File #: 2021-3445    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Preliminary Item
File created: 11/17/2021 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 12/14/2021 Final action: 12/14/2021
Title: Commission District(s): All CO - Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. 1103756 for Sanitary Sewer System Easement Clearing Services (Annual Contract with 2 Options to Renew): for use by the Department of Watershed Management (DWM). This contract consists of providing easement clearing on the sanitary sewer system as part of the Consent Decree. Awarded to Casey Tree Expert, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $225,000.00
Attachments: 1. Agenda Notes, 2. Change Order Request

Purchasing Type: Change Order (CO)                               

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                   Department: Purchasing & Contracting                                     

 

AGENDA ITEM:

Title

Commission District(s): All

CO - Change Order No. 2 to Contract No. 1103756 for Sanitary Sewer System Easement Clearing Services (Annual Contract with 2 Options to Renew): for use by the Department of Watershed Management (DWM). This contract consists of providing easement clearing on the sanitary sewer system as part of the Consent Decree. Awarded to Casey Tree Expert, Inc. Amount Not To Exceed: $225,000.00

 

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Information Contact: Cathryn G. Horner, Chief Procurement Officer

Phone Number: (404) 371-6334

 

PURPOSE:

Awarded by the BOC on March 27, 2018 for an amount not to exceed $2,348,900.00 to Casey Tree Expert Inc. and Georgia Power Company. On April 23, 2019, the BOC approved the first renewal option for a total amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00. On June 9, 2020, the BOC approved the second renewal option for a total amount not to exceed $1,800,000.00. On May 11, 2021, the BOC approved Change Order No. 1 to increase the contracts by a total amount not to exceed $900,000.00 and to extend the contract term to December 31, 2021. This contract consists of providing vegetation clearing, tree stump, and debris removal along the County's sanitary sewer system easements as part of the Consent Decree's Maintenance Management System (MMS). This request is to add funding and extend the contract term to March 31, 2022 for the contract with Casey Tree Expert, Inc. to allow continuity in services for easement clearing until the competitive bid process is completed. Bids are currently in under evaluation.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

Recommend approval of Change Order No. 2 with:

 

Casey Tree Experts, Inc., 4135 Arcadia Industrial Circle, Lilburn, GA 30047

 

Amount Not To Exceed: $225,000.00

 

and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute the change order and all associated documents.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

1.  LSBE Participation:                                                               20%

2.  Contract Effective Date:                                          June 05, 2018

3.  Contract Expiration Date:                                        December 31, 2021

4.  Amount Spent To Date:                                                      $2,591,338.54                    

5.  Funding:                                                                  General - Operating (DWM)