To: The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: On-Call Contracts with Balance Hydrologics, INC., FlowWest, LLC, and Schaaf & Wheeler, Consulting Civil Engineers, Countywide.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to execute three individual contracts with Balance Hydrologics, INC., FlowWest, LLC, and Schaaf & Wheeler, Consulting Civil Engineers (Consultants), in an amount not to exceed $300,000 per individual contract to provide on-call consulting services for professional engineering services relating to hydrology, hydraulic, and hydrologic data collection for the period November 30, 2023 through November 29, 2026, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract is funded by 100% Flood Control District Funds. Project No.: Various
BACKGROUND:
The FC District provides regional flood protection, technical information, hydrology data and education to cities and residents, and environmental stewardship for over 70 miles of streams and several detention basins as part of the County’s flood protection system. The FC District prepares and reviews designs prepared by others that modify the existing flood protection system and require fluvial geomorphology professional services in these efforts. In many cases, the flood protection facility proposed for modification was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, which means following their standards, policies, and procedures. In executing modifications to the flood control system, the FC District, at times, requires additional temporary services from persons specially trained, experienced, expert, and competent to perform professional engineering services, including flood control facility design. For that reason, the FC District is entering into this contract with Consultants. Under this contract, Consultants will provide professional engineering services relating to hydrology, hydraulic, and hydrologic data collection on an on-call basis for a variety of FC District projects, whether proposed by the FC District or outside agencies, throughout Contra Costa County.
Solicitation for on-call hydrology, hydraulic, and hydrologic data collection occurred May 18, 2023, through June 23, 2023. Through a competitive grading and selection process, Consultants were selected to enter into the contracts, which will become effective November 30, 2023.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the approval of the Board of Supervisors, the FC District will not be able to obtain timely on-call services for professional engineering and technical services relating to hydrology, hydraulic, and hydrologic data collection.
cc: Allison Knapp, Deputy Chief Engineer, allison.knapp@pw.cccounty.us
Tim Jensen, Flood Control, tim.jensen@pw.cccounty.us
Gus Amirzehni, Flood Control, gus.amirzehni@pw.cccounty.us
Angelo Torres, Flood Control, Angelo.Torres@pw.cccounty.us
Catherine Windham, Flood Control, catherine.windham@pw.cccounty.us