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Authorize an amendment to a contract for engineering services for the Barton SoCo Reclaimed Water Main project with K Friese and Associates, Inc., to increase the contract amount by $342,500 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $1,030,048.
[Note: This amendment will be awarded in compliance with City Code 2-9B (Minority Owned and Women Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). Current participation to date is 59.29% MBE and 36.77% WBE].
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Lead Department
Financial Services Department.
Managing Department
Capital Delivery Services.
Fiscal Note:
Funding in the amount of $342,500 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.
Purchasing Language:
Contract Amendment.
Prior Council Action:
April 23, 2020 - Council approved the original contract, item 7, on a 11-0 vote.
For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to the Financial Services Department - Central Procurement at: FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
April 10, 2020 - Recommended by the Water and Wastewater Commission on a 6-0-3-2 vote with commissioners Lee, Michel and Penn recusing and Commissioners Parton and Schmitt absent.
October 11, 2023 - Recommended by the Water and Wastewater Commission on a 7-0 vote with one absence and three vacancies.
Additional Backup Information:
The Barton SoCo Reclaimed Water Main project is identified in Austin Water's 2011 Reclaimed Water Infrastructure Master Plan Update and in the 2013 Completing-The-Core Near-Term Reclaimed Water Program Focus. This is a series of construction projects to complete a core loop through downtown to interconnect the reclaimed water system north and south of the Colorado River.
The Barton SoCo Reclaimed Water Main project includes installation of approximately 5,300 linear feet of 24-inch reclaimed water main along West Monroe Street from Newton Street to South First...
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