REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize Eighth Amendment to an Existing Consultant Services Agreement with CDM Smith for Program Management and Related Services for the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Staff requests approval for an Eighth Amendment to an existing contract with CDM Smith of Concord to provide Program Management services related to the Sunnyvale Cleanwater Program reconstruction of the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP). The Eighth Amendment would increase the contract not to exceed amount by $10,380,989 ($9,380,989 for base services and $1,000,000 for optional services), increasing the total not-to-exceed contract amount from $31,649,243 to $42,030,232 and will extend the term of the agreement through June 1, 2028. Approval is also requested to increase the contingency by $300,000 to $495,689 (approximately 5% of the added core services). Total expenses for the contract term, including contingencies, will not exceed $42,525,921.
Overall program management services under this contract include contract scoping; procurement; design management; quality assurance of design work products; coordination of new construction; records management; financial and schedule oversight; regulatory and environmental operational compliance; public outreach program implementation; coordination of simultaneous plant projects, new facilities commissioning; and automation and controls systems integration.
BACKGROUND
The existing WPCP was initially built in 1956. With additions over the subsequent 15 to 20 years, it has grown to a tertiary treatment facility with an average dry weather flow rate of 14 million gallons per day (MGD). It has a permitted average dry weather flow rate of 29.5 MGD. An asset condition assessment conducted in 2006 identified several critical WPCP structures as at-risk and in need of immediate rehabilitation. Based on this assessment, the City began implementing several rehabilitation projects. It also developed a long...
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