REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Master Agreements with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. and Bellecci & Associates for Underground Electrical Distribution System Design Services [Council Pillar: Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure]
Report
BACKGROUND
City of Santa Clara's (City) Electric Department, doing business as Silicon Valley Power (SVP), is planning a continuing effort to upgrade and enhance the City's underground electrical distribution system infrastructure to meet new customer demands as well as to maintain the reliability of the SVP distribution system. As a part of this effort, SVP plans to enter into a master agreement with two consultants to provide design services for the underground electrical distribution system.
There are six projects that SVP has identified for award to the consultants. These projects include four underground crossings (two will cross Central Expressway at Coronado Drive with another at Lawson Lane, one will cross El Camino Real at Halford Avenue, and one will cross Great America Parkway at the intersection of Great America Way), open trench on west of existing Fairview Substation to Coronado Avenue and one project will utilize an 0.7 mile open trench along Stevens Creek Boulevard from Rodonovan Road to Stern Avenue located in the south part of the City.
There are several development projects in the early stages of development over the next 5 years. As priority necessitates, SVP will identify additional projects, including the scope and budget for each project, on an as-needed basis for the term of the agreement. SVP will coordinate with the consultants to develop a specific scope of work for each project.
DISCUSSION
On November 7, 2019, staff issued a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to solicit proposals from qualified firms to provide engineering services for SVP's underground electrical distribution system infrastructure. The SOQ was published on BidSync, the City's...
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