Department of Public Works
Reference: Change Order #1 to the contract with J.R. Engineering, LLC for Bridge Street widening design services in the amount of four hundred seven thousand five hundred eleven dollars ($407,511.00) and to add 60 days to the contract time for the additional scope to design utilities, subsurface utility investigation, and design services to support the RAISE grant application.
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Christopher Montoya, Assistant Director of Public Works
Date Prepared: March 21, 2022
PURPOSE
Consider the approval of Change Order #1 for Bridge Street widening design services to J.R. Engineering, LLC in the amount of four hundred seven thousand five hundred eleven dollars ($407,511.00) for the additional scope to design utilities, subsurface utility investigation, and design services to support the RAISE grant application approving the resolution giving the City Manager, or designee, authority to sign the change order. Pursuant to Brighton Municipal Code Section 3-08-090, because Change Order #1 is in excess of $50,000, it "shall be awarded through formal written procedures by the City Council."
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Financially Responsible
Supportive, Sustainable Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The Bridge Street widening design services project is to design Bridge Street from 27th Avenue to 42nd Avenue, and it includes all of the transportation infrastructure, such as traffic signals, pavements, sidewalks, as well as the right-of-way documents to purchase real property for the improvements. The change order is for additional work that was not reflected in the original design scope of work and is essential for the successful completion of the design work.
As design has progressed, additional utility needs were requested for the water tank drains, for the water line to feed a recently approved development, and new and additional subsurface utility investigati...
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