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Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Continuing Service Contracts with E. T. MacKenzie Company ($250,000.00) and D. N. Higgins, Inc. ($250,000.00) for On-Call and Emergency Construction Services
Memorandum
This memorandum and resolution request approval of Amendment No. 1 to the continuing services contract for on-call and emergency construction services with E. T. MacKenzie Company and Amendment No. 1 to the continuing services contract for on-call and emergency construction services with D. N. Higgins, Inc. In June 2009, the City issued a request for qualifications (RFP) for providing construction services to support the Field Operations Services Unit in the areas of Storm Water and Sanitary Sewer repairs. The RFP indicated that two companies would be awarded for up to $250,000.00 each for construction services. The City received proposals from eight companies. Douglas N. Higgins, Inc. and E.T. MacKenzie Company were selected as the two most qualified companies to perform this work. Council approved a continuing services contract for $250,000.00 each with E. T. MacKenzie Company and D. N. Higgins, Inc. in November 2009 as part of Resolution No. R-09-445 (attached).
The City is seeking to extend the continuing services contract with E. T. MacKenzie Company and D. N. Higgins, Inc. to accommodate additional small repair projects and emergency construction services needs over the next two fiscal years. Each contractor has supported Field Operations on a number of projects that fall below the minimum project cost of a City Capital Improvements Plan project. The use of on-call services over the last two fiscal years has allowed Field Operations staff to focus on maintenance activities that would otherwise be postponed as emergency repair situations arise, and tackle a backlog of minor repair projects. Projects completed to date include repair of a sink-hole that formed in Red Bud Park during the summer of 2010, lining a failing cross-lot sanit...
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