Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to execute a planned contract modification to the Sewer System Engineering Section's Construction Administration and Inspection Services Agreement with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc. This modification will increase the funding of the contract services by an additional $1,240,933.40 for construction administration services for 16 sanitary sewer system projects that are currently being awarded or will be shortly. These projects typically involve the replacement and or rehabilitation of sanitary and combined sewer infrastructure. This is one of two construction administration and inspection services contracts for which the Division of Sewerage and Drainage will submit planned contract modification requests to Council.
2. CONTRACT MODIFICATION INFORMATION:
This contract was originally procured to provide construction administration and inspection services for sanitary and combined sewer projects during the fiscal years of 2005-2007. The Division has determined that it is appropriate to augment city personnel by utilizing these contracted services on a routine basis. The cost of these services is consistent with those provided for under the existing agreement.
3. FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation requests the authority to transfer residual project funds and budget authority from accounts that do not currently require funding, in order to fund the construction administration and inspection services required for the aforementioned projects. This transfer will have no adverse scheduling or funding impacts upon those projects for which funds are being transferred from.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned contract modification to the construction administration and inspection services agreement with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc., to authorize the transfer of $914,115.83 and expenditure of $1,199,933.40 from within the Voted S...
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