Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with ARCADIS U.S, Inc. for the Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) and Dublin Road Water Plant (DRWP) Standby Power Projects, under Division of Water Contract No’s. 2074 and 2075.
This project will provide standby power generators at HCWP and DRWP and will allow the plants to continue operation during a utility power outage, thereby improving the reliability of the water supply system.
The original contract provided funds for Phase I, Preliminary Design Services.
This Contract Modification (No. 1) will establish funding for Detailed Design (Phase II) and Bidding Services (Phase III).
Detailed Design will prepare construction contract documents, plan and specification review meetings, assisting in negotiations, permitting, and other matters with U.S. EPA, Ohio EPA, and other government agencies, site surveying, geotechnical investigation, Reliability-Centered Maintenance Analysis, construction cost estimating, scheduling, other design related services.
Bidding Services will includes secure bidding services, assisting at the Pre-Bid Conference and bid opening, tabulating bids, making an award recommendation for lowest and best bid, and preparing conformed-to-contract documents.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $2,068,900.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 260,083.00 (EL016353/001 & 002)
Modification No. 1 (current): $2,068,900.00
Total (Orig. + Mod. 1) $2,328,983.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is the first modification to the contract and was fully explained in the original legislation under Ordinance No. 1839-2014.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
Due to the highly complex and technical nature of this water treatment plant infrastructure, it is not reasonable or cost effective to undertake a new procurement to acquire these ...
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