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File #: 24-1857   
Type: Ordinance-S Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 10/16/2024 Final action: 10/16/2024
Title: Innovation 27 Workforce Training and Education Collaborative - 2-Step Construction Manager at Risk Services - ED20000008 (Ordinance S-51327) - District 5
District: District 5

Title

Innovation 27 Workforce Training and Education Collaborative - 2-Step Construction Manager at Risk Services - ED20000008 (Ordinance S-51327) - District 5

 

Description

Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Chasse Building Team, Inc. of Arizona to provide Construction Manager at Risk Services for the Innovation 27 Workforce Training and Education Collaborative project. Further request to authorize execution of amendments to the agreement, as necessary, within the Council-approved expenditure authority as provided below and for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The fee for services will not exceed $4,942,428. There is no impact to the General Fund. Funding is available through the City's allocation of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding received from the federal government under the Workforce Training Facility and Training Program category and through an ARPA allocation from Maricopa County.

 

Report

Summary

The purpose of this project is to provide the adaptive reuse construction of a former big-box department store into a workforce and training facility.

 

Chasse Building Team, Inc. (Chasse) will begin in an agency support role for Construction Manager at Risk Preconstruction Services. Chasse will assume the risk of delivering the project through a Guaranteed Maximum Price agreement.

 

Chasse's Preconstruction Services include, but are not limited to: detailed cost estimating and knowledge of marketplace conditions; providing project planning and scheduling; providing alternate systems evaluation and constructability studies; advising the City on ways to gain efficiencies in project delivery; providing long-lead procurement studies and initiating procurement on long-lead items; assisting in the permitting process; participating with the City in a process to set a goal for local and Small Business Enterprise (SBE) participation and implementing the local and SBE process; protecting the City's sensitivity to quality, safety, and environmental factors; and advising the City on choosing green building materials. A SBE goal will be established for this project upon substantial completion of Preconstruction Services and prior to the start of construction.

 

Procurement Information

The selection was made using a qualifications-based selection process set forth in Section 34-603 of the Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.). In accordance with A.R.S. Section 34-603(H), the City may not publicly release information on proposals received or the scoring results until an agreement is awarded. Six firms submitted proposals and are listed below:

 

Selected Firm

Rank 1: Chasse Building Team, Inc.

 

Additional Proposers

Rank 2: Kitchell Contractors, Inc. of Arizona

Rank 3: M.A. Mortenson Company

Rank 4: Core Construction, Inc.

Rank 5: Sun Eagle Corporation

Rank 6: The Weitz Company

 

Contract Term

The term of the agreement is five years from issuance of the Notice to Proceed. Work scope identified and incorporated into the agreement prior to the end of the term may be agreed to by the parties and work may extend past the termination of the agreement. No additional changes may be executed after the end of the term.

 

Financial Impact

The agreement value for Chasse Building Team, Inc. is not to exceed $4,942,428, including all subcontractor and reimbursable costs.

 

There is no impact to the General Fund as this funding is available through the City's allocation of ARPA funds and an allocation of ARPA funds from Maricopa County. The Budget and Research Department will separately review and approve funding availability prior to execution of any amendments. Payments may be made up to agreement limits for all rendered agreement services, which may extend past the agreement termination.

 

Location

2526 W. Northern Avenue

Council District: 5

 

Department

Responsible Department

This item is submitted by Deputy City Managers John Chan and Inger Erickson, the Community and Economic Development Department and the City Engineer.