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Council authorizes staff to negotiate general engineering services contract after RFQ review
Summary
City staff opened RFQs and will negotiate terms with the top-scoring firm (Lehi to Kima Engineering) for general engineering services; council emphasized conflict-of-interest protections and asked staff to return with a contract for council approval.
The council authorized the city manager to negotiate with the highest-scoring firm from a recent request for qualifications for general engineering services. Staff reported the RFQ responses and recommended negotiating with Lehi to Kima Engineering, which scored highest in the evaluation matrix.
City staff said the negotiated contract would be brought back to council for approval. Council members pressed staff to ensure the new agreement preserves the city’s need for an independent second set of eyes on projects and to prevent conflicts of interest where an on-call engineer later bids as a project designer or prime contractor. Staff confirmed existing project-specific contracts and outstanding work remain in force with the current firm and said negotiations would address scope, thresholds, and conflict rules.
The council voted unanimously to authorize negotiation. The action does not obligate funding; staff will present a proposed contract for council consideration.
