Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase an engineering services agreement with ms consultants, inc. for the Division of Power and Water. The original agreement provided for professional engineering services for the design and preparation of construction contract documents for a raw water collection, storage, and delivery system off the Scioto River north of O'Shaughnessy Dam, now known as the Upground Reservoir project. This legislation authorizes the expenditure for engineering services during construction, which was a planned modification stated in Ordinance No. 0825-2004.
Since this will be a multi-year construction project, it is the Division's intent to encumber funds to pay for a portion of the Engineering Services During Construction and to request a future contract modification to pay for the remainder of those services.
Work under Modification No. 1 consists of:
· Additional Engineering Services during the design phase
· Additional services associated with the Value Engineering (VE) study
· Additional services associated with the Peer Review study
· Additional services associated with the Constructability Review study
· Engineering services during the project bidding phase including plan and addendum distribution, attendance at pre-bid meeting and bid evaluation
· Engineering services during construction including:
o Management of open house public meetings for all three projects
o Attendance at pre-construction meeting
o Attendance at monthly construction progress meetings
o Review and response to Requests for Information (RFI's)
o Preparation of Requests for Proposals (RFP's)
o Assist in review and processing of Change Orders and Construction Contract Modifications
· Provide on-site Construction Engineering Services
· Attend In-Factory Inspections for critical materials and equipment
· Assist in review of claims and disputes
· Assist in Start-ups a...
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