Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Utilities Director to modify and increase a professional engineering services contract, with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton & Tilton, Inc., belonging to the Division of Sewerage and Drainage for the Division of Transportation. This contract is for the McKinley Avenue Stormwater System Improvements Project, which is part of the Group 3 Stormwater System Improvements Projects. This modification is for additional designing services for the Division of Transportation, as well as Sanitary and Storm sewer designs. This would be the tenth modification to the original contract.
This contract modification is necessary to allow payment for additional engineering services that are beyond the original contract scope. The additional design services were not anticipated until the right-of-way acquisition was in progress and the business owners were asked to donate the right-of-way and easements. As a condition to donate, they are requesting additional features.
1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $50,000.00
Original Contract Amount: $471,744.58
Amount of Modifications #1-9: $2,164,070.37
Amount of original contract and modifications 1-10: $2,685,814.95
2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This contract modification is necessary to allow payment for additional engineering services that are beyond the original contract scope. The adjacent property owners are requesting additional features in order to donate right-of-way, easements, and work agreements. Additional sanitary and storm design is also part of this modification. Quantity and note revisions will be made too.
3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This modification is an addition to the original scope of services but is a continuation of existing work being performed and would not be practical to contract with a different consultant.
4. How cost of modification was det...
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