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Council reviews proposals for 2026 street and utility design; staff recommends Collins Engineering
Summary
Staff reported soliciting proposals from 36 firms for 2026 street and utility improvements, received five proposals, and recommended Collins Engineering based on a combined technical and cost scoring; Collins’ proposal was approximately $257,000 compared with a roughly $219,000 bid from Cedar Creek.
City public‑works staff told the City Council they solicited proposals from 36 engineering firms for the 2026 street and utility design program and received five responses for evaluation. The staff technical-review team scored firms with an emphasis on technical qualifications (approximately 80 percent of the score) and included cost in the final ranking.
Why it matters: Selecting a design engineer initiates work that will produce plans, specifications and cost estimates for the 2026 construction season; council approval of the recommended firm determines who prepares those documents and can affect schedule and budget outcomes.
Staff said Collins Engineering scored highest in the combined technical-and-cost evaluation and recommended Collins as the city’s designer; Collins’ cost proposal was about $257,258 and Cedar Creek’s was roughly $219,000. The review team included four staff members—project manager, assistant, utility engineer and a utilities representative—who averaged their scores to rank firms. A motion to proceed was made and seconded during the meeting and staff offered to stay after the meeting to discuss details with interested council members; the transcript does not show the final roll-call result in the provided excerpt.
