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CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
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City Council Meeting Date: February 11, 1991 ~.Q~.,,.~
SUBJ~CT: Written Communication: Letter from Bryan and Murphy
Associates Regarding Capital Improvement Projects
(Report by Public Works Director Lee Thompson)
EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Letter from Donald L. Babbitt of Bryan and Murphy
Associates dated January 24, 1991.
RECOMMENDATIO : 1) Receive written communication
2) Direct Staff to prepare a response for a future
agenda OR to take other appropriate action.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: Donald L. Babbitt of Bryan and Murphy Associates has
submitted a written request for public discussion of the City's policy with
regard to contracts for Engineering Services.
Staff has not had sufficient time to prepare a response to Mr. Babbitt's
request and therefore recommends that the City Council receive the
correspondence and direct Staff to either place this item on a future agenda
for discussion or take other appropriate action.
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CONSULTING ENGINEERS • PLANNERS • SURVEYORS
DONALD L. BABBITT FflANCIS E. BRYAN
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JOHN T. BOUEY
RICHARD L. GORMAN
MICHAEL ~. HELMES
DWIGHT WINTHER
January 24, 1991
Honorable City Council Members
City of Dublin
P.O. Box 2340
Dublin, CA 94568
Reference: Capital Improvement Projects
Dear Council Members:
In the past I had discussed with Rich Ambrose and several council
members setting up an RFP (Request for Proposal) system for
awarding Tri-Valley Engineering firms with contracts for the City
of Dublin Capital Improvement Projects. After many years Santina
and Thompson continues to provide all of the engineering/surveying
services for the City including the Capital Improvement Program.
I would like to make the Council aware of the fact that all of the
other cities in the Valley (Livermore, San Ramon, Pleasanton, and
Danville) contract out services to outside engineering firms.
Rich Ambrose in the past expressed that the City had many small
projects and it was not cost effective to put out an RFP for each
and every project. The simple answer to this problem would be to
group several small projects together and ask for one RFP for the
entire group. I would like to assure you that there would be
several firms interested in this type of arrangement.
As a citizen of Dublin and the owner of a Tri-Valley Engineering
firm I would appreciate the Council discussing this matter for the
following additional reasons:
1) Currently all monies paid for engineering services to
Santina & Thompson go to Concord which means those tax
dollars are lost from this Valley.
2) There is no quality check in the existing system.
Santina & Thompson provides all the initial design
surveys, engineering, construction staking and inspection
services. I don't know if they do their own plan
checking or whether there is an internal plan check by
others. If services were contracted out to Valley firms
then Santina & Thompson could provide their regular plan
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check services and inspection and thus there would be
checks and balances in the system.
3) In a competitive proposal process I believe the City
would save money on engineering and survey services. I
do not know how contracts for engineering services for
capital improvement projects are negotiated with Santina
& Thompson. Are they time and materials with no limit,
or a percentage of estimated cost?
I would appreciate the Council considering this matter at a public
hearing in the near future.
I would like to assure the council members that I consider Santina
& Thompson a very reputable engineering firm. My interests are
solely from a standpoint of providing opportunities far local
engineering firms that currently do not exist.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give me a
call. •
Sincerely,
BRY PHY S S INC.
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Donald L. abbi t
Principal/CFO
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cc: Dave Burton
Pete Schneider
Beth Howard
Linda Jefferey
Paul Moffatt
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