Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber (Fishbeck) to add additional funds for design of the Bridge Rehabilitation - General Engineering (2020).
Ordinance 2402-2020 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Fishbeck for the Bridge Rehabilitation - General Engineering (2020) project. The intent of this contract is to provide the Department of Public Service additional resources to perform various professional engineering, survey, and technical expertise tasks.
Ordinance 0691-2021 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $200,000.00 as the cost of the original tasks were unknown and required more funds to complete.
This is an planned modification that is necessary to complete the original tasks. It was unknown what the cost of some of the original tasks would be, like the inspection of the Convention Center Bridge, before the awarding of the original contract. Additionally, the work funded by this modification is closely related to work already in progress on the contract. It is to the City’s benefit to extend the contract and utilize the current consulting firm that is familiar with the work.
The original contract amount: $300,000.00 (Ord. 2402-2020, PO250074)
The total of Modification No. 1: $200,000.00 (Ord. 0691-2021, PO266537)
The total of Modification No. 2: $ 75,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $575,000.00
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Fishbeck.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Fishbeck is CC011999 and expires 9/21/2022.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $75,000.00 is available within the St...
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