Explanation
1. Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification of 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, Project 650348-100002. The modification amount requested under this ordinance is $485,000.00. The contract total including this modification is $2,647,196.00.
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 DOSD staff with all issues associated with the PWPCS with the ultimate goal in mind of the City staff being self reliant to handle all PWPCS issues by the end of this contract. 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 2010. 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, as verified by City st...
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