DEPARTMENT
Water Enterprise
AGENDA NO.
5a
MEETING DATE
August 8, 2023
Last updated: 02.01.2023
AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
Calendar: Consent Calendar
Contract/Project Manager: Margaret Hannaford
Amend Contract Nos. PRO.0167.A-D, As-Needed Engineering Services
Summary of Proposed
Commission Action:
Amend Contract Nos. PRO.0167.A-D, As-Needed Engineering Services with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc./Terra Engineers, Inc., Joint Venture (PRO.0167.A); Kleinfelder/Lee Incorporated Joint Venture ( PRO.0167.B); Stantec Consulting Services ( PRO.0167.C); and; Mott MacDonald Group, Inc. ( PRO.0167.D), to increase the amount for each contract by $2,500,000 with no extension of the contract duration.
Background: In 2021, the S an Francisco Public Utilities Commission ( SFPUC) retained qualified engineering firms to provide specialized engineering planning and design services to supplement and support
renewal/replacement and emergency projects within the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project.
On November 23, 2021, by Resolution No. 21-0180, this Commission awarded Contract Nos. PRO.0167.A, As-Needed Engineering Services to Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc./Terra Engineers, Inc. Joint Venture (KJ/Terra JV ); PRO.0167.B, As -Needed Engineering Services to
Kleinfelder/Lee Incorporated Joint Venture (Kleinfelder/Lee JV) ; PRO.0167.C, As-Needed Engineering Services to Stantec Consulting Services (Stantec); and PRO.0167.D, As-Needed Engineering Services to Mott MacDonald Group, Inc. (MMD) each contract in the amount of $5,000,000, each with a duration of five years, to provide as-needed specialized engineering planning and design services for water assets, power assets and utilities on the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project.
Scope of Contract: The Contract work location s are the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project (Sierras to Newark).
The Contracts provide as-needed specialized engineering planning and design services for water and power assets (e.g., dams, pipelines, penstocks, generation facilities an d power transmission systems) and utilities (e.g., water and wastewater facilities, power distribution, roads and bridges, buildings, communications systems).
Agenda Title: PRO.0167.A-D, As-Needed Engineering Services Commission Meeting Date: August 8, 2023
Amendments to the
Contract:
Proposed Amendment No. 1 (PRO.0167.C) and Amendment No. 2 (PRO.0167.A, B, and D): Staff recommends the Commission approve amendments to increase the not-to-exceed amount of each contract by $2,500,000, with no extension of contract durations.
Amendment No. 1 (PRO.0167.A, B, and D) : At the time of contract execution, the SFPUC suspended the Social Impact Partnership (SIP) Program provisions in conformance with law then in effect (Ordinance No. 232- 21 (Campaign and Government Conduct Code – Behested Payments Ordinance)). By Amendment No. 1, SFPUC re -instated the SIP Program provisions to each of these contracts upon adoption of a n amendment to applicable law ( Ordinance No. 204- 22 (Campaign and Government Conduct Code – Behested Payments Exceptions) ). The suspension and subsequent amendment for c ontract No. PRO.0167.C was unnecessary because PR O.0167.C was executed prior to the effective date of Ordinance No. 232-21.
Funding and Costs: Funding Source: Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Operating, Programmatic and Capital budgets
Original Not-to-Exceed Amount: $5 million each contract Proposed Amendment: $2,500,000
Total Not-to-Exceed Contract Amount: $7,500,000 each contract
Schedule: Original Duration: Two years.
Proposed Amendment: no change
Duration: five years per contract
Total Duration: five years
Local Business
Enterprise Participation
and Non-Discrimination
In Contracting:
The Contract Monitoring Division established a 20% Local Business Enterprise (LBE) subcontracting requirement for this contract.
KJ/Terra JV , Kleinfelder/Lee JV , Stantec, and MMD committed to LBE participation of 20%/20%/22%/27%, respectively with their proposals, and these amounts remain unchanged.
Attachment: 1. CMD Modification Memos (PRO.0167.A-D)
Agenda Title: PRO.0167.A-D, As-Needed Engineering Services Commission Meeting Date: August 8, 2023
Water facilities within the red ellipse, power facilities within the black ellipse.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, On November 23, 2021, by Resolution No. 21- 0180, the Commission awarded Contract Nos. PRO.0167.A-D, As -Needed Engineering Services , and authorized the General Manager to negotiate and execute four professional services contract s, each with an amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000 and each with a dura tion of five years, with PRO.0167.A, As- Needed Engineering Services to Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc./Terra Engineers, Inc., Joint Venture (KJ/Terra JV ); PRO.0167.B, As -Needed Engineering Services to Kleinfelder/Lee Incorporated Joint Venture (Kleinfelder/Lee JV); PRO.0167.C, As-Needed Engineering Services to Stantec Consulting Services (Stantec); and PRO.0167.D, As-Needed Engineering Services to Mott MacDonald Group, Inc. (MMD); and
WHEREAS, The SFPUC issued Amendment No. 1 to Contract Nos. PRO.0167 (A, B, and D) to re-instate Social Impact Partnership (SIP) Program provisions as allowed by law (Ordinance No. 204-22 (Campaign and Government Conduct Code – Behested Payments Exceptions) ); the suspension and subsequent amendment for Contract No. PRO.0167.C was unnecessary because PRO.0167.C was executed prior to the ordinance limiting SIP Partnership inclusion; and WHEREAS, Staff recommends that the Commission approve Amendment No. 1 (PRO.0167.C) and Amendment No. 2 (PRO.0167.A, B and D) to increase each contract by $2,500,000, with no extension of contract duration, to provide as-needed specialized engineering planning and design services for water assets, power assets and utilities on the Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Project, increasing the total not-to-exceed amount of each contract to $7,500,000 with no extension to the contract duration of five years; and WHEREAS, Funds for these contracts are available from Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Operating, Programmatic and Capital budgets; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Commission hereby approves Amendment No. 1 to Contract No.
PRO.0167.C, As-Needed Engineering Services, with Stantec, and Amendment No. 2 to Contract Nos. PRO.0167.A, B, and D with KJ/Terra JV (PRO.0167.A), Kleinfelder/Lee JV (PRO.0167.B), and MMD (PRO.0167.D) increasing each contract by $2,500,000, for a total not -to-exceed contract amount of $7,500,000 for each contract, with no change to the contract duration.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of August 8, 2023.
Secretary, Public Utilities Commission