Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase two separate agreements for General Engineering Services for the Division of Water’s Supply Group, with ARCADIS U.S., Inc. (Contract No. 2103) and DLZ Ohio, Inc. (Contract No. 2104), each in the amount of $350,000.00.
Two separate agreements were established in 2015 to augment existing engineering personnel within the Water Supply Group, on an as-authorized, as-needed basis.
Modifications to the agreement were anticipated and included in the Original Contract under Ordinance No. 2236-2015, as well as Modification No. 1 under Ordinance No. 1301-2016. This Ordinance will authorize Modification No. 2, in the amount of $350,000.00 each, for projects starting the fourth quarter of 2017 for approximately one year or until all funds are expended. No additional modifications to these engineering agreements are anticipated.
The planning area is “N/A” since service is provided to several different projects.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $ 700,000.00
Original Agreements (ARCADIS + DLZ): $ 600,000.00 (EL017622 + EL017626)
Modification No. 1 (ARCADIS + DLZ): $ 700,000.00 (PO018723 + PO018731)
Modification No. 2 (current) (ARCADIS + DLZ) $ 700,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods 1-2) $ 2,000,000.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a planned modification as indicated in the original authorizing legislation, Ordinance No. 2236-2015, as well as Modification No. 1 under Ordinance No. 1301-2016.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The original professional services agreement was bid out and planned for a total of 2 annual contract modifications. This is the second modification.
1.4. How cost of modification was ...
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