RECOMMENDATION: Approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2019-0677 (passed September 4, 2019) to Increase Maximum Contract Amount for the Job Order Contract with Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department (GSD) recommends that City Council approve an Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2019-0677 to increase the maximum contract amount from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000 for the Job Order Contract (JOC) with Brown & Root Industrial Services, LLC (BRI). It is expected that BRI will deplete the $20,000,000 expenditure cap by the end of August 2023. The requested increase will allow BRI to complete pending work orders and projects which will exceed the current $20,000,000 maximum contract amount.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: See attached list.
PREVIOUS HISTORY AND PROJECT SCOPE: On September 4, 2019, Ordinance No. 2019-0677, City Council awarded a five-year job order contract to BRI and set a maximum contract amount of $20,000,000. Under the terms of the contract, BRI performs minor construction, repairs, rehabilitations, or alterations of various City facilities. The JOC Program is funded through supplemental allocations from various departmental budgets or appropriations from various bond funds, up to the maximum contract amount, as departments identify projects and specific funding for each. Work orders are issued and approved in accordance with pre-described and pre-priced tasks as established by the R.S. Means Facilities Construction Cost Data book. Fees for each JOC project are negotiated based upon the size and complexity of the tasks involved.
M/WBE/SBE PARTICIPATION: The original job order contract with BRI has a 16% MBE goal and 4% WBE goal. To date, BRI has achieved 16.4% MBE participation and 3.6% WBE participation.
DIRECTOR’S SIGNATURE/DATE:
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C. J. Messiah, Jr.
General Services Department