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Commission approves award to MWH/URS joint venture for Central Bayside planning

San Francisco Public Utilities Commission · February 28, 2012
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Summary

The commission authorized staff to negotiate and execute a professional services agreement with the Montgomery Watson Harza/URS joint venture to provide planning and engineering for the Central Bayside System Improvement Project, with a permissible abstention recorded for a commissioner with a prior relationship.

The commission voted on March 25 to approve the selection of the Montgomery Watson Harza/URS joint venture (MWH/URS) as the top-ranked firm for project planning and engineering for the Central Bayside System Improvement Project. Alan Kelly, Assistant General Manager for Infrastructure, told the commission the procurement drew five proposals and three finalists; MWH/URS scored highest.

A commissioner indicated a potential conflict because of a prior relationship with the firm; the City Attorney's office advised that an abstention could be permitted by the commission to make the record clean. The commission moved to permit the abstention and then voted on the contract award; the motion to authorize negotiation and execution of the professional services agreement (subject to Board of Supervisors approval under Charter Section 9.118) carried.

The selection authorizes staff to negotiate and execute the agreement pending the Board of Supervisors’ approval required by the city's charter.

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