The firm will provide a qualified individual to serve as the City's designated "City Engineer," who will report directly to the Director of Public Works/Facilities. The City Engineer shall be a registered professional civil engineer in the State of California for at least the past ten (10) years and have been assigned to serve the role of City Engineer in a California municipality within the past three (3) years. The retainer hours will be eighty (80) hours per month, with four (4) hours of regular weekly office hours at the Public Works Maintenance Yard office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For the remaining monthly retainer hours, the City Engineer will be available off-site for electronic or telephone communication with City staff, public officials, community leaders, developers, contractors, utilities, public agencies, and the general public. The City Engineer's tasks may include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. Attend public meetings including, but not limited to, meetings of the City Council, Planning Commission, and Traffic and Safety Commission; and staff level meetingswith City staff, public officials, community leaders, developers, contractors, utilities, public agencies, and the general public. 2. Analyze the City's needs and prepare, recommend, and administer long- and short-range programs consistent with the economic capabilities of the City. This includes preparation of any and all documentation related to the City's annual Capital Improvement Program (CIP) project budgets. 3. Identify current and future CIP projects, recommend those future CIP projects to the Director of Public Works/Facilities for inclusion in the upcoming fiscal year's CIP project budget, and document budget, scope, schedule, status, organizational responsibility (including other Professional Engineering Firms) and funding sources for CIP projects. 4. Conduct bi-weekly CIP Update meetings, tracking all CIP projects, including current status, funding/budget status, and provide a bi-weekly CIP project report to the Director of Public Works/Facilities; coordinate with City staff and various consultants to deliver the City's CIP projects; and assist the Director of Public Works/Facilities with the management of the City's CIP including managing design consultants, consultant project managers, and consultant construction managers. Deadline for Questions Thursday, October 19, 2023 @ 5:00 p.m. To ensure a fair and objective RFP process and evaluation, all questions and inquiries related to this RFP shall be addressed in writing to Bernardo Iniguez, Director of Public Works/Facilities, at biniguez@bellgardens.org. Response to Questions Monday, October 30, 2023 The City reserves the right to accept or reject any or all responses received in response to this RFP. The City also reserves the right to waive any informality, technical defect or clerical error or irregularity in any response.
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