Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation amends the 2011 Capital Improvements Budget and authorizes a transfer of $26,200.00 between projects in the Construction Management Capital Improvement, Gov'l B.A.B.'s (Build America Bonds) Fund. This legislation also authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with the Design Group for professional services for space programming and master planning for the Municipal Court building, 375 South High Street.
Ordinance No. 1130-2010, passed July 21, 2010, authorized the original contract for professional services for the Municipal Court building, 375 South High Street. Under the original scope of services, three options were explored and two options developed to block and stack space in the court building to serve the needs of the various functions of the court and its supporting offices. The judiciary needed additional services from the court design team that were not anticipated in the original scope, to assist them in evaluating the options and have requested that the third option be fully developed for consideration. A contract modification to the Municipal Court Master Planning Agreement with Design Group, in the amount of $86,200.00, is necessary to provide additional court design services to fully develop the third blocking and stacking option so that the judiciary can to come to a consensus as to which of three blocking and stacking options will be pursued as the final plan to be developed into a full construction design for the Municipal Court Building.
Due to the fact, that the Design Group was awarded the original contract; a modification with the Design Group is the logical and most expeditious option for additional professional services. Therefore, it would not be in the best interest of the City to bid for said services. Prices already established in the contract were used to determine the cost of this modification.
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