City of Coral Gables

File #: 17-6523    Version: 1 Name: RFQ 2017.06.YG CMR Public Safety Building (PreConstruction)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 9/6/2017 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 9/12/2017 Final action: 9/14/2017
Enactment date: 9/14/2017 Enactment #: 2017-255
Title: A Resolution accepting the recommendation of the Public Works Director, upon consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, to authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to negotiate and execute a Pre-Construction Services Agreement for the Pre-Construction Phase of the Public Safety Building Project, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 2017.06.YG, in an amount not-to-exceed $275,000, which will be generally consistent with the terms of the agreement in the attached form, with any modifications the City Manager and City Attorney deem appropriate in the public interest; whereby said approval of a not-to-exceed amount does not indicate a determination of the final contract amount, but rather the City Manager and City Attorney are encouraged to negotiate a lower amount in the best interest of the city and that is fair, competitive, and reasonable.
Attachments: 1. Signed Resolution 2017-255, 2. 1 - Draft Agenda Memo CMR Public Safety Building, 3. 1 - Draft Agenda Reso CMR Public Safety Building, 4. PSB Form Precon 5-31-17
Title
A Resolution accepting the recommendation of the Public Works Director, upon consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, to authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to negotiate and execute a Pre-Construction Services Agreement for the Pre-Construction Phase of the Public Safety Building Project, pursuant to Request for Qualifications (RFQ) 2017.06.YG, in an amount not-to-exceed $275,000, which will be generally consistent with the terms of the agreement in the attached form, with any modifications the City Manager and City Attorney deem appropriate in the public interest; whereby said approval of a not-to-exceed amount does not indicate a determination of the final contract amount, but rather the City Manager and City Attorney are encouraged to negotiate a lower amount in the best interest of the city and that is fair, competitive, and reasonable.

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On August 28, 2017, the City Commission accepted the recommendation of the Public Works Director to award the Construction Manager at Risk (CMR) for the Construction of a New Public Safety Building Project (“the Project”) to The Weitz Company, LLC., the most qualified Proposer.

The Public Works Director, upon consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer, is in the process of negotiating a Pre-Construction Services Agreement for the Pre-Construction phase of the Project at an amount that is fair, competitive, and reasonable.

In an effort to expedite the negotiations of the Pre-Construction Services Agreement, this Resolution seeks to authorize the City Manager and the City Attorney to negotiate and execute the Pre-Construction Services Agreement for a not-to-exceed amount, generally consistent with the terms of the agreement in the attached form, with any modifications the City Manager and City Attorney deem appropriate in the public interest.

The approval sought of a not-to-exceed amount does not indicate a determination of the final contract amount, but rather the City Manager and City...

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