TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: Jonathan R. Lewis, ICMA-CM, City Manager
TITLE: Waiver of the competitive procurement process under Sec. 2-403 (b) of the Procurement Code in accordance with F.S. ? 255.20(c) 7 as amended and authorize the utilization of Cardno, Inc. to provide engineering services for the Permanent Facility of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well Project, in an amount not to exceed $369,200.
Recommended Action
Approve waiver of the competitive procurement process under Sec. 2-403 (b) of the Procurement Code in accordance with F.S. ? 255.20(c) 7 as amended and authorize the utilization of Cardno, Inc. to provide engineering services for the Permanent Facility of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Well Project, in an amount not to exceed $369,200.
Background Information
Utilities is requesting a waiver of competitive procurement per F.S. ?255.20(c)7, as amended, so the project schedule for the ASR Permanent Facilities Project may be maintained for the timely performance and completion of design, permitting, construction and cycle test tasks required to continue to retain cooperative funding from the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD). The City's ASR well project began in 1998 with cooperative funding from the SWFWMD. Since that time, the City has applied for continued cooperative funding each year for the project, providing a project work plan, funding availability, and schedule of tasks and deadlines to completed each fiscal year. The information provided in each cooperative funding application forms the basis upon which each Cooperative Funding Agreement is based. The design and construction of the Permanent ASR Facilities was submitted to SWFWMD for cooperative funding consideration in October, 2015, with design to be completed in June of 2017 so permitting and bidding can be performed for construction to be completed in July 2018. The timing of the work plan is critical to the perform...
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