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Department of Transportation recommending the Board approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Second Amendment to competitively bid Agreement 4421 with Dewberry Engineers, Inc. increasing compensation by $61,598.35 for a new amount of $201,756.79, updating contract language per California Department of Transportation federal funding requirements, and updating the rate schedule which included overhead and fringe benefit rates to provide design and support services during the construction of the Newtown Road at South Fork Weber Creek Bridge Replacement Project, Capital Improvement Program project number 36105030.
(District 3)
FUNDING: Highway Bridge Program (86.5% Federal), Regional Surface Transportation Program (7.25% State) and Tribe (6.25% Local).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 29, 2019 (Legistar file 18-1830), the Board approved Agreement 3551 with Drake Haglan & Associates, Inc. (Drake Haglan) to provide structural design services in the not-to-exceed amount of $140,158.44 for a period beginning upon execution and expiring upon completion of the project for the Newtown Road at South Fork Weber Creek Bridge Replacement Project, CIP 36105030. In September 2019, Drake Haglan notified the Department of Transportation (Transportation) that the firm was being acquired by Dewberry Engineers, Inc. (Dewberry).
On March 10, 2020 (Legistar file 20-0224) the Board approved Amendment I transferring all Agreements for Services under Drake Haglan to Dewberry with no changes in compensation, rate schedule, term, or scope of work to the Agreement. Due to a limitation in the system, the amendment was assigned a new agreement number (4421). In order to keep the history, both amendments have the original and new agreement numbers.
Amendment II increases the overall budget by $61,598.35 for an amended not-to-exceed amount of $201,756.79. The budget increase is necessary to allow for Dewberry to provide design support during construction, should such suppo...
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