Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to modify a professional services blanket contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Bird Houk & Associates, Inc. for architectural and engineering services for the Municipal Court Building, 375 South High Street.
Ordinance No. 1115-2007, passed July 11, 2007, authorized the original blanket contract for professional services with Bird Houk & Associates, Inc. for architectural and engineering consulting services for the Municipal Court Building Renovations. Ordinance No. 1011-2010, passed July 14, 2010, authorized a modification to the original contract for the main electrical service and distribution upgrade.
This modification is necessary to increase the retained amount of this contract due to unforeseen architectural and engineering services necessary to complete the project. It is practical and cost effective for coordination and continuity of the project to use Bird Houk & Associates, Inc. for this modification. Selecting another architect at this point would lead to duplicated work and possibly mistakes. Therefore, it would not be in the best interests of the City to request qualifications for these ongoing professional services. Prices already established in the contract were used to determine the cost of this modification.
Emergency action is requested so that the necessary professional services may be accomplished, thereby ensuring that needed renovations at the Municipal Court Building are not delayed.
Bird Houk & Associates, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 31-1366142; Expiration date November 11, 2011.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $50,000.00. The current unencumbered cash balance in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund, Municipal Court Professional Services is $733.00. An additional $49,267.00 will be transferred between projects within the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund. The...
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