SUBJECT:
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Request Approval of Change Order 4 to Purchase Order 2300760: 19Q-270, SE Regional Water Treatment Plant Design - Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Ocala, FL (Budget Impact - Neutral; additional expenditure of $20,310)
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INITIATOR: DEPARTMENT:
Susan Olsen, Director Procurement Services
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On August 18, 2020, the Board approved a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) to develop a Southeast Region Water Supply Master Plan which includes evaluating water production and consolidating the Southeast Water System’s Infrastructure. The contract allowed for this project to be completed in phases. On June 20, 2023, the Board approved Change Order 2 to add additional funds of $6,600 for geotechnical engineering services, to better understand the subsurface conditions in the aquifer performance test discharge. Additionally Change Orders 1 and 3 both added time to the project and did not require Board approval.
Due to recent heavy rains, a surface depression has formed adjacent to the drill site for the test well. Continued drilling is unsafe and cannot be successfully completed. The Change Order being presented today is to request additional funds in the amount of $20,310 for expedited geotechnical evaluation of the proposed relocation area and recommendations for remediation of the surface depression. The well drilling contractor is unable to continue, until direction is received from KHA.
Pending approval today, the Change Order will be presented to the Clerk and Chair for signatures.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; additional expenditure of $20,310, bringing the total purchase order amount to $163,843. Funding is from line ZF448536-563102 (Marion County Utility Fund) with Project Code UTC000136.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve and authorize the Chair and Clerk to execute Change Order 4 to Purchase Order 2300760 for Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. under 19Q-270.
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