STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Transportation & Infrastructure
AGENDA DATE: June 28, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, Outside City Limits
DEPARTMENT: Water Utilities Department
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 3 to the professional services contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. to provide additional construction management services for improvements at the Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant, the East Side Water Treatment Plant, the Bachman Water Treatment Plant, several pumping facilities and an elevated water tank - Not to exceed $4,880,099.00, from $15,897,607.00 to $20,777,706.00 - Financing: Water Capital Improvement F Fund
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BACKGROUND
As initially authorized by the City Council on June 12, 2019, this contract provides construction management services for water quality improvements at the East Side and Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant, major maintenance at the Bachman Water Treatment Plant, and improvements at water storage and pumping facilities. Each project is critical to the mission of providing clean drinking water for the customers of the City of Dallas. It is imperative that these projects are managed and constructed with the utmost regard to cost, schedule, and quality control. The construction management contract ensures that these goals are met by providing complete construction management and integrated inspection services. Under the contract terms, the construction management firm acts as the City's representative and augments City staff to provide planning and coordination of all construction activities for these projects.
Supplemental Agreement No. 1 was authorized on March 24, 2021 to extend services provided by the construction manager under this contract for approximately one year. Supplemental Agreement No. 2, authorized on May 11, 2022, extended services provided by the construction manager an additional year. This a...
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