Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned contract modification to the Sewer System Engineering Section's Construction Administration and Inspection Services Agreement with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc. This modification will increase the funding of the contract services by an additional $565,737.71 for construction administration services for 6 sanitary sewer system projects that are currently being awarded or will be shortly. These projects typically involve the replacement and or rehabilitation of sanitary and combined sewer infrastructure. This is one of two construction administration and inspection services contracts for which the Division of Sewerage and Drainage will submit planned contract modification requests to Council for 2006 construction projects as they are funded through Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; or voted sanitary bond funds.
2. CONTRACT MODIFICATION INFORMATION:
This contract was originally procured to provide construction administration and inspection services for sanitary and combined sewer projects during the fiscal years of 2005-2007. In so much as the Division of Sewerage and Drainage funds a large portion of its construction contracts with the loans from the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, it is necessary for the Division to modify the subject contract incrementally, through planned contract modifications as said funding becomes available.
The Division has determined that it is appropriate to augment city personnel by utilizing these contracted services on a routine basis. The cost of these services is consistent with those provided for under the existing agreement.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
Five of the projects for which services are being procured for under this modfication have received OWPCLF financial assistance. $50,000.00 has been established within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund for purposes of funding miscellaneous, small scale ...
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