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Pertaining to a General Conditions of Contract and a Progressive Design-Build Agreement with CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. for the McCarron’s Treatment Process Improvements Project.
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WHEREAS, an agreement between the Board of Water Commissioners and CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. to provide an asset management master plan was approved by Resolution No. 7254 at the Board’s December 2013 meeting; and
WHEREAS, said master plan was completed August 2014 which identified improvements to the Board’s water treatment plant as high priority and staff began planning for this type of large-scale project shortly thereafter; and
WHEREAS, staff determined that the use of a progressive design-build approach would be best for a project of such scope; and
WHEREAS, the opportunity to use a progressive design-build approach to the McCarron’s Treatment Process Improvements Project (the “Project”) was given to the Board by the State Legislature through S.F. No. 3297 which was passed unanimously by both houses of the Legislature and signed by then Governor Dayton, effective date of 08/01/2018; and
WHEREAS, at its May 2019 meeting, the proper officers of the Board were directed to execute an agreement with Brown and Caldwell to serve as Owner’s Representative for the Project; and
WHEREAS, staff updated the Board with its vision, timeline, estimated budget, and delivery utilizing a progressive design-build approach at its December 2019 and February 2020 meeting; and
WHEREAS, Board staff released a Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) on April 9, 2020, from which four teams submitted responses to the RFQ by the deadline of May 21, 2020; and
WHEREAS, staff reviewed submitted qualifications and removed the least-qualified team from consideration on July 2, 2020; and
WHEREAS, Board staff released a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) to the remaining three teams that had submitted responses to the RFQ on July 16, 2020 and staff provided the Board with an update on the Project’s progress ...
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