Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Transystems Corporation of Ohio to add additional funds for design of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening project in an amount of up to $20,000.00.
Ordinance 1454-2017 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Transystems Corporation of Ohio for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening project. The project will implement improvements to the East Broad Street Corridor from I-270 to Outerbelt Street.
This is an unplanned modification that is necessary to cover the cost of work due to a proposal for a new hotel within the project corridor. Additional traffic studies are needed to determine appropriate access management. These studies were not included in the original scope. It was deemed to be more cost efficient to modify the existing contract than to bid this part of the work.
The original contract amount: $406,826.72 (PO080529, Ord. 1454-2017)
The total of Modification No. 1: $20,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $426,826.72
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Transystems Corporation of Ohio.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Transystems Corporation of Ohio is CC007988 and expired 6/5/19. Transystems will need to renew contract compliance before the contract modification can be executed.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Additional funding is not requested at this time. Ordinance 1454-2017 established ACPO002205 in the amount of $1,400,000.00 for preliminary and final engineering for this project. The original contract amount of $406,826.72 was established for the preliminary engineering needs from ACPO0002205, leav...
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