San Jose City Council
October 7, 2025

Item 3.4 Request for Qualifications
for Consultant Services
October 7, 2025
1 Martina Davis, Division Manager
Jose Ruano, Supervising Planner
Summary and Outcome
• Establishes new consultant shortlist - replaces 2015 list expiring in November 2025
• Provides on-call consultant services for PBCE and partner departments • 50 firms selected via RFQ for six technical areas
• Streamlines procurement and accelerates project delivery 2 Six Technical Areas
• Land Use Planning and Urban Design – 23
• Transportation and Circulation – 10
• Community Engagement - 18
• Environmental Review (CEQA and NEPA) - 18
• Traffic Impact Analysis – 7
• Public Finance and Economic Feasibility – 6
• Used by: PBCE, Public Works, Transportation, Housing, PRNS, OEDCA 3 Upcoming Work
• FY 2025–2026 anticipated use: ~$2.6M across departments • General Plan Four-Year Review
• Downtown Residential Ministerial Ordinance
• CEQA for Sign Ordinance updates (digital wayfinding, etc.) • Park and Recreation Master Plan and Park Fee Nexus Study • DOT Circulation improvement studies and community engagement • OEDCA fiscal impact analysis, economic studies, economic research and analysis • Funding for individual projects via annual and mid-year budget actions 4 Staff Recommendation
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or her designee to:
• Negotiate and execute Master Agreements with an initial term of five years and three one-year options;
• Execute amendments to increase or decrease the maximum compensation of each agreement,
• Compensation not to exceed aggregate amount of $4,000,000 annually for all the agreements, and $1,000,000 annually for any one organization
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