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Award professional services contract - Authorize the City Manager to award a professional services contract to Roadway Asset Services for the update of the City's pavement management program in the amount of $499,929 and appropriate $190,000 from the Gas Tax Fund.
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Prepared by:
Katherine Woodhull-Fuget, Associate Engineer, Katherine.Woodhull-Fuget@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4447
Eric Bons, Senior Civil Engineer, Eric.Bons@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4350
Chris Crawford, City Engineer, Chris.Crawford@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4331
Jason Huckleberry, Engineering & Building Director, Jason.Huckleberry@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4495
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends that Council authorize the City Manager to award a professional services contract to Roadway Asset Services, LLC for the update of the City's pavement management program in the amount of $499,929 and appropriate $190,000 from the Gas Tax Fund.
Summary:
Request for Proposals 24-25-54 (RFP) for professional services for the update of the City's pavement management program was issued October 10, 2025, and five proposals were received. Upon initial evaluation of the proposals by City staff, three consultants were selected to move forward to the interview phase of the selection process: Applied Research Associates (ARA) (Ventura, CA), Infrastructure Management Services (IMS) (Largo, FL), and Roadway Asset Services (RAS) (Austin, TX). Roadway Asset Services, LLC was selected from the interviewed firms based on consideration of both the written proposals and the interviews.
This project's scope of work will include re-surveying City streets, updating data in the City's existing Pavement Management Program (PMP) software, conducting a comprehensive assessment of road network pavement conditions, and developing a PMP report to guide future maintenance.
Background Discussion:
The City's current pavement management program (PMP) was established in 2012, when Infrastructure Manage...
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