To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: TED SEMAAN, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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APPROVE THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH PACIFIC ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE REDONDO BEACH TRANSIT CENTER PROJECT, JOB NO. 20120 FOR AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $90,000 FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $155,000 FOR THE EXISTING TERM
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Pacific Architecture and Engineering (PAE) provides construction era architectural design support services to efforts to complete Phases 1 and 2 of the Redondo Beach Transit Center Project. These services are necessary to replace services anticipated to be provided by the original designer who has since withdrawn from the project. Architectural support services include overall coordination of the project's various professional disciplines to clarify design intent as requested by the Contractor. As time has elapsed, a better estimate of the work volume has been made and this amendment will increase the contract value to better estimate the rate of work required by the construction.
Specifically, PAE provides responses to specific inquiries made by the contractor and solutions for unexpected changes in conditions related to building architecture and appurtenant facilities. At the time of contract initiation, a small initial contract value was selected to allow services to commence with the beginning of construction. An amendment was awarded in February 2021 to reflect that rate of work required to meet the demand. This Second Amendment to the agreement, increasing the contract value by $90,000 to a new not to exceed amount of $155,000 is recommended by staff to address several design complications arising from the age of the original plans, which were approved in 2016. Issues such as specifying replacement materials for those no longer available, addressing missing design information, and modifications to the building floorplan and elevation details to accommodate changes i...
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