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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board authorize the Director of said department to sign the first amendment, effective December 15, 2010, to Change Order #015 with Sukut Construction for an increase in the amount of $775,000 for the total not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 for additional work required due to a number of issues, errors and omissions with the Final (100%) Remedial Design provided to the County by the U.S. Forest Service for the construction of the Cap System, French Drain and Landfill Gas Emission Control System Operable Unit 1 at the Meyers Landfill (Public Works Contract No. 013-PW-09/10-BOS) and in doing so, find that it is in the public interest to waive competitive bidding for the work described therein.
FUNDING: $750,000 from the CalRecycle Waste Board Grant and $250,000 from the Meyers Landfill Disbursement Account currently held by the U.S. Forest Service.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: $750,000 from the CalRecycle Waste Board Grant and $250,000 from the Meyers Landfill Disbursement Account currently held by the U.S. Forest Service.
Background:
Work commenced at the Meyers Landfill on June 21, 2010. After work began it was determined that there was significantly more waste requiring relocation than was indicated in the Final (100%) Remedial Design provided by the U.S. Forest Service. Therefore, on August 4, 2010, a conference call was held between the Forest Service, the County of El Dorado, and respective engineering consultants, to discuss the additional work that will be necessary as a result of the discovery of additional waste that was not included in the Final (100%) Remedial Design. It was agreed upon by all parties that as the engineer of record for the project, ERRG would revise the Final (100%) Remedial Design. ERRG's draft revised design indicated increases in site work, waste relocation and capping previously quantified in the bid schedule in the Sukut contract, as well as some nec...
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