August 01, 2011 Regular Meeting

0188-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contracts. 
(Item No. 8)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

2000-11/12

Health Services System

$107,735

Administer COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) benefits for eligible resigned, laid off and separated members of the Health Service System. Services include providing required initial COBRA notice, enrolling eligible individuals, and conducting open enrollment for COBRA enrollees.

Annual

06/30/12

2001-11/12

Health Services System

$112,000

Administration of the Management Cafeteria Plan for eligible members including communications,

enrollment processing, third-party vendor manage-ment, premium reconciliation and payment to applicable vendors.

Annual

06/30/12

2002-11/12

Health Services System

$156,000

Administer the Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account programs for eligible CCSF

employees. Services include maintaining required IRS tax reporting records, sending quarterly account

statements and adjudicating claims for reimbursement within IRS guidelines.

Annual

06/30/12

2003-11/12

Health Services System

$500,000

Provide health benefit plan actuarial and consulting services as require by City Charter. Services include

developing rates; performing prospective review and analysis of rates against actual experience; conducting studies of alternative healthcare plans; calculating of Trust Fund reserves; developing modeling, reporting and tracking systems; conducting audits and consulting with HSS staff.

Annual

06/30/12

4003-11/12

Withdrawn

Municipal Transportation Agency

$500,000

The City is seeking assistance in consolidating and administering the processes for issuing, posting,

monitoring, removing, and tracking temporary parking restriction signage required for construction projects and various special projects and events in the public right of way under the purview of the SMTA, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD), the Department of Public Works (DPW) and other agencies to be determined in the future. The temporary parking signage for these projects typically provides that vehicles cannot park within the designated location indicated, and that vehicles that are parked in the restricted area will be towed.

Regular

06/30/15

July 18, 2011:

(1)      Postpone PSC #2000-11/12 through 2003-11/12 to the meeting of August 1, 2011 at the request of the Health Services System.

(2)      Postpone PSC #4003-11/12 to the meeting of August 1, 2011 at the request of the Municipal Transportation Agency.

Speakers:

Catherine Dodd, Health Services System spoke on PSC #2000-11/12 through 2002-11/12.

Action:

(1)      Withdraw PSC #4003-11/12 at the request of the Municipal Transportation Agency.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2)      Adopt the report; Approve request for PSC #2000-11/12 through 2003-11/12.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0208-11-8

Review of request for approval of proposed personal services contract. 
(Item No. 9)

PSC#

Department

Amount

Type of Service

Type of Approval

Duration

4009-11/12

Airport Commission

$4,500,000

Construction Management (CM) team with design-build and specialty design experience at airports to

manage the design and development of Bridging Contract Documents to be used in the solicitation of a

Design-Build Consultant for the Terminal 3 Improve-ments Project. The CM team will manage the

construction of the building expansion and remodel, expansion and activation of TSA’s passenger security

checkpoint through a Construction Phasing Plan to reduce the interruptions to operations. The project

includes two possible scopes of work that may be incorporated to the project after further studies and if

funds are available and approved by the Airport. These additional scopes of work are the Boarding Area E Checkpoint renovation and remodel of the Boarding Area F Hub.

Regular

08/01/16

4010-11/12

Airport Commission

$7,000,000

Continue to develop SFO’s marketing plan and execute specific marketing campaigns to attract new airlines, support new airline routes and other revenue-generating tenants (such as retail and food & beverage) as well as SFO departments (such as parking). These programs will focus on the creation of advertising and promotional campaigns, joint marketing programs with airlines and concessionaires, purchasing or bartering

advertising space or airtime, and the development of a digital media program at SFO. In the past, media buys have ranged between 10 and 20 percent of the contract budget.

Regular

08/30/18

4011-11/12

Airport Commission

$4,200,000

Create SFO’s strategic communications plan to ensure internal and external communications capabilities at leveraging the latest technologies including mobile device applications (Apps), social media, and social networking. To ensure SFO is compliant with all governmental regulations pertaining to communications issues including but not limited to section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 794 d) (at http://www.section508.gov/ ) as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-220), Aug 7, 1998. To ensure SFO is competitive with other airports in terms of web, web content management, social media capability and effectiveness, and community outreach.

Regular

06/30/18

4012-11/12

Public Utilities Commission

$200,000

The PUC wishes to design and implement technical and functional training models which will reflect best

practice in the utility industry and thereby support organizational readiness, continuity of operations and

effective succession planning for a multi-skilled workforce of approximately 2300 occupationally and

geographically diverse employees of the SFPUC. The program design will incorporate competency modeling and profiling, and development of curricula and curricula tracks linked to job specific development plans to ensure successful employee performance, as well as identification of career paths.

Regular

09/01/14

4013-11/12

Postpone to 8/15/11

Public Utilities Commission

$670,000

The proposed work consists of periodic combined ground and airborne Light Detection and Ranging

(LiDAR) surveys of HHWP’s 160 miles of 230 kV and 115 kV overhead transmission line systems that run from Hetch Hetchy to Newark. Many of the survey areas are in rugged terrain and remote locations.

Regular

11/01/16

4014-11/12

Postpone to 8/15/11

Public Utilities Commission

$27,700,000

Work consists of planning and engineering of Wastewater Enterprises’ Central Bayside System drainage basin improvements from Mission Creek to Islais Creek. Primary scope items include up to 8,000 feet of 20+ feet diameter tunnel from Channel Pump Station to the Southeast Plant (SEP), a large deep pump station near the SEP, modification to the Channel PS and the Flynn PS, micro-tunnel connections to satellite pump stations and green infrastructures within the basin.

Regular

11/01/20

4015-11/12

Port Commission

$2,000,000

The Port seeks to create a pre-qualified list of 4 or more firms with expertise in real estate economics, market and financial research and analysis, public financing mechanisms, site and master planning, urban design, architecture, historic preservation, maritime and surface transportation planning, community relations and related development services. These Consulting services will support Port staff in its planning and management of public and mixed-use public-private partnership development projects, planning issues, and in negotiating leases.

Regular

12/31/14

3076-10/11

Adult Probation

Increase Amount

$88,750

New Amount

$98,656

Provide technical assistance in conducting a strategic planning process to develop a strategic plan to effectively communicate the department’s vision,

goals, and plans to staff and key holders during the implementation of evidence-based supervision practices in the San Francisco Adult Probation

Department. Technical assistance to include planning and facilitating a strategic planning session and the development and editing of a strategic plan

that meets the project’s communication needs. Implement training that will build professional skills in reducing recidivism through effective use of

Evidence-Based Practices. Training services to include design and management of training events both in-person and video-based on specific

topics, development of Evidence-Based Toolkit, and a follow up training for supervisors. Design and training services to support the department's vision,

goals, and plans in the implementation of evidence-based practices in the San Francisco Adult Probation Department.

Modi-

fication

06/30/12

4062-07/08

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$

New Amount

$8,400,000

Provide professional construction management (CM) services to oversee various WSIP projects on behalf of the SFPUC for the SF Region/Local work location. CM personnel will augment staff on various capital projects including pump stations, pipelines and water reservoir upgrades. Additionally, as-needed CM staff may be required to support the SFPUC oversight effort and may include adding, on a short-term basis, Construction Managers, Inspectors and Cost Estimating and Scheduling Specialists.

Modi-

fication

01/01/16

4200-06/07

Public Utilities Commission

Increase Amount

$

New Amount

Provide complete technical security systems design, integration and construction management services for the SFPUC’s Department of Homeland Security and for the Capital Improvement and Repair and Readiness Programs in accordance with the American Water Works Association’s Security Guidelines for Water Utilities and Risk Assessment Methodology-Water Certification. This modification is necessary to extend the contracting capacity through the final construction phase of the WSIP Projects

Modi-

fication

12/11/15

Speakers:

Cynthia Avakian, Claudia Luquin and Judi Mosqueda, Airport Commission and Larry Wong, IFPTE Local 21 spoke on PSC #4009-11/12.

Charles Schuler and Cynthia Avakian, Airport Commission spoke on PSC #4011-11/12.

Kofo Domingo, Carl Luckenbill and David Hashemi, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4012-11/12.

Norma Nelson and James Hurley, Port Commission spoke on PSC #4015-11/12.

Wendy Still, Adult Probation spoke on PSC #3076-10/11.

Kofo Domingo and Howard Fung, Public Utilities Commission spoke on PSC #4062-07/08.

Action:

(1)      Postpone PSC #’s 4013-11/12 and 4014-11/12 to the meeting of August 15, 2011 at the request of the Public Utilities Commission.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

(2)      Adopt the report; Approve request for of all remaining proposed personal service contracts.  Notify the Office of the Controller and the Office of Contract Administration.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0205-11-3

Survey of Monthly Rates Paid to Police Officers and Firefighters in All Cities of 350,000 or More in the State of California.  (Item No. 10)

Speakers:

Rich David, Department of Human Resources

Action:

Adopt the report; Transmit rates to the Retirement System in accordance with Charter Section A8.590.1-A8.590-7; Provide report to the Board of Supervisors.  (Vote of 4 to 0)

0125-11-4

Appeal by Ellen Dolese, Marguerita Fa-Kaji, Roxane Hayes and Gregory Underwood of the examination process for the Position-Based Testing 8124 Investigator, Office of Citizen Complaints (PBT-8124-056244).  (Item No. 11)

May 16, 2011:

Postpone to the meeting of June 6, 2011 at the request of Ellen Dolese, Marguerita Fa-Kaji, Roxane Hayes and Gregory Underwood. 

June 6, 2011:

1)      The appeal as it relates to the examination announcement and the certification rule is denied.

2)      The appeal as it relates to Rule 111A.35.2, based solely on claims that the inconsistency in examination administration, bias of raters and/or failure of the raters to apply uniform standards compromised either the validity or the reliability of the examination, is continued to the meeting of June 20, 2011. 

June 20, 2011:

(1)      Continue to the meeting of August 1, 2011 at the request of Reno Rapagnani to allow appellants sufficient time to obtain expert analysis of the information contained in the Department of Human Resources staff report.  

(2)      Directed Mr. Rapagnani to have all reports/rebuttals delivered to the Commission office by close of business on July 11, 2011.

(3)      This will be the last continuance granted.  (Vote of 3 to 0)

Speakers:

Jennifer Johnston, Department of Human Resources

Reno Rapagnani, Attorney

Dave Johnson, Department of Human Resources

Bruce Topp, Department of Human Resources

John Kraus, Department of Human Resources

Micki Callahan, Human Resources Director

Action:

Adopt the report.  Deny the appeal as it relates to Rule 111A.35.2, based solely on claims that the inconsistency in examination administration, bias of raters and/or failure of the raters to apply uniform standards compromised either the validity or the reliability of the examination.  (Vote of 4 to 0)