MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Board of Supervisors
FROM: Lars Ewing, Public Services Director
DATE: June 27, 2017
SUBJECT: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) Approve Agreement between the County of Lake and Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt, Consulting Engineers DBA/SCS Field Services not to exceed $107,000; and authorize the Chair to sign.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Enclosed for your Board's consideration, please find an agreement between the County of Lake and Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt, Consulting Engineers DBA/SCS Field Services to operate, monitor and maintain the landfill gas collection system, extraction wells, probes and structure monitoring, at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill. The scope of work is based on the permit requirements issued by the Lake County Air Quality Management District (LCAQMD) and Landfill Methane Rule (LMR) requirements for the Eastlake landfill. The enclosed agreement is through June 30, 2020.
Staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors waive the County policy for the selection of professional consultants and other contract service providers to allow for the sole source selection of SCS Field Services. SCS has been the County's contractor for the Eastlake Landfill gas collection system since construction of the system in 2014 and therefore is uniquely and intimately familiar with the system.
FISCAL IMPACT: __ None _X_Budgeted __Non-Budgeted
Estimated Cost: $107,000.00
Amount Budgeted: $107,000.00
Additional Requested: 0
Annual Cost (if planned for future years): N/A
RECOMMENDED ACTION: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) Approve Agreement between the County of Lake and Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt, Consulting Engineers DBA/S...
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