Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to renew the professional engineering services agreement with Black & Veatch for the O’Shaughnessy Dam FERC Independent Consultant Review Project, Capital Improvements Project No. 690251-100001, Division of Water Contract No. 2086.
Under the initial contract, Black and Veatch provided investigation, inspection and safety evaluation of the O'Shaughnessy Dam Hydroelectric facility as mandated by the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Committee). FERC mandates an independent consultant review of the facility and water supply dam every five years. The review included investigation, condition inspection and safety evaluation of the hydroelectric facility and the dam, and also included engineering evaluations related to dam safety. This inspection was performed by a qualified Independent Consultant as defined in CFR Title 18, Part 12, Subpart D. A Potential Failure Modes Analysis (PFMA) workshop and report was also completed as part of the Independent Consultant Review.
Under Renewal #1 (current), the consultant will perform an evaluation of design requirements for minor improvements that were identified during the independent consultant review of the facility.
Planning Area = 99 - Citywide
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $368,750.00
Original Contract Amount: $485,350.00 (PO160091)
Renewal No. 1 (current): $368,750.00
Total (Orig. + Renewal 1) $854,100.00
1.2. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This work is based on the Independent Consultant Inspection Report prepared in the initial phase of this project. Bidding this work to potentially have a new consultant perform the work would delay the project, potentially require rework/duplication of effort, and would increase costs to the City
1.3. How cost of renewal was determined:
The Consultant prepared a detailed estimate of cost per task for detailed scope of work, broken down by project t...
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