Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to renew and increase the professional engineering services agreement with Hill International, Inc., for the Professional Construction Management Services (PCM) - 2020 Project in an amount up to $9,421,900.00.
This Professional Construction Management (PCM) 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 phases of the contact will continue these same services.
The Notice to Proceed (NTP) for the original contract occurred in December 2020. Construction projects will be assigned to this contract based on their advertisement date using a three year assignment period that starts at this contract’s NTP date; thus, the assignment period is anticipated to run from December 2020 to December 2023.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” because the water facilities associated with this contract serve multiple planning areas.
1.1 Future Renewals: Funds will be authorized through annual contract renewals (or more frequent renewals if required by fiscal needs). 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: $9,421,900.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 2,442,500.00
Renewal #1: $ 6,826,10...
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