Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the agreement with Camp Dresser and McKee, Inc., for the design professional (DP) engineering services for the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Instrumentation and Control System Upgrade Project of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The work in that project has provided a comprehensive Plant-Wide Process Control System (PWPCS) at each wastewater treatment plant, enabling an enhanced ability to control plant operational processes. The actual implementation of the PWPCS systems was greatly complicated by the complexity of the ongoing construction programs at both plants and the necessity for re-use of existing primary instruments and sensing equipment during the period of design and construction and the bankruptcy of the initial contractor. The construction contract has now been completed. The PWPCS systems still have commissioning problems in many areas which inhibit the most effective utilization of the systems. In particular, alarms and malfunctions of some parts of the system persist (a great many of these have been eliminated during the system warranty period). In order to remedy such matters, to generally stabilize the operation of the systems, and to enhance the ability of the Division's maintenance staff to provide routine service to the system, it is now deemed appropriate to continue the DP's services under "Phase IV - Services During Construction and Commissioning" of the existing contract to assist in dealing with these commissioning problems, and to provide further training to City maintenance staff. Funding for these additional efforts by the DP is provided via this Modification. This contract was always planned to be funded incrementally, and this modification is expected to provide for approximately six months of the additional efforts described above.
Amount of additional funds to be expended: $350,000.00
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