RECOMMENDATION: Appropriate funds for the project.
SPECIFIC EXPLANATION: The General Services Department (GSD) recommends that City Council appropriate $1,326,307.40 to the existing city-wide contract with Elevator Repair Service, Inc. (ERS) for the modernization of all five (5) elevators at the Houston Health Department (HHD) office at 8000 N. Stadium Drive.
PROJECT LOCATION: 8000 N. Stadium Drive, Houston, TX 77054
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project will include the modernization of three (3) traction elevators in the main building and two (2) hydraulic elevators in the parking garage. VDA Elevator & Escalator Consulting Firm, has determined the elevators have reached the end of their useful life and due to age, replacement parts are no longer available.
The scope of work for this project includes labor and materials to cover the following: install elevator control systems, pumping units and electrical piping and wiring; replace door closers, rollers, spirators, gibs and interlocks; replace interior cab finishes; emergency phone, and cab door operator and equipment; car top operating station; replace pit safety switches, flood sensors; refurbish the pit buffers; install sump pumps with a fully automatic discharge system; replace elevator lobby buttons; firefighters service switch, and code required signage.
PREVIOUS HISTORY: On January 15, 2020, by Ordinance 2020-53, the City Council awarded a three-year contract with two one-year options to ERS for elevator and escalator maintenance and repair services for various City of Houston facilities.
M/WBE PARTICIPATION: M/WBE zero-percentage goal document approved by the Office of Business Opportunity.
FUNDING SUMMARY:
$ 1,205,734.00 Modernization Cost
$ 120,573.40 10% Contingency Cost
$ 1,326,307.40 Total Funding
FISCAL NOTE: No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of this project.
WBS No.: H-000436
DIRECTOR’S SIGNATURE/DATE:
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C. J. Messiah, Jr.
General Services Department
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Stephen L. Williams, M. Ed., MPA
Houston Health Department