Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP GO-14-136 and award a contract to Energy Experts International of Redwood City, CA, to provide consulting services related to natural gas distribution federal regulatory compliance to update U.S. Department of Transportation required manuals and plans, in the amount of $542,526, and authorize a 5 percent contingency in the amount of $27,126, for a total contract amount not to exceed $569,652, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for one additional one-year period, and authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto.  (Citywide)
Item 13. Item 13. Report from Long Beach Gas and Oil in Financial Management Recommendation to award a contract to Energy Experts International to provide consulting services related to natural gas distribution. Federal Record Regulatory Compliance to update U.S. Department of Transportation requirement manual and plans for a total amount not to exceed 569,000 citywide. There's been a motion by Councilman Andrews and a second by Councilman Austin. So any member of the public that wishes to address council on this item. Actually, Mr. City managers or staff report you'd like to provide. Yes. We have a quick one from Chris Garner again. Thank you. As you know, we have 1900 miles of natural gas pipeline in the cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill. We're under constant. Regulation by the federal government, the Department of Transportation, to maintain and operate those. Pipelines professionally. And safely for our customers. And this is there's an increased focus on the federal government on these distribution pipelines across the country. And what we need help on and we're hiring this company to help us with is if you look at the scope of work, our operations and maintenance manual needs to be updated. A new program, the Distribution Integrity Management Plan, or did we need that updated? The Emergency Operations Plan, the damage prevention public awareness. Plans, the qualification plan, and then to help us with the long. Term pipeline operations plan. The idea here is. In the past, the audits that we periodically undergo with the DOT, we focused more on how we did the job with. The incident up in San. Bruno with the gas explosion. There's been increased focus on actual paperwork and the documentation that occurs that documents how you do your job. And so that's what we're hiring this company to help us with. It's a two year process. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Gardner. So any member of the public that wished to address the council on this item, item 13. SINGH None. Members, please cast your vote. Motion carries eight zero.