On-Call Surveying Services

The selected Consultant(s) will be working with various work groups within the Public Works Engineering Services Division including Streets and Sidewalks, Parks, Buildings and Storm Drain. This contract will be open to more than one work group, therefore the consultant may be asked to work on more than one project at a time. All services to be performed by the Consultant(s) shall be documented in a task order to be executed by the Consultant(s) and City. The specified work required for these projects will be determined as the projects are developed including a detailed scope, schedule and budget. Consultant(s) shall provide the City with an hourly rate for Land Surveyor services. Below are descriptions of required tasks for each work group.

Streets and Sidewalks, Parks, Building and Storm Drain – Topographic survey services will be used to provide base maps for preparation of plans for proposed improvement projects.

The Consultant shall provide the following topographic survey services:

• Establish survey control line extending 10 feet beyond the limits of work
• Locate, identify, and tie-out City of Palo Alto survey markers, landmarks, and monuments found within the project area
• Perform topographic survey of existing features, which includes but is not limited to the following:
  • Locate and identify existing surface features, which includes but is not limited to the following: driveway areas, top of curb, flow line, any exposed lip of gutter, sidewalk, ramps, edge of pavement, street cross section, centerline, speed humps, traffic striping, signs, walkways in park strips, trees (including diameter), light poles, building corners, top of bank, drainage ditch and other pertinent field features
  • Locate and identify existing surface utilities, which includes but is not limited to the following: catch basins, manholes, boxes, valves, water, gas, electric, fiber optics, telecommunications, sewer, and cable television utilities

Additional features required for Storm Drain projects include the following:

• Storm drain infrastructure (pipelines, manholes, and catch basins) including invert elevations, pipe sizes, material type, and rim elevations
• Other existing underground utilities (i.e. sewer, water, gas, electric, fiber optics, telecommunications, and cable television utilities) including invert elevations, pipe sizes, material type, top/bottom, pipe elevations, rim elevations, and duct/encasement bottom elevations.

Deliverables – prepare and submit the following:

• Surveys must use NAVD88
• 2023 Civil 3D Auto-CAD files for the survey work done
• Electronic files (csv format) of all survey data points
• CTB files
• Comprehensive CAD file of survey and presentable pdf with title block, project information, and key descriptions as feature identifier for each surveyed infrastructure
• Separate layers for different topographic features
• Provide line work, profile, and cross-sections utilizing 2023 Auto-CAD Civil 3D

The City will provide existing infrastructure and right-of way information from City of Palo Alto Geographic Information System (GIS) Streets. Work on arterial and collector streets (including Alma, Middlefield, and Embarcadero will not be permitted between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to avoid traffic congestion to the public. Consultant shall be responsible for all traffic control for survey crews. The Consultant shall comply will the MUTCD Rolling/mobile traffic control for short term work. Any work that is longer than 15 minutes at one particular spot shall require a more specific traffic control plan to be submitted for the City’s Transportation Division’s review and approval. Consultant shall be responsible for all traffic control for survey crews.