Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification (#3) for a General Engineering Services (GES) contract with ME Companies, Inc. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage originally reviewed proposals from fourteen local firms for the original General Engineering Service agreement, and requested City Council to authorize the award of two contracts to the two highest ranking firms. These awards established two "blanket" type of service contracts to augment existing engineering personnel within the Sewer System Engineering Section (SSES) of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage on an as-authorized, as needed basis.
The original contract established fixed direct labor, overhead and fixed fee rates. This ordinance will authorize the expenditure of $161,861.11 of capital improvements funds for the estimated needs of the Division's SSES during 2010. Under the terms of this contract, the City has the right to contract for additional services to fulfill emergency capital improvements related needs subject to the approval of a contract modification by City Council. The rates established within this contract will remain in force throughout the life of the contract.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $161,861.11
Original Contract Amount: $ 100,000.00 (EL006608)
Modification #1: $ 145,000.00 (EL007392-001: $100,000.00 Stormwater CIP 610757; EL007392-002: $45,000.00 for Stormwater CIP 610892)
Modification #2: $ 200,000.00 (EL008003-001: $100,000.00 Stormwater CIP 610762; EL008003-002: $100,000.00 for Sanitary CIP 650100)
Modification #3: $ 161,861.11
Total (Orig. + Mod #1, #2, #3) $ 606,861.11
1.2 Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen.
This was a planned modification. This modification is necessitated by funding reasons, as the work required cannot be performed using the originally designed contract funds.
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