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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 to this point at its July 2020 meeting; and
WHEREAS, responses to the RFP were submitted on October 1, 2020 and from such proposals staff recommends the firm of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (“Jacobs”); and
WHEREAS, Board staff provided an update at the Board’s December 2020 meeting on the Project’s progress along with the criteria used for the evaluation of the proposals; and
WHEREAS, at its December 2020 meeting, the Board directed staff to proceed with contract negotiations with Jacobs, and Board staff has completed negotiations for the General Conditions of Contract and the Progressive Design-Build Agreement which will allow the design phase of the project to commence; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the General Conditions of Contract and the Progressive Design-Build Agreement between CH2M Hill Engineers, Inc. (a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.) and the Board of Water Commissioners of the City of Saint Paul are hereby approved in substantially the form submitted and that the proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to execute said agreements on behalf of the Board, following approval by the assistant city attorney; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board hereby directs Staff to issue a Notice to Proceed with the work upon signing of the Contract Documents.