SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department recommends that City Council appropriate $500,000.00 to the existing citywide elevators and escalators maintenance and repair services contract with Kone, Inc., to replace and recondition elevators at the Houston Police Department Headquarters.
PROJECT LOCATION: 1200 Travis, 77002
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: HPD Headquarters has 12 passenger elevators in the tower and four elevators in the garage. All 16 elevators have exceeded their useful life and are failing, which disrupts HPD operations. Many units have been taken out of operation due to their condition and parts are no longer available. The elevators need a full modernization to provide reliable operation. The requested appropriation will only replace and recondition the most critical components in order to minimize system breakdowns and return some elevators to service that are safe and operational. The full elevator modernization will be performed in phases as additional funding is identified to finalize the upgrade.
PREVIOUS HISTORY AND PROJECT SCOPE: On August 3, 2016, Motion No. 2016-0376, City Council approved spending authority, in an amount not to exceed $5,382,824.12, for a thirty-one-month period, to Kone, Inc., for elevators and escalators maintenance and repair services for various departments. To date, $3,088,765 has been expended on the contract.
CIP FISCAL NOTE: There is no estimated impact to the operating and maintenance costs because of this CIP project. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policy Ordinance No. 2014-1078.
Capital Project Information: See the attached Form A for a breakdown of capital costs