Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify an engineering agreement with CDM Smith Inc. for professional engineering services for the Wastewater Treatment Facilities Instrumentation and Control (I&C) Integration and Programming Team project. The services to be provided are professional engineering and technical services necessary for the DPU’s SCADA, Telemetry, and Process Control Systems. The actual project specific detailed design and construction will generally be accomplished by others. CDM Smith, Inc. will provide technical and engineering assistance to the City as requested, during the design and construction efforts.
Amount of additional funds to be expended: $711,635.00
2013 Original Contract (current) $349,988.00
2014 Current Modification #1 $711,635.00
2015 Future Modification #2 $500,000.00
2016 Future Modification #3 $500,000.00
Estimated Total $2,061,623.00
Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This Contract Modification No. 1 is a continuation of the services included within the existing contract's scope of service and was anticipated as the project progressed.
Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This Contract Modification No. 1 was planned and anticipated, and so stated in the original contract’s legislation. It is a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract’s scope of service.
How cost of modification was determined:
A cost proposal was provided by CDM Smith, Inc. and reviewed by the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and was deemed acceptable. The cost of this contract modification is consistent with the direct labor, overhead, and profit rates established within the original proposal.
2. SCOPE OF WORK for this project will consist of the following tasks: (1) Project Management; (2) Project Development Assistance; (3) Project Integration; (4)
Project Integration to Servers; (...
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