Number
090891
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
THE CHAIR
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Public Works to utilize the most appropriate method for contracting the City Hall Foundation Restoration Project.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Works to utilize the most appropriate method for contracting the City Hall Foundation Restoration Project. Should traditional competitive bidding (design/bid/build process) prove to be impossible or impracticable, this resolution authorizes the use of an alternate design/build delivery method. In addition, the resolution provides a system of checks and balances for protecting the City’s best interests in this project.
Body
Whereas, Significant repair and restoration work is needed to address aging-related deterioration of key exterior elements of City Hall, including wood foundation piles, pile caps, a water recharge system, below grade hollow sidewalk walls, and structural concrete beams and sidewalk; and
Whereas, Access to restore City Hall’s wood pile foundation system will specifically require the removal and repair/restoration of the hollow sidewalk on the east and west sides of City Hall and the repair/restoration of the water recharge system that preserves the submerged wood pile system; and
Whereas, A traditional design/bid/build process, with a designer selected through a Request For Proposal and a contractor chosen through competitive bidding, is typically mandated on such public works projects; and
Whereas, It may, however, be impossible or impracticable to draft contract documents to contract the City Hall Foundation Restoration Project via traditional competitive bidding due to the uncertainty of the scope of work necessary to stabilize the wood pile foundation system; and
Whereas, An alternate design/build process, whereby a single contract is awarded through Request For Proposal protocol, may be the most feasible and practical method ...
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