REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
April 23, 2024
FROM
NOEL CASTILLO, Director, Department of Public Works - Transportation
SUBJECT
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Contract with Fountainhead Consulting Corporation to Provide Professional Engineering Services to Create and Implement a Job Order Contracts Program for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Works.
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve a contract with Fountainhead Consulting Corporation, in the amount not-to-exceed $308,236, for the period of April 23, 2024 through October 30, 2026, to provide professional engineering services for the creation and customization of the Job Order Contracting documentation, which includes San Bernardino County specific Task Catalogs, Technical Specifications, and General Conditions.
(Presenter: Noel Castillo, Director, 387-7906)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The Department of Public Works (Department) is funded by Gas Tax revenue, fee revenue, and other local, state, and federal funding. The estimated cost for the creation and implementation of the Job Order Contract (JOC) Program of $308,236 will be funded with Gas Tax revenue. Sufficient revenue and appropriation are included in the Department's 2023-24 Road Operations budget (6650002000 H15262) and will be included in future recommended budgets.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Public Contract Code Section 20128.5 authorizes counties to use JOC Services to more efficiently engage contractors to perform the repair, maintenance and other repetitive work within the existing road facilities utilizing the unit price structure and a more expeditious process. Experience with this process has shown that the JOC offers several adv...
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