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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 9/8/2021
District D
Item Creation Date: 5/27/2021

HPW – 20PK20 PES / AECOM Technical Services, Inc.

Agenda Item#: 22.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE appropriating $2,822,412.10 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund; approving and authorizing Professional Engineering Services Contract between City of Houston and AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC for 48 Inch Water Line from Forbes Road to Martindale Road along Almeda Genoa Road; providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund - DISTRICT D - EVANS-SHABAZZ

Background:

SUBJECT: Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City and AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for 48-Inch Water Line from Forbes Road to Martindale Road along Almeda Genoa Road.

 

RECOMMENDATION:  An ordinance approving a Professional Engineering Services Contract with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for 48-Inch Water Line from Forbes Road to Martindale Road along Almeda Genoa Road and appropriate funds.

 

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project provides for the design and construction of transmission and distribution lines to convey treated water.

 

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This project consists of the design and construction of approximately 11,000 linear feet of 48-Inch Water Line from Forbes Road to Martindale Road along Almeda Genoa Road.

 

LOCATION:  The project is located along Almeda Genoa Road, from Forbes Road to Martindale Road.

 

SCOPE OF CONTRACT AND FEE: Under the scope of the Contract, the Consultant will perform Phase II Final Design, Phase III - Construction Phase Services and Additional Services. The Basic Services fees for Phase II and Phase III are based on a negotiated lump sum amount. The total Basic Services appropriation is $1,643,565.00.

 

The Contract also includes certain Additional Services to be paid either as lump sum or on a reimbursable basis. The total Additional Services appropriation is $1,044,446.50.

 

The total cost of this project is $2,822,412.10 to be appropriated as follows: $2,688,011.50 for Contract services and $134,400.60 for CIP Cost Recovery.

 

PAY OR PLAY PROGRAM: The proposed contract requires compliance with the City’s ‘Pay or Play’ ordinance regarding health benefits for employees of City contractors. In this case, the Contractor provides health benefits to eligible employees in compliance with City policy.

 

M/WBE PARTICIPATION:  The standard M/WBE goal for the project was 24%. The Consultant has proposed a 26.83% plan to meet the MWBE goal.

 

 

Name of Firms

Work Description

Amount

% of Total Contract

1.

Aurora Technical Services, LLC

Engineering Services

$194,000.00

7.21%

2.

B&E Reprographics, Inc.

Reprographics Services

$14,520.00

0.54%

3.

Gunda Corporation, LLC

Engineering Services

$143,260.00

5.33%

4.

HVJ Associates, Inc.

Geotechnical Testing Laboratories or Services

$252,333.00

9.38%

5.

Kuo & Associates, Inc.

Surveying and Mapping

Services, and Engineering Services

$117,350.00

4.37%

 

 

TOTAL

$721,463.00

26.83%

 

 

 

 

 

 

FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of this project.

 

 

____________________________

Carol Ellinger Haddock, P.E., Director

Houston Public Works

 

WBS No. S-000900-0186-3

Amount and Source of Funding:

$2,822,412.10 - Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction

Contact Information:

R. Jeff Masek, P.E., CCM

Assistant Director, Capital Projects

Phone: (832) 395-2387

ATTACHMENTS:
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