Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services agreement with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for the Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plant B-Plant Secondary Clarifier Upgrade project. The Burgess & Niple, Inc. modification amount requested under this ordinance is $2,308,243.00. The contract total including this modification is $6,588,685.00. The proposed contract modification provides funding for technical services now needed during construction. The potential need for the additional work was foreseen and so stated in the original contract's legislation, and is therefore a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract's scope of service. It is not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity currently under contract and undertake continuation of these services with another procurement. The cost of the modification is a continuation of the vendor's current pricing structure, as verified by City staff. The Division has determined that these services cannot be performed by City personnel at this time, and has planned for the procurement of these services on a routine basis.
B. Contract Compliance No.: 310885550/001 (MAJ) (Expires 01/09/2010)
C. Emergency Designation: The Division of Sewerage and Drainage is requesting City Council to designate this ordinance an emergency measure in order to allow for the immediate commencement of this work. This expediency is justified in order to fulfill the City's capital improvement project scheduling commitments set forth within the consent agreement between the City and the Ohio Attorney General's Office that addresses the City's wet weather wastewater overflows. These services are needed immediately and are required to begin simultaneously with the commencement of these construction contracts in order to provide professional services pursuant to the proper man...
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