Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned modification to the 2020 - 2022 Construction Administration and Construction Inspection (CA/CI) Services agreement with Resource International, Inc.
Funding for this modification will be for the following project:
• Division of Sewerage & Drainage’s North Linden 1 Improvement Project
1.1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $700,000.00
Original Contract: $ 225,352.47 (PO222775)
Modification #1: $1,422,963.00 (PO228475, PO228476, PO228477, PO228478)
Modification #2: $ 169,985.96 (PO239948)
Modification #3: $ 862,887.72 (PO261079, PO261484, PO261488)
Modification #4: $1,023,884.71 (PO286992, PO286998, PO287003)
Modification #5: $ 744,529.85 (PO296089)
Modification #6: $ 951,081.48 (PO315084, PO315094, PO315104)
Modification #7: $ 564,947.72 (PO314903)
Modification #8: $ 462,066.68 (PO319886)
Modification #9 (current): $ 700,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods 1-8) $7,127,699.74
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a three-year agreement for fiscal years 2020 - 2022 and modifications were anticipated and explained in the original legislation under Ordinance No. 0506-2020.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This is a multi-year contract that will be modified as required to provide construction administration/inspection services for construction projects that bid during the three year (2020-2022) timeframe.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of this modification was determined by negotiations between Resource International and the Division of Water.
2.0 ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: Providing consistent oversight across all Blueprint projects will reduce any inefficiencies in responding to contractor RFI's, utility conflicts, and resident complaints. Streamli...
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