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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with NOVA Consultants, Inc. for Construction Management and Owner's Agent for Solar and Storage Installations at City Facilities to cover additional project costs of up to $20,000.00 (total not to exceed amount of $109,943.21)
Memorandum
In late 2022, the City of Ann Arbor was successful in working with Congresswoman Dingell to secure $2.5 million dollars to significantly scale the amount of solar, energy storage, and EV charging at multiple City facilities. The City released RFP 23-15 seeking a firm to design and construct these systems. Throughout the bid and negotiation process, the City made the determination that the best path would be to split the project into Final Designs (phase 1) and Construction (phase 2), thereby ensuring the City got robust projects that were in the best financial interest of the City. In doing this, the City made the decision to hire NOVA Consultants, Inc. ("NOVA") to lead the pre-construction design elements of all the projects and to provide construction management support to the firms selected to build the designed solar systems.
To-date, NOVA has worked with City staff to create designs for solar and battery storage systems at four City facilities: City Hall/Justice Center, Fire Station 1, Fire Station 6, and Bicentennial Park. In April 2025, the City released an ITB to get construction firms for these systems, Ferndale Electric was selected for City Hall/Justice Center, Fire Station 1, and Fire Station 6, while Homeland Solar was selected for Bicentennial Park. Around the same time, the City entered into a professional services agreement with NOVA for Construction Management and Owner's Agent support to ensure the systems were constructed in accordance with the designs.
In May 2025, the City entered a Professional Services Agreement with NOVA Consultants, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $75,000.00. In February 2026, an amendment to the ag...
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