Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the General Engineering Consultant Services #2 Agreement, with Burgess & Niple, Inc., for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage.
The purpose of the agreement is to provide technical and engineering assistance to the Department of Public Utilities (DPU). Services under the agreement may include: investigations; inspections; evaluations; surveying; preparation of drawings and specifications; review of shop drawings, manuals, and Standard Operating Procedures; and so forth. See Item No. 5 on the attached Information form for additional details.
The original professional services agreement was bid out and planned for a total of 3 annual contract modifications. Modification No. 1 under Ordinance No. 2063-2016, passed September 19, 2016 provided funding for the 2nd year of the 4 year agreement.
This Modification (No. 2) will continue to provide services through the 3rd year of the agreement.
There is no single planning area associated with this project because the project serves multiple planning areas.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $500,000.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 520,000.00 (EL017462)
Modification No. 1 $ 500,000.00 (PO032505)
Modification No. 2 (current): $ 500,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods 1 - 2) $1,520,000.00
Modification No. 3 (future) $ 500,000.00
$2,020,000.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a planned contract modification identified in the original contracting legislation, Ordinance No. 1588-2015, as well as the first contract modification Ordinance No. 2063-2016.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The original professional services agreement was bid out and planned for a total of 3 annual contract modifications. This is the second modification.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of the modification was determined in the o...
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