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Resolution to Approve a Professional Service Agreement with Northwest Consultants, Inc. for the Fuller Road, Maiden Lane, E. Medical Center Drive Bridges Rehabilitation Project ($187,184.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a professional engineering services agreement with Northwest Consultants, Inc. (NCI) in the amount of $187,184.00 for design services associated with the Fuller Road, Maiden Lane, E. Medical Center Drive Bridges Rehabilitation Project.
On April 9, 2014, the city received six proposals from professional engineering firms. A selection committee comprised of Project Management staff thoroughly evaluated each proposal and interviewed three firms. NCI is the most qualified firm for the project based on their proposed scope of work, competitive fee schedule, and interview. NCI received Human Rights and Living Wage approval on May 9, 2014.
The Fuller Road, Maiden Lane, E. Medical Center Drive Bridges Rehabilitation Project is a Capital Preventative Maintenance project that will preserve the existing structures and extend their service lives. The project includes re-painting of each bridge, repairing corroded structural steel, bridge abutment and pier (substructure) repairs, expansion joint removal and replacement, bridge deck patching, placing an overlay on the existing bridge decks, bridge railing repairs, guard rail upgrades, brush trimming and removal around the perimeter of the bridge structures, and other related work.
The expertise and amount of work to design and specify the needed rehabilitation measures require the city to contract with a professional engineering firm that has the resources for needed structural analysis and design services.
Funding for the City's share of the design work is in the approved FY 2014 Public Services Area Street Millage Capital Budget.
The project will receive $790,000.00 in Michigan Department of Transportation Local Bri...
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