Explanation
1. Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc. for the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Instrumentation and Control (I&C) System Upgrade, Facilities Integration and Support Services project, CIP # 650348-100002. The modification amount requested under this ordinance is $499,995.00. The contract total including this modification is $3,147,191.00.
The original contract with Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc. provides a consultant that is the sole integrator of new CIP projects, constructed through 2012, into the existing DOSD Plant Wide Process Control System (PWPCS) at the two wastewater treatment facilities and the Sewer Maintenance and Operations Center (SMOC). The integration consultant will assist and train Division of Sewerage and Drainage staff with all issues associated with the PWPCS and to enable the City staff to be self reliant to handle all PWPCS issues The consultant will assist city staff with such PWPCS items as integration, programming, management, troubleshooting and repairs, training and hardware and software upgrades.
The contract is for a duration of five (5) years and shall be funded by incremental appropriation through the use of modifications. The proposed contract modification provides funding for technical services now needed during 2011. The potential need for this work was foreseen and so stated in the original contract's legislation, and is therefore a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract's scope of service. It is not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity currently under contract and undertake continuation of these services with another procurement project. The cost of the modification is a continuation of the vendor's current pricing structure. The Division has determined that these services cannot be performed by Cit...
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