Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional services contract with Brown and Caldwell for professional design services for the SWWTP Organics Receiving and Bioenergy Utilization Facility project, CIP #650353-100007, in an amount up to $21,224,775.42.
This project is for preliminary and detailed design services and will provide a preliminary design report and design for the installation of Digesters 8 and 9, a Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) and high strength organic waste (HSW) receiving station, a combined heat and power (cogeneration) facility to utilize the digester gas, new waste gas burners, and relocation of the gravity bypass at the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant.
A future modification will be requested for Step 3 - Services during Construction.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide”
TIMELINE: The total term of the Step 1 Preliminary Design and Step 2: Detailed Design Services contract will be for twenty one (21) months after notice to proceed is given. Notice to proceed is expected to be in May of 2023 with bidding completed in August of 2024. Once a Contractor has been selected, a contract modification will be requested for Step 3: Services during Construction and is currently anticipated to be for five years, ending in September of 2029.
ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT: The negotiated award amount for engineering services is $21,224,775.42 including a 5% contingency and if authorized tasks that will be utilized to fund needed and approved changes in the work. One contract modification is anticipated for Step 3 - Services during Construction.
Original Contract $21,224,775.42
Future Anticipated Needs $15,792,000.00
CONTRACT TOTAL $37,016,775.42
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNI...
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