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File #: 2780-2015    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/1/2015 In control: Public Utilities Committee
On agenda: 3/21/2016 Final action: 3/24/2016
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with AECOM (formerly URS) for the Blueprint Clintonville Overbrook / Chatman Project (Mod #2); to authorize the appropriation and transfer of $297,133.35 from the Sanitary Sewer Reserve Fund to the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation (G.O.) Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of up to $297,133.35 from the Sanitary Sewers General Obligation Bond Fund. ($297,133.35)
Attachments: 1. Ord 2780-2015 2-870 4-Director's Legislation Info Sheet Mod #2, 2. Ord 2780-2015 SWIF 650870-4 Mod 2, 3. Ord 2780-2015 Legislation Templates V2 650870-4 020516
Explanation

1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering agreement with AECOM (formerly URS) for Blueprint Clintonville Overbrook / Chatman Project (Mod #2), CIP 650870-100004. It is the objective of the City to mitigate overflows of Designed Sewer Relief (DSR) 335 to the 10-year Level of Service (LOS). The City will evaluate and determine if this LOS is best achieved with strictlyInflow &Infiltration (I & I) elimination with Green Infrastructure (GI) or in combination with some gray infrastructure.

To accomplish this objective, the scope of work for this project will include all the requisite investigation, evaluation, formulation, and design to produce fully independent construction documents for the remediation of inflow and infiltration (I & I), green infrastructure (GI) technologies and other related activities and/or documents necessary for project completion.

However, due to the investigative nature of these pilot projects, additional funds are required in order to complete the requisite preliminary design elements before completing construction plans and specifications, therefore the need for this modification.

MODIFICATION INFORMATION:
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $ 297,133.35
Original Contract Amount ($): $ 1,212,876.00
Modification #1: $ 295,499.20
Modification #2: (Current) $ 297,133.35
Total $ 1,805,508.55

1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This was an anticipated modification. It is a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract’s scope of service.

1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
Re-bid of the project under the new requirements will likely result in a higher project costs as much of the project history would be lost and required to be rediscovered by another consultant unless won by the same consultant. In such a case, we wo...

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