THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT/TRANSIT DIVISION AND THE PURCHASING DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTIONS.
This item supports the Board’s Values of "Cooperatively delivering an efficient and accessible regional intermodal transportation network."
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) established a 15% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation goal for this Agreement and Premiere Design Solutions, Inc., (PDS), a DBE firm, committed to 36% DBE participation; as of October 31, 2017, PDS has achieved 80.02% participation (Exhibit 2).
The Transit Division is requesting approval of Work Authorization No. 18.01 with PDS, for a not-to-exceed amount of $428,784, to provide construction contract administration and field support services for the scheduled construction activity associated with Broward County Transit’s existing Contract No. V1419903B1 (ADA Improvements at Broward County Bus Stops). PDS will assist BCT with cost estimating, schedule development and analysis, construction specification development, code analysis, construction contract administration services, construction phase field support, inspections, construction observation, computer-aided and manually generated graphics support, preparation of narrative and other textual support for the Broward County Transit Division’s Bus Shelter Improvement Program. The relevant work shall include ADA site improvements and Transit Shelter Installation / Construction. All proposed services will be completed in conjunction and follow the direction from BCT’s professional staff.
As background, on February 5, 2013 (Item No. 50), the Board approved the award of Contract No. V1018717R1, Consultant Services for Architectural and Engineering Services for the Transit Division, for an initial two-year term with three additional one-year renewal options. The initial maximum not-to-exceed amount of this Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant funded contract was $480,000 for the initial two-year term and the total five-year not-to-exceed amount was $1,200,000 (including $240,000 per year for years three to five). On October 22, 2013 (Item No. 38), the Board approved a funding threshold increase to the contract in the amount of $500,000 from previous threshold of $480,000 for the initial two-year term, for a maximum not-to-exceed threshold of $980,000 for the initial two-year term, and a five-year not-to-exceed total amount of $1,700,000 (included $240,000 annually for three one-year renewals). The threshold increase was necessary to expedite the transit shelter construction program. At that time, however, the contract was not amended to reflect those threshold funding increases. On May 19, 2015 (Item No. 9), the Board approved the first amendment to the contract which increased the total compensation for the first two-years of the agreement and increased the annual threshold amount to $990,000 per year for the remaining three years of the contract.
This work authorization was negotiated in a Sunshine Meeting held on December 14, 2017, attended by representatives from Premiere Design Solutions, Inc. and Transit Division and Office of the County attorney staff.
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