Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification of the engineering agreement with Black and Veatch, for professional engineering services for the OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer (OARS), Phase 1, Project modification number one (Mod. #1) for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in the amount of $6,048,867.00 and authorizes the expenditure of $6,048,867.00 from the Sanitary Sewer Build America Bond (B.A.B.s) Fund.
This work will require the firm to provide professional construction management services for the OSIS Augmentation and Relief Sewer (OARS) Phase I and II projects. These services will provide construction administration and management including construction inspection, construction and startup coordination, reporting, budgeting, scheduling, document tracking, and other related tasks to ensure the City receives a quality product in conformance with Contract Documents. This is a modification to the original contract for the period covering April 2011 through March 2012. The work under this modification will require the firm, Black and Veatch, to continue providing professional construction management services for the OARS Phase I and Phase II projects.
The Construction phase of the OARS project will extend to June 2015. It is expected that construction management services will be required into 2015 to ensure proper project completion. CA/CI services will be required immediately upon contract execution. This contract will have multiple modifications in order to best meet project needs. The cost for this for the 2011 project will be $6,048,867.00.
1.1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $6,048,867.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 2,663,185.00
Current Modification 1 $ 6,048,867.00
Future Modification 2 (2012) $ 7,875,638.00
Future Modification 3 (2013) $ 7,994,226.00
Future Modification 4 (2014) $ 6,185,975.00
Future Modification 5...
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