Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with ms consultants, inc. for the Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) Bulk Chemical Building Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2017.
This project entails professional consulting/engineering services to assess and design improvements to the Bulk Chemical Building and Alum Storage areas at the Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) and their associated chemical feed systems.
The original agreement included design phase services including: preparation of detailed drawings, specifications and contract documents for the evaluation, construction and installation of renovations and upgrades to the facilities
This contract modification (No. 1) provides funding for construction phase engineering services including shop drawing review, handling of RFIs/RFPs/change orders, periodic site visits, etc. These services will continue through the end of construction.
The planning area is “City Wide” because HCWP services several communities.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $350,000.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 665,500.00 (EL015231)
Modification No. 1 (current): $ 350,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mod. 1) $1,015,500.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a planned contract modification as indicated in the original authorizing legislation (Ord. No. 2737-2013). This modification will fund Engineering Services During Construction.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The consultant team is very familiar with the details of the project and has performed a multitude of tests, prepared a series of reports and documentation detailing their findings and recommendations, and have compiled the Preliminary Design Report, Detailed Design documents and Bidding docu...
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