BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Government Code Section 84308 Applies: Yes ? No ?
(If "YES" Refer to Attachment A)
SUBJECT:
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Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement No. A4704A with Dabri, Inc. for the On-Call Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services, PlanetBids File No. VW0019, for a Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement A4704A with Dabri, Inc. for the On-Call Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services, PB File No. VW0019, for a Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000.
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SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) delivers many capital projects and programs to meet its mission and goals for water supply, flood protection, and watershed stewardship. The On-Call Consultant Agreements for On-Call Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services (Agreements) will support capital projects by providing staff with independent project budget review, design phase estimates, construction cost analyses, change order analyses, claims assistance, and design constructability reviews on an as-needed basis. Each Valley Water project is planned and implemented according to applicable laws and regulations. Valley Water's Construction Contracts and Support Unit staff routinely provides support for these projects.
Background
On May 23, 2017, the Board, approved an on-call consultant agreement with TAP International, Inc. (TAP) for Board Audit Committee (BAC) independent auditing services. Following Board's approval, TAP conducted the audit of construction contract change order management processes and provided the final audit report to the Board of Directors.
The final audit report included the following recommendations:
Recommendation 1a) Update capital construction change order policies by requiring an Independent Cost Estimate (ICE) for capital construction change orders;
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