SUBJECT: Professional Engineering Services Contract between the City of Houston and KCI Technologies Inc. for Street Rehabilitation Design Project Contract #4.
RECOMMENDATION: An ordinance approving a Professional Engineering Services Contract with KCI Technologies, Inc. for Street Rehabilitation Design Project Contract #4, and appropriate funds.
PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the Street Rehabilitation Program and is needed to meet the City of Houston's design and safety standards and improve streets.
DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This contract provides engineering services for Street Rehabilitation. Engineering Services may include topographic surveys, data collection, agency coordination, geotechnical investigations, ADA pedestrian element evaluations and recommendations. Upon request, the following services may also be provided, field pavement assessments, construction and treatment plan preparation, cost estimation, and construction phase services. The proposed Street Rehabilitation will be designed and constructed in compliance with the City of Houston Infrastructure Design Manual, Texas Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices and ADA. Projects will be assigned on a work order basis.
LOCATION: The projects are located throughout the City of Houston.
SCOPE OF CONTRACT AND FEE: This contract entails the following:
- Conduct existing condition surveys on the selected street segments and produce street base maps.
- Identify drainage and base failures and provide possible solutions within COH's latest standards.
- Identify potential landscape and utility encroachments.
- Identify COH right-of-way and provide boundary surveys when right-of-way acquisition is required.
- Design required geometric improvements to roadway facilities.
- Design ADA-compliant pedestrian realm facilities
- Develop construction documents for required street segments.
- Prepare plans, special specifications, general notes, COH typical drawings, quantity take-offs and construction estimates.
The total requested appropriation is $550,000.00 to be appropriated as follows: $500,000.00 for contract services and $50,000.00 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 Consultant elected to pay into the Contractor Responsibility Fund in compliance with City policy.