Assistant City Manager, Finance Director
Paul Leedham, Chief Innovation Officer
Will Ersing, Assistant IT Director
Bradley S. Kosco, PE, PS, City Engineer