Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. for the Skyline Drive Sanitary Sewer Assessment Project. This modification is required to revise construction plans and easement descriptions to reflect easement negotiation results and updated design standards. The additional funds are also needed to address increased OEPA Permit To Install (PTI) fees and increased consultant labor costs due to hourly rates increases since the Mod. 1 initiated in 2002. It was not known in 2008, when Modification No. 3 was executed, that the construction on the project would be delayed until 2012 due to easement acquisition delays and assessment project procedural issues.
Amount of additional funds to be expended: $32,253.72
Original Contract $ 111,025.35
Modification No. 1 $ 81,650.36
Modification No. 2 $ 30,020.92
Modification No. 3 $ 20,000.00
Modification No. 4 (current) $ 32,253.72
Modification No. 5 (future - estimate) $ 50,000.00
CURRENT PROPOSED TOTAL $ 324,950.35
Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This modification is required to revise construction plans and easement descriptions to reflect easement negotiation results and updated design standards. The additional funds are also needed to address increased OEPA Permit To Install (PTI) fees and increased consultant labor costs due to hourly rates increases since the Mod. 1 initiated in 2002.
Reason other procurement processes are not used:
It was not known in 2008, when Modification No. 3 was executed, that the construction on the project would be delayed until 2012 due to easement acquisition delays and assessment project procedural issues.
How cost of modification was determined:
The relatively minor natu...
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