Title
Staff Report for Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Non-Professional Services Agreement with Newton Construction & Management, Inc. for Marina Community Center Renovations in the Amount of $188,870.52 and Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Approve Cumulative Change Orders up to 25% ($47,217.63) of the Original Contract Amount
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff Recommends that Council approve a Non-Professional Services Agreement with Newton Construction & Management to renovate the commercial kitchen and activity rooms at the Marina Community Center in the amount of $188,870.52.
BACKGROUND
Due to years of deferred facility maintenance, the Public Works Department has a number of renovation, repair, and equipment replacement projects scheduled over the current budget cycle. The Marina Community Center is one of the City's older and more heavily used public facilities and in need of refurbishment. The kitchen equipment is past its useful life and is not fully functional.
The project is a simple refurbishment of cabinets in activity rooms B & C; installation of flooring; retrofit of existing lighting; and installation of commercial kitchen equipment. Therefore, staff has chosen to streamline procurement using a cooperative purchasing contract through the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) using a project delivery method called Job Order Contracting (JOC). It is a method that enables organizations to get commonly encountered construction projects completed quickly and easily through multi-year umbrella contracts. JOC is a competitively bid, fixed price, multi-year construction contract based on published unit prices. The unit prices are used to price construction tasks associated with the scope of work.
Staff met with representatives of Gordian, an organization that offers support services through the NJPA, and assisted the City in providing a qualified contractor that was selected by the NJPA through a publi...
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