Department: Flood Control District
Department Head/Elected Official: Tina Petersen, Ph.D., P.E., Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Berkeley Research Group, LLC
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 20%
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal is not 0% and is listed above
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of an order authorizing the expenditure of funds in the amount of $1,970,000 for consulting services to implement system and process improvements supporting the CDBG and bond programs as a sub-award of the agreement with Berkeley Research Group, LLC under Job No. 21/0317. (Agreement No. 2023-25, MWDBE Contracted Goal: 20%).
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Background and Discussion:
This project will continue to provide the Flood Control District will resources necessary to scale-up operations, and improve efficiencies, documentation, and processes to support implementation of the award of over $1B in federal grants in 2023 to the Flood Control District-including $860M in CDBG Disaster Recovery and Mitigation funds.
The Flood Control District invited proposals in May 2023 from firms on the consulting slate vendor pool to address these needs, awarding the project to the Berkeley Research Group (BRG). That study resulted in the development of process mapping and standard operating procedures for Process Mapping & Standard Operating Procedures and Dashboard/Visualization Creation for cashflow forecasting.
The Flood Control District now proposes to build on the process, data, and system expertise developed with a second phase of work to deliver the following:
(a) Execute system and process improvements to accelerate grant reimbursements, reduce cashflow needs, and improve process efficiencies in collaboration with the Auditor's Office and the Uni...
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