Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Procurement Term Agreements topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Council approves term agreements for design and engineering, asks for vendor diversity and project details
Summary
The council approved multiple term agreements for architectural, civil, landscape, mechanical and structural professional services and asked staff to provide written summaries on new vendors, minority- and women-owned vendor utilization and anticipated project assignments and costs.
Council members approved a slate of term agreements covering architectural, civil engineering, landscape architecture and planning, mechanical/electrical/plumbing, space planning and structural engineering services.
Council member Patterson asked whether any new vendors were included and requested aggregate utilization figures for minority- and women-owned firms across continuing vendor awards. Patterson said these questions apply “not just for this one, but I think we've got, like, 4 or 5 of these coming up.” Council member Martin asked for anticipated project costs and which specific projects the firms would serve.
Staff acknowledged the requests and said they would provide a combined written response and a summary with detail on vendor participation rates. As staff told the committee, “We'll respond in writing,” and later, “we'll give you full detail in that summary.”
The items were moved, seconded and carried in committee; staff noted that specific contracts and project-level costs will return to council when particular projects are brought forward, since term agreements are framework contracts that do not guarantee immediate work or exact dollar amounts.
