Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with CH2M Hill, Inc. for the Parsons Avenue Water Plant (PAWP) Surface Water Treatment Upgrade Project, Division of Power and Water Contract No. 1095.
The overall project entails professional consulting/engineering services to provide full-service assistance to the City to evaluate options and design an upgrade to Parsons Avenue Water Plant (PAWP) to reliably treat a 50 MGD combination of ground water, ground water under the direct influence of surface water (GWUDI), and surface water.
A significant portion of the services required to prepare the Preliminary Design Report have been completed under an agreement with CH2M Hill, Inc. The proposed modification will make revisions to the work completed to date and finalize the Preliminary Design Report. Detailed Design documents will be prepared under a planned future contract modification. Engineering Services During Construction will also be performed under a planned future contract modification.
1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $275,000.00
Original Contract Amount: $1,740,400.00
Modification #1 (current) $ 275,000.00
Amount of original contract and Mod #1: $2,015,400.00
2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This current modification is required due to changed priorities by the City due to budgetary constraints. The City is now looking at a phased approach to the planned improvements at PAWP. These changes will necessitate revisions to the Preliminary Design Report. This modification will fund the completion of the Preliminary Design Report. Ordinance No. 1073-2007 also indicated future modifications would be needed for Detailed Design and Construction Administration services (future), as mentioned above.
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