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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5251RESOLUTION NO. 5251 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND CH2M HILL FOR VALUE ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DESIGN OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PHASES OF THE PUEBLO WASTE- WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM PROJECT. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, that: gVPTTnN l An agreement between the City of Pueblo and CH2M Hill whereby CH2M Hill shall provide and perform professional value engineering services associated with the design of the wastewater treatment plant phases of the Pueblo wastewater treatment system project for compensation not to exceed $55,000.00, with such terms as the City Manager may require and upon approval as to form by the City Attorney, be and hereby is authorized and approved. SECTION 2 The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute said agreement on behalf of the City of Pueblo, a municipal corporation, and the City Clerk shall affix the seal of the City thereto and attest the same. ATTEST: r Cit Clerk INTRODUCED: September 26_, 1983 By REIMAR VON KALBEN Councilman APPROVED: President of the City Council MFM( OMMIM TO: p � Mr. Fred E. Weisbrod, City Manager FROM: Donald J. Saling, Assistant City Manager /Utility Manager SUBJECT: VALUE ENGINEERING DATE: September 23, 1983 In 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made manda- tory a requirement that all Step 2 grant applications for projects having pro- jected total step 3 grant eligible costs exceeding $10 million or more contain a Value Engineering commitment. This requirement was an effort to ensure fis- cal and technical integrity in the EPA construction programs. As you know, Value Engineering is a proven management technique using a systematized approach to seek out the best functional balance between cost, reliability, and performance of a product or project. In this particular pro- ject, the Design of our new Wastewater Treatment Plant, a team of highly quali- fied engineers in the fields of sanitary, electrical, structural, mechanical and construction engineering will gather together for two five -day intensive work sessions, one at the 20 percent design stage and one at the 50 percent design stage, to independently scrutinize the design of the plant and explore ways to improve upon the design, both from functional and cost standpoints. It is not uncommon for these studies to yield substantial cost savings on large projects such as ours. Pursuant to Section 35.926 of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regu- lations, the City of Pueblo sent out Requests for Proposals to nine (9) Value Engineering firms that have either conducted Value Engineering Studies in EPA Memorandum Mr. Fred E. Weisbrod, City Manager Page 2 September 26, 1983 Region VIII or had inquired into the possibility of providing the service. From those nine RFP's, five engineering firms responded. The five submittals were reviewed for experience in the wastewater field, experience with the par- ticular process selected for the City of Pueblo, and their professional service fees. The field was narrowed down to two firms; Williams & Works of Grand Rapids, Michigan and CH2M -Hill of Denver. Because Value Engineering can be viewed as an adversarial role by the design engineer (Sellards & Grigg, Inc.), we asked Sellards & Grigg to participate in the final selection process. Wednesday and Thursday of this week, we listened to presentation from both firms and from those presentations, the credentials and experience of the firms, and in particular, the vast experience of coupled systems (High Rate Trickling Filters followed by Activated Sludge) and Sellards & Grigg's feeling of a via- ble working relationship, we have selected the firm of CH2M -Hill of Denver. It is our feeling that CH2M -Hill will provide the best services possi- ble to the City of Pueblo. Listed below are the five firms that submitted proposals and their respective professional fees. Camp Dresser & McKee $76,670.00 CH2M -Hill 55,000.00 Edward J. Nichols & Assoc. 61,448.00 Greeley and Hansen 86,000.00 Williams and Works 54,800.00 Memorandum Fred E. Weisbrod, City Manager Page 3 September 23, 1983 Should you have any questions concerning this project, I would be more than happy to meet with you to discuss them. DJS:ac