Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract with MS Consultants, Inc. for the Parsons Avenue Water Plant (PAWP) Sludge Disposal Project, Division of Power and Water Contract No. 1118.
MS Consultants, Inc., Inc. was contracted by the City to provide site assessment of three existing sludge lagoons at the Parsons Avenue Water Plant (PAWP), prepare a written technical report summarizing the findings with proposed solutions, and provide bid drawings and specifications for the removal and disposal of the lime softening sludge from the lagoons. The original engineering contract anticipated sludge removal from all three lagoons as one construction contract. Due to limited sludge storage capacity available in the lagoons to allow for Parsons Avenue Water Plant to continue operating, the project was divided into two parts during the early stages of the design. Bid specification and drawings were prepared for the immediate removal and disposal of sludge from lagoon 2 before the completion of the technical design report. Preparation of the written technical report, bid drawings, and bid specification for Lagoon 1 and 3 are currently being performed and are now referenced as Part II of this project. The release of contingency funds for the original contract was authorized to cover the additional consultant services required to perform the project design in two parts.
During the Request for Proposals, it was the City's intent to have the Consulting/Engineering firm perform construction administration/construction inspection services and a supplementary site reconnaissance of interior piping and lagoon embankments as a contract modification. This was also indicated in the original authorizing legislation. This contract modification is for the construction services for Part I of the project (sludge removal from lagoon 2).
An additional contract modifi...
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