Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract for the Resurfacing - General Engineering Contract 2008 #4 with Prime Engineering and Architecture, Inc, in the amount of $35,000.00.
This contract has been used for various projects that spent down the total value of the contract. These expenditures include a modification to update the design of the Roadway Improvements -Riverview Drive from Olentangy River Road -West Terminus project, it was necessary to modify the contract rather than a start a separate procurement effort due to the planned construction funding schedule.
This contract will be needed to allow the consultant to provide services during the construction of this project. Since Prime has knowledge of this project from the previous design work performed to update the plans it would not be cost efficient or timely to bid out the additional engineering work necessary for this project.
The original contract was $250,000.00 authorized by ordinance 0563-2008(EL008483).
Ordinance 0293-2010 authorized modification #1 to remove the 2 year timeframe for the contract.
Modification #2 in the amount of $50,000.00 was authorized by ordinance 0046-2011 for design of curb ramps constructed in association 2011 resurfacing projects.
Modification #3 in the amount of $125,000.00 was authorized by ordinance 0856-2011 for update of plans for the Roadway Improvements - Riverview Drive from Olentangy River Road -West Terminus project.
This ordinance authorizes modification #4 in the amount of $35,000.00 for the provision of design services during construction.
The total contract amount including this modification is $460,000.00.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Prime Engineering and Architecture, Inc.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Prime Engineering (FBE, CC#: 31-1373...
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