Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with E. P. Ferris & Associates, Inc. the Petzinger Road Sanitary/Storm Sewer Project. The original construction plans were prepared in 2002 and now must be updated. The Engineer has surveyed the area, designed separate plans for storm and sanitary sewers, and obtained easements. This project will update the sanitary sewer plans, prepare bid documents and provide assistance during bidding and construction. Following completion of the sanitary sewer construction, the storm sewer plans will be updated, bid documents prepared, and assistance during bidding and construction will be provided.
MODIFICATION INFORMATION:
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $31,640.06
Original contract: $ 58,923.58
Modification #1 $ 45,055.00
Current Total: $103,978.58
Modification #2 (2014) Current: $ 31,640.06
Estimated Total cost: $135,618.64
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
The project had been temporarily suspended while the new Septic Tank Elimination Program (STEP) was being implemented. Following STEP implementation, the sanitary sewer plans have to be updated to reflect changes which have occurred since the plans had been completed. Similarly, storm plans will have to be updated in the future to reflect sanitary sewer as-built information.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The additional work that needs to be performed consists mainly of updates to the completed plans and preparation of bid documents, and, as such, is not conducive to being performed by a different consultant.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
The amount is based on the Consultant’s proposal, reviewed and concurred with by the City PM. Labor costs reflecting present and anticipated future hourly direct labor rates were used as appropriate. We utilized...
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