Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Dunlop and Johnston, Inc., in the amount of $8,572,180.00 for the construction of a new Fire Training Center at the Fire Complex at 3675 Parsons Avenue. The construction will consist of the following: a practical skills building, a burn building, a training tower, a simulator, a shelter, a pole barn, and all related site utilities and improvements. The contractor will have five hundred sixty four (564) calendar days upon notification of the award of the contract to complete the work.
Formal proposals were solicited on March 22, 2007. Four firms submitted proposals on April 24, 2007 as follows: (0 MBE, 0 FBE).
Dunlop and Johnston, Inc. $8,572,180.00
R.W. Setterlin Building Company $8,984,360.00
The Altman Company $9,021,569.00
Barton-Malow Company $9,187,160.00
It is the recommendation of the Office of Construction Management to award this contract to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Dunlop and Johnston, Inc.
Emergency action is requested so that Fire Division can provide necessary training to its fire fighters as quickly as possible.
Dunlop and Johnston, Inc. Contract Compliance Number 34-0191480, expiration date 04/26/2009.
Fiscal Impact: The Fire Division budgeted $9,684,000 in the Capital Improvement Budget for the Fire Training Complex project. Previously, $832,000 was encumbered for the architectural contract. The cost of this contract is $8,572,180.00.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Office of Construction Management with Dunlop and Johnston, Inc. for the construction of a Fire Training Complex, to authorize the expenditure of $8,572,180.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($8,5...
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