To: Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Approve and Authorize Amendment No. 2 to Consulting Services Agreement with Nicolaos Theophanous d/b/a Theophanous Structural Engineers.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Nicolaos Theophanous (d/b/a Theophanous Structural Engineers) (Theophanous) effective February 27, 2024, to extend the term from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, with no change to the payment limit to provide on-call structural engineering services for various County facilities projects, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No Fiscal Impact.
BACKGROUND:
On January 1, 2020 the Board of Supervisors approved a Contract with Theophanous in the amount of $195,000.
On September 21, 2021 Amendment No. 1 was approved by the Board of Supervisors to increase the pay limit by $205,000 and to extend the term 1 year.
Theophanous is currently engaged in ongoing projects for the County such as the Surgical Lights project and the Lab Automation project, both for the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. Theophanous is familiar with these active projects and is skilled at providing structural engineering services of the type that has often been of valuable service to the County. Therefore, it is recommended that this contract amendment be awarded at this time.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If Amendment No. 2 is not approved, active projects that Theophanous is involved with may suffer delays and increased costs and other currently unforeseen consequences resulting from the engineer of record no longer being involved with these active projects. Additionally, the County would lose the option of engaging Theophanous through the existing on-call contract to provide services on new projects of the type that Theophanous has frequently provided to the...
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