Title
Resolution Authorizing the use of Construction Management Contracting for the Construction of Sanitary Sewer Force Main Replacements as Required by Hampton City Code § 2-336.1
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
Hampton City Code § 2-336.1 allows for the use of construction management contracts for the procurement of complex projects as defined by Code of Virginia § 2.2-4379. City Council approval is required where the total project cost is expected to be less than $10,000,000.00. The Wastewater Division of the Public Works Department requests authorization from City Council to utilize a construction management contract for the following projects: PS-113 / PS-114 Sewer Force Main Replacement (Aberdeen Road), PS-005 Sewer Force Main Extension (Semple Street), PS-022 Sewer Force Main Extension (Gilbert Street), PS-026 Sewer Force Main Relocation (Markham Drive), and PS-154 Sewer Force Main Relocation (Appaloosa Court). The total cost of these projects is estimated to be $7,800,000.00. The City Manager has given her approval to proceed with the construction management procurement method determining a construction management contract to be the most practicable and fiscally advantageous procurement method for the City. Woolpert has been retained by the City to serve as the required licensed architect or engineer to assist the City on these projects.
Discussion:
Approval by City Council would allow the department to proceed with the procurement of a construction manager at risk . A two-step utilizing a request for qualifications and a request for proposals will be utilized consistent with the procedures as adopted by the Virginia Secretary of Administration. The resulting contract shall be entered into at a fixed price or not-to-exceed price. The contract shall require that (i) no more than 10 percent of the construction work, as measured by the cost of the work, be performed by the construction manager with its own forces, and (ii) the remaining 90 percent of the ...
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