Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract with Hill International, Inc. (hereafter Hill International) for the Professional Construction Management Services (PCM) - 2020 contract, CIP Number 690587-100001, in an amount up to $4,250,200.00.
This contract assists the City with managing a capital improvement program consisting of multiple capital improvement projects to ensure completion in accordance with design requirements and City’s needs, while serving as a liaison between the construction contractor, design professional (DP), and City personnel. Work performed to date includes program support services, design phase construction management services (e.g., construction cost estimating, constructability reviews, and construction scheduling), and construction administration / construction inspection (CA/CI) services. Future planned modifications of the contract will continue these same services.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” as the water facilities associated with this contract serve multiple planning areas.
1.1 Contract Timeline and Future Modifications: The Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the original contract occurred in December 2020. Construction projects were assigned to this contract based on their advertisement date using a three-year assignment period that started at this contract’s NTP date; thus, the assignment period ran from December 2020 to December 2023. The PCM team will provide construction services through completion of the last construction project assigned to this contract. Thus, the end date for this contract will depend on the construction duration of the last construction project assigned.
1.2 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $9,960,500.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 2,442,500.00 (Ordinance No. 2380-2020)
Renewal No. 1: $ 6,826,100.00 (Ordinance No. 1569-2021)
Renewal No. 2: $ 7...
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