AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
DEPARTMENT: Water Enterprise
AGENDA NUMBER: 9d
MEETING DATE: October 13, 2026
Calendar: Consent Calendar
Contract Manager: Amelia Clark
Approve Amendments No. 3 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C, and D for As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise
Summary of
Proposed
Commission
Action:
Approve Amendments No. 3 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C, and D, As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise , with Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc. and Applied Technology & Science, Joint Venture (PRO.0188.A) ; AECOM Technical Services, Inc. and Water Resources Engineering, Inc., Joint Venture (PRO.0188.B) ; Woodard & Curran, Inc. and SRT Consultants, Joint Venture (PRO.0188.C) ; and Brown and Caldwell and Lotus, Joint Venture (PRO.0188.D) ; increasing each contract duration by two years, to continue providing critical, short - term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Enterprise, for a total duration of seven years, with no change to the contract amount.
Background: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Water Enterprise requires the services of qualified consultants to perform short-term, highly specialized work supporting the operation and management of the regional water system . The Water Enterprise is responsible for managing the transmission, treatment, storage and distribution of water to San Francisco’s wholesale and retail customers. The SFPUC supplies drinking water to 2.7 million customers in Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mat eo and San Francisco counties. The consultants are critical in assisting SFPUC staff on various SFPUC projects on an as -needed basis and are called upon to provide specialized and technical services for projects at any stage.
On June 14, 2022, by Resolution No. 22 -0015, this Commission awarded Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C , and D, As -Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise, each with an amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, and each with a duration of five years , to Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc. and Applied Technology & Science, Joint Venture (KJ/A- T-S JV) (PRO.0188.A) ; AECOM Technical Services, Inc. and Water Resources Engineering, Inc., Joint Venture (AECOM/WRE JV) (PRO.0188.B); Woodard & Curran, Inc. and SRT Consultants, Joint Venture (Woodard & Curran/SRT JV) (PRO.0188.C) ; and Brown and Caldwell and Lotus, Joint Venture (Brown and Caldwell/Lotus JV) (PRO.0188.D).
Agenda Title: Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C and D for As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise Commission Meeting Date: October 13, 2026
Scope of
Contract:
The contract work is at any of the locations in which the Water Enterprise operates, including but not limited to San Francisco, Millbrae, Burlingame, Sunol, Moccasin, and Hetch Hetchy.
The contract work consists of, but is not limited to, the following specialized and technical as-needed services:
• Water supply services;
• Water quality services;
• Water treatment services;
• Natural resources services;
• Management improvement services;
• Asset management services;
• Land management services;
• Security and emergency response services;
• Environmental and regulatory compliance services;
• Health and safety services; and,
• Customer-related analytical services.
The consultants could be called upon to provide the following types of technical skills for any of the scope areas listed above, as applicable:
• Technical and financial analyses and studies;
• Report writing and document development;
• Modeling;
• Forecasting and planning;
• Monitoring and surveying;
• Development and review of conceptual engineering plans to enable the Water Enterprise to decide which projects to design under a separate Chapter 6 contract;
• Inspection, condition assessment and alternative analyses; • Response to regulatory and compliance measures and/or audits; • Program development and implementation;
• Outreach and education;
• Organizational strategies and training;
• Leadership development and conflict resolution;
• Instrumentation and technology support; and,
• Grants and loans strategy, application and reporting.
Agenda Title: Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C and D for As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise Commission Meeting Date: October 13, 2026
Amendments to
the Contract:
Amendment No. 1: Effective February 8, 2023, the SFPUC modified Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A , B, C, and D to insert terms for reimbursable costs that comported with the underlying Request for Proposals.
Amendment No. 2: On September 9, 2025 , by Resolution No. 25-0132, this Commission approved Amendment No. 2, increasing each contract amount by $ 2,500,000, for a total not-to-exceed c ontract amount of $7,500,000 per contract, with no change to the contract duration.
Proposed Amendment No. 3: Staff recommends Commission approval of Amendments No. 3 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C, and D, to increase each contract duration by two years, to continue providing critical, short-term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the SFPUC’s Water Enterprise, for a total contract duration of seven years, with no change to the contract amount.
Funding and
Costs:
Funding Source: Funds will be available from Water Enterprise operating and capital budgets at the time of individual task order awards.
Original Not-to-Exceed Amount: $5,000,000 (per contract) Amendment No. 1: No change (per contract)
Amendment No. 2: $2,500,000 (per contract)
Amendment No. 3: No cost increase (per contract)
Total Not-To-Exceed Contract Amount: $7,500,000 (per contract)
Schedule: Original Duration: five years (per contract)
Amendment No. 1 Duration: No change (per contract)
Amendment No. 2 Duration: No change (per contract)
[Proposed] Amendment No. 3 Duration: two years (per contract) Total [Proposed] Duration: seven years (per contract)
Environmental
Review:
This action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378 because it will not result in a physical change in the environment, and it does not represent an approval of a specific project.
Staff will not authorize any work involving ground disturbance (such as geotechnical investigations) or any other physical changes in the environment until any necessary environmental review has been completed pursuant to the CEQA.
Local Business
Enterprise
Utilization and
Non-
The Contract Monitoring Division established a 15% Local Business Enterprise (LBE) subcontracting requirement for this contract.
KJ/A-T-S JV (PRO.0188.A), AECOM/WRE JV (PRO.0188.B), Woodard & Curran/SRT JV (PRO.0188.C), and Brown and Caldwell/Lotus JV Agenda Title: Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C and D for As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise Commission Meeting Date: October 13, 2026
Discrimination
in Contracting:
(PRO.0188.D) each committed to LBE participation of 15%, 20.25%, 15% and 21 %, respectively, with their proposals, and these amounts remain unchanged.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO. __________________
WHEREAS, The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) Water Enterprise requires the services of qualified consultants to perform short -term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the regional water system through as-needed contracts. The consultants are critical in assisting SFPUC staff on various Water Enterprise projects on an as-needed basis and are called upon to provide specialized and technical services for projects at any stage; and
WHEREAS, On June 14, 2022 , by Resolution No. 22-0015, th e Commission awarded Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C, and D, As-Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise , each with an amount not -to-exceed $5,000,000, and each with a duration of five years, to Kennedy Jenks Consultants, Inc. and Applied Technology & Science, Joint Venture (KJ/A-T-S JV) (PRO.0188.A); AECOM Technical Services, Inc. and Water Resources Engineering, Inc., Joint Venture (AECOM/WRE JV) (PRO.0188.B); Woodard & Curran, Inc. and SRT Consultants, Joint Venture (Woodard & Curran/SRT JV) (PRO.0188.C); and Brown and Caldwell and Lotus, Joint Venture (Brown and Caldwell/Lotus JV) (PRO.0188.D); and
WHEREAS, Effective February 8, 2023, the SFPUC issued Amendments No. 1 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C , and D, to insert terms for reimbursable costs that comport with the underlying Request for Proposals; and
WHEREAS, On September 9, 2025, by Resolution No. 25-0132, the Commission approved Amendments No. 2, increasing each contract by $ 2,500,000, to continue providing critical, short -term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the Water Enterprise, increasing the total not-to-exceed amount of each contract to $7,500,000, with no change to the contract duration; and
WHEREAS, Staff recommends that this Commission approve Amendments No. 3 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C, and D, As -Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise, to increase each contract duration by two years, for a total duration of seven years per contract, with no change to the contract amount, to continue providing critical, short -term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the SFPUC’s Water Enterprise; and
WHEREAS, The Contract Monitoring Division established a 15% Local Business Enterprise (LBE) subcontracting requirement for these contracts , and KJ/A -T-S JV (PRO.0188.A), AECOM/WRE JV (PRO.0188.B), Woodard & Curran/SRT JV (PRO.0188.C), and Brown and Caldwell/Lotus JV (PRO.0188.D) committed to LBE subcontractor participation of 15%, 20.25%, 15% and 21% , respectively, with their proposals, and these amounts remain unchanged; and
WHEREAS, This action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378 because it will not result in a physical change in the environment, and it does not represent an approval of a specific project; and
WHEREAS, Staff will not authorize any work involving ground disturbance (such as geotechnical investigations) or any other physical changes in the environment until any necessary environmental review has been completed pursuant to the CEQA; and
WHEREAS, Funds for these contracts are available from Water Enterprise operating and capital budgets at the time of individual task order awards; now, therefore, be it,
RESOLVED, That this Commission hereby approves Amendments No. 3 to Contract Nos. PRO.0188.A, B, C , and D for As -Needed Specialized and Technical Services, Water Enterprise , with KJ/A-T-S JV (PRO.0188.A), AECOM/WRE JV (PRO.0188.B), Woodard & Curran/SRT JV (PRO.0188.C), and Brown and Caldwell/Lotus JV (PRO.0188.D) , to continue providing critical, short -term, highly specialized work related to the operations and management of the SFPUC’s Water Enterprise, increasing each contract duration by two years, for a total duration of seven years per contract, with no change to the contract amount.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of October 13, 2026.
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Director of Commission Affairs
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission