Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and increase the professional engineering services contract for the Operation Safewalks - General Engineering Contract 2008 #1 with M-E/IBI Group (formerly M-E Companies) in the amount of $30,000.00.
This contract has been used for various projects that spent down the total value. The intent of this contract was to provide the Department of Public Service with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to perform various professional engineering, survey, and technical expertise for the department to complete its capital and operating budget commitments.
The projects developed under this program are typically small to moderate size improvements, and frequently include a significant emphasis on sidwalk needs and related and aesthetic improvements. This contract has been used for quick response design services.
Work to be performed under this contract modification include, but are not limited to, providing services during construction of the forthcoming Lockbourne Road Sidewalk project. All current design work for the Lockbourne Road Sidewalk project has been performed by M-E/IBI Group and procuring new design services would not be economical and would delay the project.
Original contract amount: $250,000.00 (Ord. 0563-2008, EL008312)
Modification 1 amount: $0.00 (Ord. 0293-2010)
Modification 2 amount: $50,000.00 (Ord. 0750-2010, EL010544)
Modification 3 amount: $30,000.00
Total contract amount, including this modification: $330,000.00
Searches in the Systems for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against M-E/IBI Group.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
M-E/IBI Group's contract compliance number is 311442777 and expires 11/20/14.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $30,000.00 are available for this project in the Street and Highway G.O. Bond Fund within the Department of Publ...
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