Submitted By: Jimmy Lopez
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Presentation By: Sean Lanier
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Department: Engineering
STAFF RECOMMENDATION (Motion Ready):
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Approve additional expenditures under the City's continuing professional engineering services agreement with Geo-Tech, Inc., including Task Work Order No. 30 to perform geotechnical engineering services including ground penetrating radar for NW 44th Avenue Extension Phase 2
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Ocala (City) Engineering Department contacted Geo-Tech, Inc. (Geo-Tech) to provide a proposal for ground penetrating radar (GPR) survey for the surface depressions at the NW 44th Avenue Extension, Phase 2 under the City's Agreement for Continuing Professional Engineering Services, Contract No. ENG/210919 (Master Services Agreement).
FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS:
Geo-Tech has provided the requested proposal to perform a GPR evaluation throughout the accessible areas adjacent to the surface depressions in the proposed roadway at the previously mentioned site. Geo-Tech estimates their fee for these services to be $2,200. The proposal was assigned to Task Work Order No. 30 by our Engineering Department and now requires approval.
Contract No. ENG/200919 was approved by City Council on September 20, 2022, with an initial expenditure threshold of $150,000. The initial contract term expires September 30, 2025. To date, expenditures under ENG/200919 for negotiated and properly approved Task Work Orders have totaled $156,131.82. The Engineering Department projects that an additional $200,000 will be required to cover Task Work Order No. 30 and future projects anticipated through the expiration of the initial contract term, thereby necessitating an increased aggregate contract expenditure threshold of $356,131.82.
All future work, allocated staff hours, and appropriate staff classifications will continue to be assigned by individual Task Work...
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