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Approve Contract Amendment #2 with RSA Engineering, Inc. for the Hospital and Clinic Copper Piping Replacement Project in the Amount of $45,556
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SUBMITTED BY: Codi Allen, Capital Facilities Project Manager
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $45,556
Unencumbered Balance: $1,188,348.25 - 315-0310-58000.9197 (Hospital Copper Pipe Replacement || $336,743.75 310-4530-58000 (MKG Medical Clinic Pipes)
Funding Source: 315-0310-58000.9197 (Hospital Copper Pipe Replacement || 310-4530-58000 (MKG Medical Clinic Pipes)
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approval of Contract Amendment #2 with RSA Engineering, Inc. for the Hospital and Clinic Copper Piping Replacement Project in the Amount of $45,556.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The above referenced AGREEMENT requires modification due to the following requirements or conditions: Change the original contract from a design, bid, build contract into a construction manager, general contractor style of procurement after 65% design completion. This includes added scope of mold abatement and design for a fire barrier separating long term care from the acute care portion of the hospital.
The decision was made with help from the stakeholders that a construction manager, general contractor style of procurement would be beneficial to the Hospital, because of the large amount of coordination required throughout the duration of construction between Providence, City of Valdez, and the Contractor.
During the preliminary design phase it was identified that the City would potentially reduce costs and mitigate the impact to Providence by combining the Hospital AII project with the Hospital Copper Piping Replacement. The idea was to replace copper piping in the areas that would already be under construction for the AII project.
The additional scope of mold remediation and the addition of a fire wall at the long term care entrance were both items that could be completed during the demolition and construction phases of the copp...
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