REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
June 20, 2019
FROM: KEVIN R. MEIKLE, Director of Aviation
Airports Department
SUBJECT
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***BILL NO. B-15 - (Intro. 6/13/2019) (For adoption) - Amending portions of the City Purchasing, Contracts and Sales Ordinance to update Chapter 4, Article 5 of the Fresno Municipal Code - Design Build Contracts to include qualification based methods of procurement. (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council consider for introduction and adoption an Ordinance revising Section 4-502 of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC), Chapter 4, Article 5 - Design-Build Contracts.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The revised Ordinance will update the City's available procurement methods to include design-build entity selection based on qualifications (Section 4-502 (d)).
This competitive procurement method brings together a design-build team to work collaboratively with City early in the life of the project. This allows the City to progress towards a design and contract price with the team, which facilitates ownership and commitment by all parties involved, provides a high degree of cost and schedule certainty, and serves to maximize performance. Through this process the City defines its goals and selects the best design-build team to meet those goals through a solicitation process based on qualifications, capabilities and experience.
The selected team will then collaborate with the City to deliver the project in two distinct phases. Phase One includes budget-level design development, preconstruction services and the development of a firm contract price and schedule. Phase Two progresses through final design and construction for the agreed upon contract price and schedule.
BACKGROUND
Over the years, Design-build project delivery methods have evolved to provide a more collaborative project execution to improve cost and schedule uncertainty and quality. These changes include, (i) involving the contractor from the ...
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