Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify and add additional funds to the UIRF - General Engineering 2015 contract with Resource International, Inc.
Ordinance 2578-2014 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Resource International, Inc., for the UIRF - General Engineering 2015 contract. The intent of this contract is to provide the Department of Public Service with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to perform professional engineering and survey services as well as provide technical expertise for the department to implement projects for the Department of Development through the city’s Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund (UIRF) program. Approved projects are by a request from a community organization to install or evaluate the feasibility of a selected improvement. Improvement types are generally as follows: curb ramps, curb replacements, curb extensions, intersection or roadway improvements, bike facilities, sidewalk, traffic calming, and landscaping features.
This is an unplanned modification that is necessary to provide support for utility relocation design, construction services, and right of way temporary staking due to the discovery of electrical distribution facilities located on private utility poles. It was deemed to be more cost efficient to modify the existing contract than to bid this part of the work as some consultants will not accept partial plans not executed under their supervision. Bidding out this work would require additional expense for the awarded consultant to review and redo work already completed.
The original contract amount: $500,000.00 (EL016487, Ord. 2578-2014)
The total of Modification No. 1: $30,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $530,000.00
This project is funded by th...
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