REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 18, 2015
FROM: BRIAN R. MARSHALL, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: JIM SCHAAD, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
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Approve the Second Amendment to the Agreement with Electrical Power Systems, Inc. ("EPS"), a California Corporation, in the amount of $25,273 for professional engineering services to provide bid and construction support for electrical service upgrades for the compressed natural gas ("CNG") bus fueling and fire and life safety projects
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve the Second Amendment to the Agreement with EPS, a Fresno-based California corporation, for additional design services for Fresno Area Express electrical service upgrades for CNG bus fueling and fire and life safety projects.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Transportation seeks a second amendment to the existing professional design and engineering consulting services contract with EPS. The Second Amendment will contract for services required to finalize design and support construction for capital projects within the Department of Transportation facilities located at 2223 G Street. The capital projects include electrical service upgrades necessary to support CNG bus fueling expansion, and modernization of fire- and life-safety systems at the Maintenance Division. The Second Amendment is necessary because the initial evaluation of these systems, completed as part of the Agreement with EPS, demonstrated the required design services exceeded the scope of the Agreement. This Second Amendment is a result of additional design effort required as demonstrated by the findings in the system evaluations.
BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2014, the Department of Transportation entered into a contract with EPS for electrical engineering and design consulting services, including electrical load analysis, PG&E service upgrades, fire alarm evaluation, emergency generato...
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