Title
Proposed Change Order No. 1
Contract No. 1802448
Engineering Services for 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop
CIP# 122013
Body
Agenda of: May 27, 2020
Item No.: 2020-154
Amount: Original Contract $6,819,890.00
Proposed Change Order No. 1 1,150,000.00
Total Contract $7,969,890.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: May 1, 2020
RE: Proposed Change Order No. 1
Contract No. 1802448
Engineering Services for 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop
Vendor: Brown and Caldwell, LLC
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water and Field Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1802448 Proposed Change Order No. 1 "Engineering Services for 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop" with Brown and Caldwell, LLC, at an increased cost of $1,150,000.00 for a total cost of $7,969,890.00, and no increase in duration for a total duration of 4 years 10 months; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The 14 Mile Road transmission main supplies water to the communities of Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Walled Lake, and Wixom. If a disruption to service occurs on the 14 Mile transmission, GLWA is not able to provide the required minimum pressures required to GLWA customers listed above. GLWA proposed a new transmission main loop to connect the 8 Mile and 14 Mile transmission systems in order to provide redundancy to the 14 Mile Transmission System. The design contract for this project was awarded to Brown and Caldwell in February of 2019. The design contract included provisions to deliver the project as two separate design-bid-build contracts in order to meet the Drinking Water Revolving Fund (DWRF) loan schedule, ...
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