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Bid Award - Clarence R. Kelly Community Center and Park (B)
This item is a request for the City Commission to authorize the bid award to Blackwater Construction Services, LLC for the construction of the Clarence R. Kelly Community Center and Park, located at 1701 NE 8th Avenue.
Explanation
In 2018, Wild Spaces & Public Places (WSPP) worked with a design team and the community to establish a master plan for the Clarence R. Kelly Center site (CRK). On April 11, 2019, the General Policy Committee approved a building and park development scope of work, estimated to cost $1,750,000. In the summer of 2019 staff negotiated a design services task assignment with Wannemacher Jensen Architects, Inc. (WJA) to provide construction documents, facilitate project permitting and provide construction administration services for a new CRK.
One Day Came, Inc. (ODC) went through a competitive Request for Qualifications (RFQ) solicitation in 2018 and was approved as a Construction Management at Risk (CMAR) firm for minor projects for the City of Gainesville (City). WSPP hired ODC in September 2019 to provide construction cost estimates throughout the design of the new Clarence R. Kelly Community Center and surrounding site development to ensure that the project could be constructed within budget. ODC provided WSPP with a budget report on the 60% construction documents and 90% construction documents indicating that the project was within the $1,750,000 CRK project budget. On August 15, 2020, ODC provided WSPP with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) of $2,845,161.
The intent was to use the City’s CMAR contract (with ODC) once we had negotiated a GMP for work under $2,000,000 using the City’s Continuing Services CMAR contract. Work in excess of $2,000,000 cannot be performed under the City’s active continuing services contracts.
To validate the accuracy of the GMP proposal, staff retained J.E. Decker Construction Group to prepare an independent cost estimate. That ...
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