Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Public Utilities Director to modify and increase the General Engineering Services contract with CH2M Hill Inc. for the Division of Power and Water, Contract No. 1091. Under this contract, the City procures professional engineering services on an as-needed basis. The original contract reserved the City the right to extend the contract for fiscal years 2008 through 2010.
The Division is requesting this modification #2 to the contract to fulfill its planned needs in 2009. The Division anticipates requesting a modification #3 to the contract to fulfill its planned needs in 2010. The work to be done in 2009 will be to continue the work for tasks that have already been initiated but not yet completed and to begin new tasks that are authorized. The following is a list of proposed new tasks for 2009:
1. Design of two new low service pumps to replace the existing Dublin Road Water Plant LSPs-2 & 5.
2. Design of Hap Cremean Water Plant backflow prevention system upgrades.
3. Design of Dublin Road Water Plant fluoride storage expansion.
4. Design of Dublin Road Water Plant HVAC upgrades.
5. Design of Parsons Avenue Water Plant chemical sump improvements.
6. Design of Dublin Road Water Plant chemical sump improvements.
1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $500,000
Original Contract Amount: $200,000
Modification #1: $300,000
Modification #2 (current): $500,000
Amount of original contract and 2 modifications: $1,000,000
2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This was a planned modification as indicated in the original authorizing legislation, Ordinance No. 1845-2006.
3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The work was bid out and planned for a total of 4 annual contracts. This is the second modification for the third year of the annual contracts.
4. How cost of modification was determined:
In Schedule A of the original contr...
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