Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the professional engineering services agreement with CDM Smith, Inc. for the Dublin Road Water Plant (DRWP) UV Disinfection Project, Capital Improvements Project No. 690535, Division of Water Contract No. 2024.
This project will provide UV disinfection at the DRWP which will allow it to operate with a multi-barrier disinfection process (both chemical and physical disinfection).
The original contract provided funds for Preliminary Design Services (Phase I).
Contract Modification No. 1 established funding for Detailed Design (Phase II) and Bidding (Phase III) Services.
This Contract Modification (No. 2) will establish funding for Phase IV - Engineering Services During Construction (SDC). SDC will include technical project representation (TPR) duties, construction phase engineering, start-up and commissioning assistance, training, and record documentation.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $3,396,500.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 890,276.46 (EL016477)
Modification No. 1: $1,791,000.00 (PO000180)
Modification No. 2 (current): $3,396,500.00
Total (Orig. + Mods. 1-2) $6,077,776.46
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is the second modification to the contract and was fully anticipated and explained in the original legislation under Ordinance No. 2094-2014 as well as under Modification No. 1 under Ordinance No. 2772-2015. However, where the original legislation anticipated funding this work through a single contract modification (Mod No. 2), DPU now plans to split the funding across two contract modifications (Mod No. 2 and a future Mod No. 3).
This modification (No. 2) shall provide for SDC through October 2019 and Modification No. 3 shall fulfill the SD...
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