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AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITH FIRMS FOR INCLUSION IN THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SERVICES PRE-QUALIFIED POOL
SPECIFICATION NO. P-16015
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To the Honorable Board of Commissioners of the Chicago Park District:
I. Recommendation
It is recommended that an order be entered authorizing the General Superintendent and CEO or his designee to enter into individual contracts with 24 pre-qualified firms for inclusion in the Design and Engineering Services pre-qualified pool. The pre-qualified firms were selected pursuant to a publicly advertised Request for Qualifications. No minimum amount of work is required or guaranteed to the firms in the pre-qualified pool. Finally, each firm must execute a contract for inclusion in the pre-qualified pool, and once in the pool, no work may commence and no payment shall be made until a firm is awarded a project and an executed Notice-to-Proceed for the respective project is issued.
II. Award Information
Contractors: Twenty four firms as listed on Exhibit A (attached and incorporated by this reference.)
Contract Type: Term Agreement
Contract Period: One (1) year initial contract term, with three (3) additional one (1) year extension options.
Contract Amount: Funding shall be based upon annual appropriations.
Scope of Services: Design and Engineering Services district wide in four (4) categories of service: architecture, civil and structural engineering; landscape architecture; and environmental engineering. (See Exhibit B for a list of awards by category.)
Affirmative Action
Goals: Through the Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") process a pre-qualified pool of responsible firms eligible to provide design and engineering services to the Chicago Park District ("CPD") for future projects will be established. The RFQ does not (i) guarantee any firm in the pool future project awards, (ii) discuss a specific project but instead describes in general terms the type of services that will be involved in ...
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