Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR19-47 with Bohannan Huston in the amount of $2,049,289.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of the Design of the White Rock Wastewater Treatment Plant and Consideration of Budget Revision 2020-05.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve Services Agreement No. AGR19-47 with Bohannan Huston in the amount of $2,049,289.00 and a contingency in the amount of $102,464.00, for a total of $2,151,753.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of the Design of the White Rock Wastewater Treatment Plant. I further that Council approve Budget Revision 2020-05 and that it be included in the minutes for the record.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the agreement as requested.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the agreement as requested.
Body
Execution of this agreement will begin the process to replace the White Rock Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Department of Public Utilities (DPU) received six proposals in response to the request for proposals to perform the design of the new plant and provide construction engineering support during construction. The top three firms were interviewed and Bohannan Huston was selected as the top respondent based on their project approach, extensive experience of their design team and understanding of the project needs which will result in the best value to the County. The project will be initiated with a value engineering and risk assessment task which will evaluate the available treatment process equipment, plant configuration and identify the various risks associated with the construction of the new plant and alleviate to the extent possible in design and bidding.
The agreement consists of three distinct tasks. The first is the value engineering, design analysis and construction document preparation...
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