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City Council June 16, 2009 Award of Contract to Provide Plan Check Services Page No. 2 is where the firm is situated and training/handouts refers to the firms’ ability to provide training and develop handouts. The comparison of courier, location, and training/handouts is provided in the following table: COURIER, LOCATION, AND TRAINING/HANDOUTS Firm Courier Location Training/Handouts Bureau Veritas Courier or staff Corona Yes/Hourly Fee CSG Courier or staff Santa Ana Yes/No Fee D & J Municipal FedEx or Cal Overnight Diamond Bar Yes/Hourly Fee EsGil FedEx or Cal Overnight San Diego Yes/Hourly Fee Harris FedEx or Cal Overnight Irvine Yes/Hourly Fee Scott Fazekas UPS or Cal Overnight Irvine Yes/No Fee Willdan Cal Overnight or staff Industry Yes/No Fee 2. Review and Recheck Time. Review time is the time period required to initially review plans and other pertinent information. Recheck time is the time period required to review the plans after the initial corrections and other subsequent requirements have been made. In the City’s request for proposals, initial review time was requested at 10 days and five days for rechecks. Neither the review or recheck times include the transmittal time to or from the consultant which is usually one day each way. The comparison of review and recheck time is provided in the following table: PLAN CHECK TURNAROUND TIME Firm Review Time Recheck
City Council June 16, 2009 Award of Contract to Provide Plan Check Services Page No. 3 One consultant proposed a fee of $85 per hour for projects valued less than $100,000 and a percentage fee for all other projects. Two to six hours are normally needed to complete the plan review for smaller projects. Time spent will increase if the plans are poorly drawn. The comparison of fees is provided in the following table showing how much each firm would collect per project with the City retaining the balance: PLAN CHECK FEES PROJECTS < $100,000 PROJECTS < $500,000 PROJECTS > $1M Fee Rate Value $50,000 Fee Rate Value $193,500 Fee Rate Value $1,500,000 Firm City Fee Collected - $592 City Fee Collected - $1,451 City Fee Collected - $7,571 Bureau Veritas $85/hr $340 1 67% $972 65% 2 $4,921 CSG 75% $444 75% $1,088 75% $5,678 D&J Municipal 70% $414 70% $1,016 70% $5,300 EsGil 50% $296 50% $725 50% $3,786 Harris 70% $414 70% $1,016 70% $5,300 Scott Fazekas 65% $385 65% $943 65% $4,921 Willdan 80% $473 80% $1,161 70% $5,300 1 Fee varies with quality of plans and designers’ response. Estimate based on four-hour average time. 2 Bureau Veritas charges 67% for projects valued less than $500,000 and 65% for projects valued greater than $500,000. 4. Over the Counter Plan Check Services. Staff inquired about the firms’ availability to provide on-site plan check to help customers at the Building counter. Firms provided hourly rates and staff calculated the annual fees based on eight, 16, and 20-hour work weeks, as shown below. HOURLY RATE FOR COUNTER PLAN CHECK Firm Hourly Rate 8 Hours per Week 16 Hours per Week 20 hours per Week Bureau Veritas $85 $35,360 $70,720 $88,400 CSG $95 $39,520 $79,040 $98,800 D & J Municipal $70 $29,120 $58,240 $72,800 EsGil $86 $35,776 $71,552 $89,440 Harris $115 $47,840 $95,680 $119,600 Scott Fazekas $70-75 $29,120 - $31,200 $58,240 - $62,400 $72,800 - $78,000 Willdan $115 $47,840 $95,680 $119,600
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