Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase the Bridge Rehabilitation - General Engineering professional engineering services contract with R.W. Armstrong & Associates, Inc. in an amount up to $500,000.00.
This contract has been used for various projects that spent down the total value. The intent of this contract was to provide the Department of Public Service with resources to perform engineering and surveying tasks related to bridges, but also to be available for projects requiring a quick response.
Services included in this contract included bridge inspections, bridge load ratings, bridge rehab workplans, and engineering reports, preparation of design plans, engineering analysis and reports, preparation of engineering plans and specifications to correct bridge deficiencies, plans to repair existing structures. Services may be small in scope for individual projects, and some services may be required to quickly address discovered bridge deficiencies, it is desirable to lump these services into one contract.
Work to be performed as part of this modification includes: Design work for bridges on Noe Bixby, Parsons Avenue bridge over railroad and pedestrian bridge along Somersworth Drive and engineering and analysis of additional bridges to be identified.
Additional funding is required to continue the analysis of City bridges and to perform engineering work relevant to the Department of Public Service Capital Improvement program. The City maintains this contract with R.W. Armstrong and would it would be more cost efficient, effective, and timely to assign additional bridgework to this consultant than to establish a new contract with a consultant that would not have a familiarity with the City's bridge program. Therefore, it is recommended that this contract modification in the amount of $500,000.00 be awarded to R.W. Armstrong.
The original contract amount was $200,000.00. Contract number...
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