Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with E.P. Ferris & Associates, Inc. for the Dana G. ‘Buck’ Rinehart Public Utilities Complex Exterior Site Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2083.
The purpose of this project is to perform the detailed engineering design services for the first of multiple phases for the proposed exterior improvements of the Dana G. ‘Buck’ Rinehart Public Utilities Complex.
The original contract included the design of the Master Plan for the project.
Modification No. 1 (current) is for Phase 1 of the Engineering Detailed Design, and will include a Space Needs Assessment and the design of the master Stormwater plan, fuel station upgrades, salt barn, and a wash-out station that were recommended in the Master Plan. Parking lot improvements, site work, stormwater management, and miscellaneous exterior upgrades will also be designed under this modification. These improvements will improve safety conditions and provide a more efficient work environment.
The planning area is “09”, West Olentangy.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $806,338.79
Original Contract Amount: $ 299,029.61 (EL016759)
Modification No. 1 (current): $ 806,338.79
Total (Orig. + Mod. 1) $1,105,368.40
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This Contract Modification was anticipated and noted in the original contract legislation under Ordinance No. 3067-2014.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This Contract Modification was anticipated and noted under Ordinance No. 3067-2014, and was also a part of the original RFP scope for the consultant. The detailed design scope was unknown until the master plan was completed.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
Cost proposals...
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