ORDINANCE appropriating $616,015.70 out of Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund as an additional appropriation to Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract between City of Houston and UNITED ENGINEERS, INC for Various Citywide Water and Wastewater Systems Projects (Approved by Ordinance No. 2019-0371): providing funding for CIP Cost Recovery financed by the Water & Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund

SUBJECT: Additional Appropriation for a Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract between the City and United Engineers, Inc. for Various Citywide Water and Wastewater Systems Projects.

RECOMMENDATION: Approve an ordinance appropriating additional funds to the Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract with United Engineers, Inc.

PROJECT NOTICE/JUSTIFICATION: This project is part of the City’s Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for water and wastewater facilities.

DESCRIPTION/SCOPE: This Contract provides for Construction Management and Inspection Services for Capital Projects in connection with Water and Wastewater Systems Projects.

LOCATION: The projects are located throughout the City of Houston.

PREVIOUS HISTORY AND SCOPE: City Council approved the original Construction Management and Inspection Services Contract with United Engineers, Inc. on May 22, 2019, under Ordinance No. 2019-0371 and appropriated $40,000.00 for limited pre-construction review. The following work authorizations have been issued with this contract.

SCOPE OF THIS ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION AND FEE: This contract was referenced in Ordinance Nos. 2020-0337 and 2020-1058 to perform Construction Management and Inspection services for the Wastewater Force Main Renewal and Replacement - Sleepy Hollow and Telephone Road No. 1 Lift Stations and Abandonment of Bering and San Felipe Lift Stations. The construction contractors, BRH-Garver Construction, L.P. and Harper Brothers Construction, LLC exceeded the time to complete the projects due to project delays caused by unknown obstructions and poor installation of sewer line. The requested appropriation of $586,681.62 completes payment to the Consultant for the additional services provided.

The total cost to be appropriated is $616,015.70: $586,681.62 for contract services and $29,334.08 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 M/WBE goal established for this contract is 24.00%. The original contract amount and subsequent appropriation totals $2,835,403.40. The consultant has been paid $2,483,339.00 (87.58%) to date. Of this amount, $452,142.00 (18.21%) has been paid to M/WBE sub-consultants to date.

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

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Randall V. Macchi, Chief Operating Officer
Houston Public Works

WBS No. R-000020-0065-4

Ordinance No. 2019-0371, dated 05-22-2019
Ordinance No. 2020-0337, dated 04-22-2020
Ordinance No. 2020-1058, dated 12-09-2020

Ordinance No. 2021-0943, dated 11-03-2021

Ordinance No. 2022-0577, dated 07-20-2022   

$616,015.70

Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction Fund

Fund No. 8500

Previous Appropriations:
$44,000.00 from Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction
$12,690,060.00 from Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction
$22,830,359.00 from Fund No. 8500 – Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction

$39,414,000.00 from Fund 8500 - Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction

$21,084,000.00 from Fund 8500 - Water and Sewer System Consolidated Construction