Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Transystems Corporation of Ohio for design of the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - E. Broad Street Widening project in an amount up to $1,498,173.28.
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 in an amount of up to $1,400,000.00. This contract was issued to design improvements to the East Broad Street Corridor from I-270 to Outerbelt Street. The $1,400,000.00 approved in Ordinance 1454-2017 was the amount estimated to be needed to complete preliminary and final engineering for the project. The original contract amount was issued for $406,826.72, the amount needed to complete preliminary engineering for the project.
Ordinance 1872-2019 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $20,000.00. This was an unplanned modification that was necessary to cover the cost of additional work needed on the project due to a hotel that was announced to be built within the project corridor. Additional traffic studies were needed to determine appropriate access management for the hotel. These studies were not included in the original scope of work for the project.
This is a planned modification that is necessary to perform final engineering to complete detailed design for the project. It was deemed to be more cost efficient to modify the existing contract to have the company familiar with the project complete the design work 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 (PO225869, Ord. 1872-2019)
The total of Modification No. 2: $1,498,173.28 (This Ordinanc...
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