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Port Commission approves RFQ to form $3 million pool of as‑needed environmental consultants
Summary
Commission authorized staff to advertise an RFQ to create a pool of three as‑needed environmental services contracts (three contracts of up to $1,000,000 each, three‑year term with an optional fourth year), with project CSOs typically limited to $200,000 and a 22% LBE subconsulting goal; Resolution 1317 passed.
The Port Commission approved staff—s request to advertise a request for qualifications to form an as‑needed pool of environmental and related professional services, authorizing three contracts each with a maximum value of $1,000,000 (total authorization $3,000,000) and a three‑year term with an optional fourth year.
Contracts manager Andre Sasevedo told commissioners the pool would allow the port to retain specialist consultants for work that in many cases the port—s in‑house environmental staff (currently six people, staff said) cannot perform quickly or does not have the technical expertise for, such as underwater sound monitoring during pile driving, marine mammal monitoring, construction monitoring for environmental compliance, and soil characterization and laboratory testing. Projects performed under the pool would typically be assigned via contract service orders (CSOs) and limited to about $200,000 per CSO, Sasevedo said.
Staff said the RFQ and selection process would follow city administrative rules. Minimum qualifications under consideration mirror prior procurements: the prime consultant or lead JV partner should have at least seven years of environmental consulting experience; key personnel must hold required state licenses; firms must demonstrate knowledge of local, state and federal regulations (for example, BCDC, Fish and Game, Air and Water Resource Boards). Staff said they will ask proposers to disclose whether they are a plaintiff or defendant in litigation but will treat those disclosures as advisory rather than scored items in panel evaluation.
Commissioner questions focused on turnaround time expectations, how reference checks would be handled, and how the 22% Local Business Enterprise (LBE) subconsulting goal would be monitored. Elaine Ford, Deputy Director of Administration and Finance support staff, said administrative staff will perform reference checks and provide the results to the evaluation panel. Sasevedo said LBE participation is tracked quarterly through invoice reporting and is reviewed at the CSO approval stage.
The commission moved, seconded and voted to approve Resolution 1317 authorizing staff to advertise the RFQ. Staff said the anticipated schedule calls for civil service commission review in early June, RFQ release shortly after, proposal submissions in July, interviews in July, and return to the port commission in August with recommendations and authorization to award.
