PowerPoint Presentation

Engineering – Delivering the CIP
City Council Workshop – May 23, 2023

Strategic Alignment
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Partnership and Accountability
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Partnership
• Budget & Finance
• City Manager’s Office
• City Attorney’s Office
• Operating Depts
• Internal Audit
Accountability - ARS Title 34
• Ensures fair access to city work
• Ensures spreading the spend
• Ensures transparency for selection 
• Ensures quality 
• Ensures open book pricing competition
• Promotes accountability

• On-Call
• Direct Select
• Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
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Professional Services –Design & Engineering

• Contract Awards are on a Basis of Demonstrated 
Competence & Qualifications
• Used for Projects that require “Complex Designs” 
• Used for Projects where Design Costs Exceed $500K
• Recent Examples:
– Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project
– Heroes Park Improvements
– Thunderbird Reservoir Improvements 
– Cholla Water Treatment Plant Improvements
– Police Evidence Storage
– Fire Station 153 Remodel
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Professional Services - Request for Qualifications

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Architectural
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Environmental Consulting
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General Engineering
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Geotechnical Engineering
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Grading and Drainage
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Hydrogeology
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Land Surveying 
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Landscape Architecture
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On-Call – Pre-qualified list of vendors
• Mechanical/Plumbing/Electrical
• Roadway/Transportation
• Solid Waste Municipal Landfill
• Structural Engineering
• Transportation Studies & Traffic 
Engineering 
• Water/Wastewater Distribution
• Water/Wastewater Facilities

• On occasion, the project requires specific knowledge and 
experience that is available on a very limited basis.
• Examples could include:
– A Water modeling update
– SCADA controls and integration
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Direct Select

Construction Procurement Methods
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• Job Order Contracting  - JOC
• Design Bid Build  - DBB (also known as low bid)
• Construction Manager at Risk (CM@R)

Job Order Contracting
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• Purpose is for repair, replacement or remodel programs
– Speed to market projects
– To ensure we spread the spend
• maximum job order amounts
• maximum annual contract amount
• Qualification Based – followed by open book pricing
• Job Orders are Issued for individual projects
• Until 2022, COG relied solely on “Linking Agreements”
• Since – COG is developing  our own JOC’s
– Streets and Paving                                  completed
– Horizontal Water/Wastewater piping       completed
– Treatment Plants                                    coming
– Vertical construction                               coming

Job Order Contracting – Recent Examples
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• Sine Building Remodel 
• Adult Center Remodel
• City Court Renovations
• Community Center Renovations
• Heroes Park & Sunset Palms Splash Pads
• Various Citywide Waterline Segment Improvements
• Minor Water/Wastewater Plant Improvements

Design Bid Build – DBB 
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• Consultant Completes Design Package
• Contractors Submit Prices Based on Designer 
Drawings
• Lowest “Responsible” Bidder Awarded Contract

Design Bid Build – Recent Examples
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• City-Wide Valve and Hydrant Program
• City-Wide Sewer and Manhole Rehab Program
• City-Wide Concrete and Asphalt Cut Program
• Public Safety Parking Lot Expansions
• Glendale Ave – 99th Street to El Mirage Street*
• Cactus Ave – 59th Street to 67th Street 
• Glendale Airport  -Taxiway Alpha Phase I & II

Construction Manager at Risk (CM@R)
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• Used for Complex Construction Projects
• Good for long lead items
• CM@R  selected early to work with Designer 
during early design phases to ensure 
constructability
• Guaranteed Maximum Pricing – based on defined 
scope

Construction Manager @ Risk- Recent Examples
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• Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project
• Landfill North Cell Excavation Phase I & II
• Cholla Water Treatment Plant Improvements
• Thunderbird Reservoir Improvements
• Police Evidence Storage
• Fire Station 153

Selecting Procurement Typology 
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• Use the procurement method that “best fits” the 
project typology
Considerations:
• Project Cost 
• Complexity
• Speed to Market
• Operational Considerations

Summary of Use – 42 Projects
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