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Agenda Report
June 22, 2026
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TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Water and Power Department
SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS WITH E2 CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC. AND ACCENTURE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, LLC TO PROVIDE
ON-CALL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION
SERVICES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $5,000,000 PER
CONTRACT FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Find that the action proposed herein is not a "project" subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and within the meaning of State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378;
2. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract, as a result of the competitive selection process, as specified by Section 4.08.047 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, with E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. for an amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, or five years, whichever occurs first. Competitive price bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter Section 1002 (F) Contract for professional or unique services; and
3. Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract, as a result of the competitive selection process, as specified by section 4.08.047 of the Pasadena Municipal Code, with Accenture LLP DBA Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC for an amount not-to-exceed $5,000,000, or five years, whichever occurs first. Competitive price bidding is not required pursuant to the City Charter Section 1002 (F), Contract for professional or unique services.
BACKGROUND:
Pasadena Water and Power ("PWP") regularly completes projects, such as pipeline replacements, well drillings and equipping, reservoir repairs and upgrades, and booster station improvements associated with Water Division's Capital Improvement Program ("CIP"), and as recommended in the 2020 Water System and Resources Plan, which is a MEETING OF06/22/2026AGENDA ITEM NO.4
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25-year strategic roadmap for PWP's capital and water resources planning. Due to the volume and often specialized nature of the projects, a mix of in-house personnel and outside contract resources is needed to complete projects, including those requiring construction management and inspection services. The recommended contracts will be used on an as-needed basis to supplement existing resources for various water utility capital and maintenance projects.
Construction management services may include assisting PWP's project manager with contractor schedule, work coordination, and contract correspondence. Inspection services may include on-site observation and documentation of contractor work to ensure compliance with safety programs, workmanship, and contract documents. Multi-year contracts have proven to be beneficial by allowing PWP to efficiently obtain timely access to on-call service firms and reduce the administrative burden and time associated with contracting such services on a project-by-project basis.
On February 25, 2026, a Request for Proposals ("RFP"), Project ID 2026-RFP-0127, was issued, seeking on-call construction management and inspection services to provide support for various water utility projects. The RFP was posted on OpenGov Procurement with proposals due on March 25, 2026. The electronic posting generated notices to 5,169 vendors. Documents were downloaded by 82 vendors, nine of which were local. Thirteen proposals were received, including two local firms.
The proposals were evaluated in accordance with the stated criteria outlined in the RFP and were scored as follows.
Table 1: Proposal Scores
Firm Name
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Accenture Infrastructure and Capital
Projects, LLC
C2PM
Rayaec, Inc.
Berg & Associates, Inc.
Civiltec Engineering, Inc.
SA Associates
Wiltdan Engineering
Z&K Consultants, Inc.
Transtech Engineers, Inc.
Kevin Ko & Associates, Consulting
Engineers
Mulholland Consulting, Inc.
Advanced Asset Inspection
Location
Pasadena, CA
Irvine, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Pasadena, CA
San Pedro, CA
Monrovia, CA
Arcadia, CA
Anaheim, CA
Riverside, CA
China, CA
Monterey Park, CA
Riverside, CA
Buena Park, CA
Total Score
89.0 84.6
78.6 77.4
75.3 74.9
74.8 74.5
72.0 71.0
69.6 68.6
67.1 A complete summary of the ranked proposals is included in Attachment A. The top two ranked firms are recommended to provide construction management and inspection services. E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc., a local firm, and Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC resulted with the highest scores evaluated on a set of criteria Authorize Contracts for Construction Management and Inspection Services for PWP June 22, 2026
demonstrating the firm's depth and range of construction management and inspection services, experience, and cost. The selected firms will not be guaranteed any specific quantity or value of work and will not be eligible for any compensation except to the extent that is identified by the awarded task order and only upon completion to the City's satisfaction.
E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. and Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC both demonstrate their ability to deliver successful and efficient construction management and inspection services. E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc. has successfully provided similar professional services to the Monterey One Water and continues to deliver these services to the Pebble Beach District, Southern California Gas Company, and San Diego Gas & Electric. Accenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC has successfully provided similar professional sen/ices to the Inland Empire Utilities Agency and continues to deliver these services for the City of hluntington Beach, the City of Ontario, and the South Coast Water District.
The City has no prior contracts with E2 Consulting Engineers, Inc., orAccenture Infrastructure and Capital Projects, LLC.
It is recommended that two individual five-year contracts be awarded for an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to each of the firms. Once the approved contract is in place, PWP will solicit a proposal on a project-by-project basis from the consultant and award specific work through a formal task order process.
COUNCIL POLICY CONSIDERATION:
The proposed contract is consistent with the Public Facilities Element of the General Plan and supports the Council's goal to improve, maintain and enhance public facilities infrastructure and to implement capital improvements that will maintain and rehabilitate infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
CEQA excludes, from environmental review, actions that are not "projects" as defined by Public Resources Code Section 21065 and within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Sections 21065 and 15378 define a project as an action which may cause either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Section 15378(b) excludes from the definition of "project" continuing administrative or maintenance activities, such as purchases for supplies and services. The actions proposed herein, authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract for construction management and inspection services to complete water utility capital and maintenance projects, is an administrative activity for the purchasing of services, and therefore is not a "project" as defined by CEQA. Since the action is not a project subject to CEQA, no environmental document is required.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
The maximum cost of these two contracts combined will be $10,000,000 over the course of the five-year terms, should all authorized services be fully expended. Funding for this action will be addressed by the utilization of the following CIP budgets: Booster Improvements (01073), Well Improvements (01074), New Water Well (01088), Reservoir Improvements (01093) or future CIP Budgets in the Water Fund. It is anticipated that approximately $2,000,000 will be spent in fiscal year 2027. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Respectfully submitted,
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/ General Manager
Water and Power Department
Prepared by:
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Stacie N. Takeguchi
Chief Assistant General Manager
Water and Power Department
Approved by:
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-^ MATTHEW?E. HAWKESWORTH
Interim City Manager
Attachment A - On-Call Construction Management and Inspection Services Proposal Evaluation Summary