BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4263A, with Kleinfelder, Inc., for On-Call Geotechnical Engineering Services, CAS File No. 4913, Increasing the Fee by $750,000, for a Total Revised Fee of $1,750,000; and Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4264A, with Cal Engineering & Geology, Inc., for On-Call Geotechnical Engineering Services, CAS File No. 4940, Increasing the Fee by $750,000, for a Total Revised Fee of $1,750,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4263A with Kleinfelder, Inc. for On-Call Geotechnical Engineering services, to increase the not-to-exceed fee by $750,000, resulting in a total not-to-exceed fee of $1,750,000; and
B. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. A4264A with Cal Engineering & Geology, Inc. for On-Call Geotechnical Engineering services, to increase the not-to-exceed fee by $750,000, resulting in a total not-to-exceed fee of $1,750,000.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) performs a number of capital and operational projects and programs to meet its mission and goals in water supply, flood protection, and watershed stewardship. Valley Water's geotechnical engineering staff routinely provides specialized technical support for these capital and operational projects and programs. The on-call services agreements will augment the services by Valley Water staff and provide additional geotechnical engineering services as needed.
Project Background and Previous Board Actions
Starting in 2011, the Board began approving on-call geotechnical consultant services agreements to augment the services provided by Valley Water staff. The use of an on-call geotechnical services was a success in terms of delivering geotechnical aspects of projects efficiently while controlling costs through established labor rates.
Most recently, on May 28, 2019, the Board approved consultant agreements with Kleinfelder, Inc. and Cal Engineer...
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