Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to increase and extend the Professional Construction Management Services agreement with URS Corporation - Ohio, which provides cost effective construction management, field representation, inspection testing, instrumentation/control design, integration and support services, and services for maintenance of operations during construction for various capital improvements projects for the Division of Water.
The original contract anticipated that Professional Construction Management services would be provided under multiple contract modifications over a multiyear period to support construction projects that begin construction within the 2011 through 2015 period, with services extending through the end of the subsequent construction duration. As noted in the original legislation, the contract duration may need to be extended based on actual construction durations. Based on current estimated construction schedules, this contract is expected to run from 2010 through 2018.
The original legislation, under Ordinance No. 1386-2010, was executed in December 2010 to allow the Professional Construction Management Team to perform a constructability review of the Upground Reservoir R-2 Project prior to advertisement for bid in December 2010.
Modification No. 1, under Ordinance No. 0134-2011, enabled the Professional Construction Management Team to perform construction management and field representation for the Upground Reservoir Raw Water Pump Station and Raw Water Line projects.
Modification No. 2, under Ordinance No. 0975-2011 enabled the Professional Construction Management Team to perform construction management and field representation for various projects, for the remainder of 2011 and the first half of 2012.
Modification No. 3, under Ordinance No. 1487-2012, enabled the Professional Construction Management Team to perform construction management and field representation fo...
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