BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:Title
Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement with OCMI, Inc. to Provide Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services, Agreement No. A4619A, PB File No. VW0019, for a Not-to-Exceed Aggregate Fee of $5,000,000, and Consider Proceeding with the Multiple Award of this On-Call Consultant Agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:Recommendation
A. Approve the Standard On-Call Consultant Agreement with OCMI, Inc. for Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services for a not-to-exceed aggregate fee of $5,000,000; and
B. Approve that Staff Proceed with Negotiations for the Potential Multiple Award of this On-Call Consultant Agreement for Independent Cost Estimating and Constructability Review Services.
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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.)...
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