Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to modify and increase the Professional Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) Services agreement, with Gilbane-Smoot Columbus a Joint Venture (hereinafter “Gilbane-Smoot”), for the New Municipal Court Building project, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, in an amount up to $927,000.00, and to encumber funds with the Department of Public Service for prevailing wage services in the amount of $2,000.00.
The original contract was established under Ordinance No. 1854-2023 for Phase 1 services including: program validation, construction schedule development, construction cost estimating, constructability reviews, providing the design team with industry best practices, preliminary site logistics and other construction-related items specific to the downtown location such as traffic management.
Modification No. 1 (current) will continue Phase 1 services, Site Development / Pre-Construction Services.
Gilbane-Smoot will continue to provide the following services: construction schedule development, construction cost estimating, constructability reviews, providing the design team with industry best practices, preliminary site logistics and other construction related items specific to the downtown location such as traffic management.
2. MODIFICATION INFO:
A. The amt of additional funds to be expended under the modification: $929,000.00
Original Purchase Order Amount: $ 84,177.00
Modification No. 1 (current): $ 929,000.00
Total (Original and Mod 1): $1,013,177.00
B. Why the need for additional goods or services could not be foreseen at the time the contract was initially awarded.
Ordinance No. 1854-2023 indicated a modification to Phase 1 was expected for pre-construction services.
C. Why it would not be in the city’s best interests to have the additional contract requirements awarded through other procurement processes?
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