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management person or team was overcommitted and they were unable to take on additional work. Tetra Tech, Inc. is currently under contract with the City and is working with City staff in providing construction management services for the Santos Ranch Pump Stations reconstruction project and also the construction of the Vineyard Hills Water Reservoir and Access Road project. Tetra Tech's construction management inspection and oversight services on both of these projects have been conducted at a very high professional level and the City is very satisfied with the firm's capabilities and inspection team. Staff has reviewed the rate schedule and professional employee hours that have been proposed by Tetra Tech Inc. and found the firm's rates to be competitive with past and current construction management firms doing similar work for the City. Based on a number of factors, including Tetra Tech's qualifications, the fact that they are currently providing excellent construction management services for the City on the aforementioned projects, that the same construction management "team" would be utilized for the water pumping station project (thus providing considerable economies-of-scale to the City with Tetra Tech managing three, and later two, projects at the same time), their familiarity with the City's pump station design and construction needs, staff recommends that Tetra Tech Inc. be selected to provide the construction management and inspection services for this water pump station project. A copy of Tetra Tech's scope of work and fees are included within the attached professional services contract. Garber Engineering was the lead pump station design consultant for the Vineyard Corridor Water Booster Pump Station Project. The lead consultant also utilized two other specialty design sub-consultant's for the project (the electrical and structural design portions). Due to the unique understanding of the pump station design, City staff requested the design team to submit a proposal to the City for engineering support services to include shop drawing review, design clarification requests, specialty inspection services and technical consulting during the pump station construction phase. It is not uncommon to utilize the pump station design team during construction to assure the contractor's proposed electrical, mechanical, civil an structural product submittals and specialized work meet the station's design plans and specifications. Staff has thoroughly reviewed the rate schedule and professional employee hours that have been proposed by the Garber Engineering design team for their construction services work on this project. We have found the firm's rates to be competitive with other construction services contracts for similar work in the City. Staff has negotiated the attached construction services contract with Garber Engineering. Their scope-of- work and time and materials based estimates along with fee schedule are incorporated within the attached professional services contract with an established billing limit. Based on these competitive rates and the design team's specialized understanding of the project, staff is also recommending Council approval of the Garber Engineering construction services contract to complement the construction management services Page 3 of 4