ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to Approve Amendment #2 of MASTER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT #12-175 with TERRA ENGINEERING, LTD. for a One-Year Extension to December 31, 2015, and for an Additional Not-to-Exceed Amount of $495,000.00 to Provide Engineering Services for the City of Peoria on Various Projects. (Amends 12-175; Also Refer to 13-265) [ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS]
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BACKGROUND:
City Council approved the selection process and results for the various engineering consultant contracts on March 13, 2012 (Item No.12-082). Subsequently, under Items #12-175 and #13-265, Staff negotiated a three-year Master Services Agreement and Amendment with Terra Engineering for engineering services not to exceed $505,000 for the Harrison Impact Zone 2012-2014 Projects, the Growth Cell Sidewalks/Bikeways 2012-2014 projects, and other various engineering work orders.
In 2014, Staff negotiated with the consultants under Master Services Agreements to extend the contracts one additional year, providing the consultant agreed to use the original 2012 rates. Attached is the Agreement Amendment, which includes a provision to use 2012 hourly rates for the 2015 work. The monetary and time extension of the Master Services Agreement accommodates upcoming Year 2015 various engineering projects.
As each project is ready to proceed, staff will negotiate a Work Order that will be signed by the Director of Public Works per the Master Agreement. This will allow staff the flexibility to use firms to work on projects within the parameters of the project descriptions and project budgets as adopted in the FY 2015 Community Investment Plan, and up to the limits of the amended Master Agreement. If any additional funding is needed before December 31, 2015 then another amendment to the Master Agreement will be brought back to Council for consideration.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Terra Engineering has agreed to ...
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