Explanation
BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to renew the professional engineering services agreement with Hill International, Inc. for the Professional Construction Management 2020 Project, in an amount up to $6,826,100.00, for the Division of Water.
This contract is assisting the City with managing a capital improvement program consisting of multiple capital improvement projects to ensure completion in accordance with design requirements and City’s needs, while serving as a liaison between the construction contractor, design professional (DP), and City personnel. Work performed to date includes program support services, design phase construction management services (e.g., construction cost estimating, constructability reviews, and construction scheduling), and construction administration / construction inspection (CA/CI) services. Future phases of the contact will continue these same services.
This Renewal (number #1) provides funding to continue program support services, design phase construction management services, and construction phase CA/CI services.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” as the water facilities associated with this contract serve multiple planning areas.
Amount of additional funds to be expended: $6,826,100.00
Original Contract $2,442,500.00 (PO255315, PO255328, PO255330, PO255406, PO255408, PO255409, PO255410, PO255412, PO255413, PO255414, PO255415, PO255416, PO255417, PO255419, PO255420, PO255421, PO255422, PO255423)
Renewal #1 (current) $6,826,100.00
Contract Total (Orig. + Ren. 1) $9,268,600.00
Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The current consultant has already provided both design phase and construction phase services for the projects assigned to this contract. Bidding this work out to a new consultant would require duplication of some of the work already performed and would interrupt construction phase services for projects currently under construction,...
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