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    4.    
Finance Committee
Meeting Date: 01/09/2018  
FROM: Bill Gallardo

Subject:
Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Onward Engineering for Additional Construction Management and Inspection Services on Capital Improvement Projects
RECOMMENDATION
Approve Amendment to Professional Services Agreement
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On March 17, 2015, the City Council approved a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Onward Engineering (OE) to provide Construction Management and Inspection services for various capital improvement and private development projects on an “as-needed (on-call)” basis. The PSA includes a not-to-exceed amount of $250,000 per year with an initial one-year term and provisions for three-one year extensions making the total possible term four (4) years. To date, the PSA term has been extended two times with the current term from April 1, 2017 to April 1, 2018 without the need to amend the annual amount.   

During the current term, OE has provided Construction Management and Inspection (CM&I) services on several high-priority projects including the Brea Parking Structure Project (CIP 7903), The Tracts at Brea Segments 2 and 3 (CIP 7873), Glenbrook Waterline and Pavement Rehabilitation Project (7452), and Laurel Elementary Magnet School/Lagos De Moreno Park Upgrades Project (CIP 7929) totaling up to approximately $235,000.  Additionally, since OE is one of the most qualified companies currently within the City's on-call program, staff also intends on utilizing OE for inspection services on the recently awarded construction contract for the Randolph Avenue/Imperial Highway Sewer Main Replacement Project (CIP 7621), which will replace approximately 1,500 linear feet of undersized sewer mains through the Randolph Creek section of town.  These additional inspection services are expected to cost $27,840 through the remainder of the current term.  

As stated previously, OE is currently providing Inspection Services for CIP 7873, which has been delayed by several unforeseen conditions.  This led to extending the number of construction working days, which then also required extending the inspection services in the amount of $44,000.  Additionally, OE is providing CM&I services for CIP 7929, which has also encountered several unforeseen conditions such as the need to replace the six inch sewer lateral serving the school. 

The project has also experienced contractor construction delays that could push the completion of the project into March of 2018.  Although, the proposed changes to the current purchase order are in the amount of $163,522, the majority of these costs are anticipated to be reimbursed through Liquidated Damages and from the School District with respect to the construction management and inspection costs associated with their sewer line work.

Therefore, due to various construction delays and unforeseen conditions on several projects, the construction management and inspection services will need to be extended to cover these extra construction days and also cover for the cost of inspection services for CIP 7621. Since the current PSA amount is not sufficient to complete their assigned project tasks before the next term is extended, a PSA Amendment (Amendment) to increase the annual not-to-exceed second term amount from $250,000 to $475,000 is necessary. See Amendment #1.  
SUMMARY/FISCAL IMPACT
This Amendment will allow staff to extend the purchase orders for two active projects (7929 and 7873) and issue a purchase order for one upcoming project (7621) for OE to perform CM&I services up to the third term extension on April 1, 2018.   Additionally, this will allow continuity of services, avoid further time delays, and added costs that would be associated with bringing in another firm to provide CM&I services. The change orders for the two active projects and new purchase order total $235,362, which when added to the current encumbered PO amounts within this PSA come to over $470,000.  Therefore, staff recommends amending the PSA with OE to increase the not-to-exceed amount from $250,000 to $475,000 for the second term.

All costs related to CM&I services are included in the approved budget for the aforementioned projects.  As indicated by the table below, there are sufficient funds within the projects to cover the cost of purchase order changes and new purchase order work within the Amendment. Therefore there will be no impact to the General Fund.

 
CIP # Project Name Budget Expenditures To Date Balance
7929 Lagos de Moreno Park $ 2,546,545 $ 1,403,114 $ 1,143,431
7873 Tracks At Brea $ 3,964,093 $ 3,547,169 $    416,924
7621 Randolph Sewer $ 1,249,641 $    110,300 $ 1,139,341
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
William Gallardo, City Manager
Prepared by: Warren Coleman, Sr. Management Analyst
Concurrence: Steve Kooyman P.E., City Engineer
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Amendment

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