TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: John Morgan, Director of Environmental Services
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: August 16, 2016
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CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 TO MATCHPOINT INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $400,000 FOR ADDITIONAL LABOR RELATED TO THE REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS AS PART OF THE WATER METER REPLACEMENT AND ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (PROJECT NO. 2012-013).
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Recommended Action:
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Motion to approve Change Order No. 2 in the amount of $400,000.00 for additional labor related to the replacement and installation of water meters as part of the Water Meter Replacement and Advanced Metering Infrastructure project (Project No. 2012-013).
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Background:
On March 18, 2014, City Commission approved a contract award (Bid No. 2013-047) to Matchpoint, Inc. in the amount of $1,893,187.00. The scope of the project consists of providing the labor for the replacement of potable and reclaimed water meters from 3/4 inch to 2 inch size, replacement of meter boxes and/or lids, geo-positioning of units, installation of towers and Data Collector Units/Repeaters (DCU’s), and installation of antenna poles. The project was programmed as a multi-year project, to be phased over five to six years.
On October 6, 2015, City Commission approved Change Order No. 1 to Matchpoint, Inc. It was for additional work in performing Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) testing of the Data Collector Units on antennas in the net amount of $18,169.00, which was applied against the contract's allowance.
Subsequent to project commencement, staff determined that accelerating the implementation of the water meter replacement would ensure that the City was accounting for all water distributed to customers. On March 3, 2015, City Commission approved the acceleration of the project, implementing all phases of the project. The project is nearing completion, with 70 percent of the meters replaced.
Prior to this replacement project, the ...
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