Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Authorizing the approval of Task Order #3 Sustainable Aviation Fuels Permanent R&D Facility Pre-Project Support Services
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DEPARTMENT: Executive
ORIGINATOR: Trudy Soriano
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: Snohomish County is assessing the development of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) research and development (R&D) center at Seattle-Paine Field International Airport. This task order will provide authorization for pre-project support services needed to further clarify and analyze the project program. Under this task order, Jacobs Engineering will assist the County in analyzing the project scope, programming, site feasibility, construction methodologies, cost estimating, regulatory considerations, required skill sets for future consultation, and perform project management, for a not to exceed amount of $275,889.
BACKGROUND: Snohomish County and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. ("Contractor") entered a General (non-airfield) Design, Environmental and Construction Engineering On-Call Agreement per RFQ No. 24-19SR, Snohomish County Airport - On Call Consulting Services for the Snohomish County Airport ("Airport"). On March 23, 2022, the Agreement term expiration date was amended to December 31, 2024, via Amendment No. 1, and on July 14, 2023, the Agreement was amended to allow Snohomish County Facilities Department ("Facilities") to utilize the On-Call services of the Contractor in an amount not to exceed $350,000 in support of a non-airfield project ("the project") being managed by Facilities at the Airport, via Amendment No. 2. Facilities continued to require the On-Call services of the Contractor in support of the project, in an amount in excess of the $350,000 contracting authority previously allotted but within the overall approved Agreement amount, and the Airport no longer has need of the remaining contracting authority allotted to the Airport Department beyond the $54,140 previously...
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