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Resolution to Approve Change Order Number 1 to the Construction Contract, with Ideal Contracting, LLC for the Landfill Scale and Entrance Improvements Project for Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure ($275,382.00, contingency $25,540.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your approval is a resolution for Change Order Number 1, Construction Contract, Ideal Contracting, LLC for the Landfill Scale and Entrance Improvements Project for Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure (E-002) ($275,382.00, contingency $25,540.00), R-20-134.
This Best Source project includes installation of conduit and a duct bank for fiber optic cable as part of the City's Landfill Scale and Entrance Improvement Project, including installation of an additional 800 linear feet of conduit not in the original design.
The conduit work project was originally proposed to be completed by the City's Information Technology (IT) Unit, but since awarding the contract to Ideal, it has been determined that IT is unable to get the work completed on the same construction schedule as is needed for the scale. Ideal Contracting, LLC is able to provide the labor and materials for this work and within the needed project construction timeframe.
The project was submitted for Public Plan Review and recommended for approval by the City's Planning Commission on May 21, 2019, and was approved by City Council on April 20, 2020.
The following items are included in the change order:
Fiber Optic Network Infrastructure: $249,700.00
Additional 800 linear feet of conduit: $ 25,682,00
Contingency: $ 25,540,00
Total: $300,922.00
Staff recommends awarding the Change Order Number 1 to the construction contract with Ideal Contracting LLC, and approving the City's expenditure of an additional $300,922.00, should contingencies make it appropriate. It is requested that the Change Order Number 1 and its contingency amount be approved for th...
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