Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Resource International to add additional funds in an amount up to $500,000.00 for the Roadway - Materials Testing & Inspection 2019 project.
Ordinance 1634-2019 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Resource International for the Roadway - Materials Testing & Inspection 2019 project. The intent of the contract is to provide the Department of Public Service with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to provide construction inspection services and materials testing expertise for the Department to complete its capital and operating budget commitments.
This is a planned modification that is a continuation of construction inspection services and materials testing for City of Columbus projects. This contract could also be used for non-City projects for which the City is providing construction inspection services and materials testing. This modification is necessary to allow construction to continue on projects currently being built and for construction to start on recently awarded projects. It was deemed to be more cost efficient to modify the existing contract than to bid this part of the work.
The original contract amount: $225,878.00 (PO184765, Ord. 1634-2019)
$274,122.00 (PO184775, Ord. 1634-2019)
The total of Modification No. 1: $500,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $1,000,000.00
It was necessary to establish two purchase orders for the original contract due to the use of different funding sources.
The dollar amount of this modification is an amount estimated to be needed to provide the inspection services and material testing services required to complete in-progress and planned construction projects. Additional funding ma...
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