Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract modification with Evans Mechwart Hambleton & Tilton Inc. (EMH&T Inc.), for construction administration/inspection services for Department of Public Utilities construction projects bid during the calendar years 2023 through 2025 as part of the Construction Administration/Construction Inspection Services 2023-2025 contracts.
The construction projects to be administered by EMH&T Inc. under this contract modification are CIP #690236-100122 Miller Avenue Area Water Line Improvements and 690549-100012 CA-CI for General Water Construction Projects.
This work will primarily be performed in Community Planning Area 56 - Near East, 62 - Livingston Avenue Area, and 63 - South Side.
1.1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $495,415.00
Original Contract: $1,934,456.02 (ORD 0745-2023; PO386052)
Modification #1: $178,477.12 (ORD 1676-2023; PO402261)
Modification #1: $495,415.00 (This ordinance)
Total $2,608,348.14
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a three-year agreement for fiscal years 2023 - 2025 for which modifications were anticipated pursuant to the original authorizing legislation under Ordinance 0745-2023 to account for future construction projects being assigned to EMH&T as additional tasks requiring contract modifications to authorize EMH&T to perform those tasks and to add funding to pay for the additional work to be performed.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This is a multi-year contract that will be modified as required to provide construction administration/inspection services for construction projects that bid during the three year (2023-2025) timeframe.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of this modification was determined by n...
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