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HomeMy WebLinkAbout830147.tiff , r n r^�� RESOLUTION RE: APPROVAL OF CONTRACT WITH NELSON ENGINEERS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF COUNTY ROAD #5 AND AUTHOR- IZATION FOR THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN SAME WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has been pre- sented with a contract with Nelson Engineers for engineering services for the construction of County Road #5 from State High- way #7 to County Road #6 , and surfacing of approximately h mile of County Road #6 west from County Road #5, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has studied the terms of said contract, a copy being attached hereto and incor- porated herein by reference, and deems it advisable to approve said contract. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Com- missioners of Weld County, Colorado that the aforementioned contract with Nelson Engineers be, and hereby is, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners that the Chairman of the Board be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said contract. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 23rd day of November, A.D. , 1983. !` BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ATTEST: %-nekt itt,4f/W�f/n+/ WEL COUNTY, RAD Weld County erlc- ecorder :— _ and._ cl\.!rk to the Boar Chuck Carlson, Chairman By: /a\-,A� EXCUSED DATE OF SIGNING - AYE I74puty Coun y._Qerk Job T. Martin, Pro-Tem PR TO FORM: l �N CCLO9dae0 Gene R. tne r G40---- County Attorney Norman Carlson \ C uts:- Ja que 'ne Joh on CR #5 (1) DAY FILE: November 30 , 1983 g301y7 ,u. C Cis:)mss. c'.At-- it,/ l 6i'‘_ (:^/ /�� 35G-G3 f,Z 4. AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THIS AGREEMENT, made this 23rd day of November ,19 83 ,by and between County of Weld, State of Colorado. hereinafter called the Client,and NELSON ENGINEERS hereinafter called the Consultant, collectively referred to as the Parties. The services to be performed hereunder are incidental to the following PROJECT: Engineering Services for the construction of County Road #5 from State Highway #7 to County Road #6, and surfacing of approximately 1/4 mile of County Road #6 west from County Road #5, in accordance with Weld County and State of Colorado requirements. WITNESSETH: That for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the Parties hereto have mutually agreed and do agree as follows: ARTICLE I. SERVICES BY THE CONSULTANT —The Consultant accepts the relationship of trust and confidence established between him and the Client by this Agreement and covenants to furnish his best skill and judgment in furthering the interests of the Client. He agrees to assign qualified and competent personnel to the Project, to perform all work in compliance with applicable codes, regulations ordinances and laws, to keep the Client thoroughly informed and secure his approvals of materials and equipment, and to maintain accurate records relating to his services in connection with the Project,all in accordance with sound business and professional standards. The Consultant agrees to provide, directly or by association with such other Consultants or Contractors as it may deem necessary to further the interest of the Client, the following basic services: 1.1 Roadway design, construction plans and specifications, construction bidding documents and administration thereof. • • • CC; 4/P /son 6[7. sewn chntn t Page 2 of 7 ARTICLE 2. ADDITIONAL OR SPECIAL SERVICES —The following additional or special services, which are outside the scope of basic services as above described, shall be performed by the Consultant upon authorization from the Client and paid for as hereinafter provided: 2.1 a. Intermittent and occasional grade checks during construction and assistance with field construction problems. b. Check final grades of constructed roadway for compliance with design. c. Other engineering services not specified herein but required and furnished in connection with the PROJECT. d. Construction observation and reporting on a full-time basis. e. All materials testing, as required, if not accomplished by Weld County Engineering Staff. Page 3 of 7 ARTICLE 3. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CLIENT 3.1 The Client shall provide and make available to the Consultant, for his use, all maps, property descriptions, surveys, previous reports, historical data, and other information within its knowledge and possession relative to the services to be furnished hereunder, and shall provide full programming requirements. Data so furnished to the Consultant shall remain the property of the Client and will be returned upon completion of its services. 3.2 The Client shall designate a representative who shall be fully acquainted with the Project and who has authority to' • render decisions relative to the Consultant's services as necessary for the orderly progress of the work. The representative shall be responsible for receiving and processing all information and documentation relative to the project in behalf of the Client. 3.3 The Client shall establish and maintain procedures for receiving, reviewing, recording, and acting on all information, documentation payments, and acceptances of work and services relative to this project in an expeditious and proper manner. 3.4 The Client shall guarantee access and make provisions for the Consultant to enter upon public and private properties as required for the Consultant to perform its services hereunder. • • ARTICLE 4. TIME OF PERFORMANCE — The services to be provided under this Agreement shall, unless otherwise provided, be commenced upon execution of this Agreement and be performed in general accordance with the following schedule: Design and construction plans and specifications to be completed by January 15, 1984 with construction to occur thereafter during the Spring of 1984, subject to financing arrangements. Page 4 of 7 ARTICLE 5. REMUNERATION FOR SERVICES — The Client agrees to compensate the Consultant in accordance with the following schedule, and the Terms and Conditions of this Agreement: 5.1 For Basic Services as described in Article 1, remuneration shall be made on the following basis: A percentage of total construction cost in accordance with Curve B as recommended by the American Society of Civil Engineers, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A. Periodic payments of the engineering fee shall be made upon billing for work as accomplished based upon the Consultants best estimate of work completed utilizing the most current construction cost estimate and the appropriate percentage fee. 5.2 For additional or Special Services as described in Article 2, remuneration shall be made on the following basis: 1. Hourly charge rates based on actual hours worked as billed in accordance with the 1984 hourly rates as shown on the attached "Schedule of Hourly Rates", a copy of which is attached as Exhibit B. • 2. Actual local mileage traveled shall be charged at 25c per mile. 3. For Art. 2. 1e - Materials testing will be charged at actual cost of service as obtained through subcontract to recognized materials testing consultant. 5.3 In addition to the remuneration above provided, the Client shall reimburse the Consultant for the following expenses which may be incurred in connection.with related services: I . Expense of transportation and living when traveling in connection with the PROJECT shall be charged at actual cost as incurred. 2. Expense of reproduction, postage and handling of Plans and Specifications. • Page 5 of 7 5.4 An initial p..yn.i'nt of N/A DOLLARS I$ shall be made upon execution of this Agreement and credited to the Client's account. 5.5 Unless otherwise provided herein, all payments for Basic, Additional or Special Services and for Reimburseable Expenses shall be due and payable at the Consultant's office at the address hereinafter designated upon presentation by the Consultant in accordance with this Agreement. Payments not made within 30 days of the billing date shall bear interest at the rate of 1-1/2% per month which is an annual interest rate of 18%. 5.6 No deductions shall be made, nor any amounts retained from the Consultant's compensation on account of delays, penalties, liquidated damages, or other sums withheld from payment to Contractors. 5.7 If Direct Personnel Expense times a Multiplier is to be used as the basis for determining remuneration hereunder, the following definitions shall apply,unless otherwise provided herein: (a) Direct Personnel Expense shall include the wages or salaries of the employees of the Consultant who perform direct services as required hereunder in connection with the Project,based upon regular hourly rates charged at the actual number of hours for which time is expended. (b) The Multiplier will include payroll additives to the above hourly rates, general and administrative expense, and profit of the Consultant. 5.8 If the Construction Cost is to be used as the Basis for determining remuneration hereunder, it shall include the total value of all construction work, relative to services performed by the Consultant,whether furnished directly by the Client, its contractors, or others, at fair current market rates including a reasonable allowance for overhead and profit. The Construction Cost will exclude remuneration for professional consulting fees and cost of land or right-of-way. For purposes of making periodic payments prior to confirmation of total construction cost, the latest cost estimate or budget furnished by the Consultant, and approved by the Client, shall be used. ARTICLE 6. DELAYS — If the Consultant is delayed at any time in the progress of work by any act or neglect of the Client or its agents,employees or contractors,or by changes in the work, or by labor disputes, unavoidable material delivery delays, fire, unavoidable casualties, or by any causes beyond the Consultant's control, the time schedule shall be extended for a reasonable length of time, and the remuneration schedule shall be subject to renegotiation for increased expenses due to escalation of prices, extended services, relocation or other expenses incidental to such delays. ARTICLE 7. OWNERSHIP AND ACCURACY OF DOCUMENTS 7.1 Drawings, specifications, reports, records and other data developed by the Consultant in connection with this Project as instruments of service are and shall remain the property of the Consultant. The Consultant shall furnish originals or copies of such documents to the Client in accordance with the services in connection with this Project to be furnished hereunder. The Client shall not use such documents or designs so furnished on any other Project or extension to this Project except by Agreement in writing and with appropriate compensation to the Consultant. 7.2 The Consultant shall use reasonable skill and judgment in the preparation of documents provided in connection with services hereunder, but does not warrant that such documents are without error and/or omissions. If, as a result of the authorized use and prudent interpretation of such documents which may be inaccurate or incomplete, work is performed which must be removed, altered or redone to meet the requirements of this Project, the Consultant shall be responsible for such correction provided that the Consultant is given a reasonable opportunity to make remedial recommendations and to correct or arrange for the correction of the work itself. The Consultant will not be liable for the cost of procurement of work or services of added value to the Client which may be incurred as a result of errors or omissions by the Consultant. The Consultant will be entitled to reasonable additional compensation in accordance with the basis for "Remuneration For Services" stipulated herein for services performed in correcting errors and/or omissions where such services result in a value to the Project over and above.that upon which remuneration was initially based. ^ ^^ Page 6 of 7 ARTICLE 8. INSURANCE —The Consultant shall purchase and maintain insurance to protect himself from claims under workmen's compensation acts; claims for damages because of bodily injury including personal injury, sickness or disease, or death of any of his employees or of any person other than his employees;and from claims for damages because of injury to or destruction of tangible property including loss of use resulting therefrom;and from claims arising out of the performance of professional services caused by any error, omissions or negligent acts for which he is legally liable, all in amounts satisfactory to the Client and as indicated in certificates of insurance furnished by the Consultant. ARTICLE 9. TERMINATION 9.1 The Client may terminate this Agreement at any time without cause upon furnishing written notice to the Consultant. Either party may terminate this Agreement upon seven days' written notice should the project be unreasonably delayed or should the other party be unable or fail substantially to perform in accordance with its terms through no fault of the party initiating termination. In the event of such termination, the Consultant shallbe' paid his remuneration for services performed prior to receipt of said Notice of Termination including reimburseable expenses then due. 9.2 If the remuneration scheduled hereunder is based upon a fixed fee or definitely ascertainable sum, the portion of such sum payable shall be that which bears the same proportion to that sum as the percentage of services completed by the Consultant which are related to that sum bears to 100 percent. Otherwise, remuneration shall be based upon the applicable unit charges or costs as specified herein or, if not so specified, then upon the Consultant's direct personnel expenses times a multiple of 3.0 plus Reimburseable Expenses. 9.3 If termination is not due to the fault of the Consultant, the Consultant shall be entitled to remuneration for services performed hereunder prior to such termination, including Reimburseable Expenses, plus an amount computed as ten percent of the total remuneration then due. ARTICLE 10. DISPUTES — As a condition precedent to the right to bring any action in court pertaining to any claim, dispute or other matter in question between the parties to this Agreement, arising out of, or relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof, the party having such claim or dispute shall first make a written offer to the other party to arbitrate the question(s) in accordance with the Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then obtaining. If,within ten days after receipt of said offer,the party to whom the offer is made does not affirmatively agree in writing to such arbitration, then the claiming party shall have no obligation to arbitrate and may pursue other remedies for relief. ARTICLE 11. GOVERNING LAW — Unless otherwise agreed in writing, this Agreement and the interpretation thereof shall be governed by the law in effect at the location of the offices of the Consultant as hereinafter designated. ARTICLE 12. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS — The Client and the Consultant each binds himself and his partners, successors, executors, administrators and assigns to the other party of this Agreement and to the partners, successors, executors, administrators and assigns of such other party with respect to all covenants of this Agreement. Neither party shall assign or transfer his interest in this Agreement without the written consent of the other. ARTICLE 13. EXTENT OF AGREEMENT — This Agreement represents the entire and integrated agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior negotiations and representations. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create any contractual relationship between the Consultant and any other Consultant or contractor or Material supplier on the project, nor to furnish any notices required under other such contracts, nor shall anything herein be deemed to give anyone not a party to this Agreement any right of action against a party which does not otherwise exist without regard to this Agreement. ARTICLE 14. NOTICES — All notices and instructions given by either party to the other shall be in writing, and shall be deemed to be properly served if delivered to the address of record shown below, or if deposited in the United States Mail properly stamped with the required postage and addressed to such party at the address shown below. The address of service of a notice sent by mail shall be deemed to be the day following the date on which said notice is so deposited. Either party hereto shall have the right to change its address by giving the other party written notice thereof. �� �^ Page 7 of 7 • ARTICLE 15. SPECIAL PROVISIONS • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COMPLETE AGREEMENT: This Agreement includes this and the preceding pages consecutively numbered 1 through 7 and the attachments thereto, identified as: Exhibit A and Exhibit B IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the day and year first written above. CLIENT: (/^// By O Chairman, Board of County Conmissioners Title Address 915 10th Street Tit *996'puty County Cle ENGINEER: NELSON ENGINEERS 41 (�� Title Oi,> r Address .--1ZO V, 6I 'S &j P.43 ATTEST: g / . Title EXHIBIT A • • CONSULTING ENGINEERING 41 14 III I III WU I I I I Net construction Median cost from Curve B 13 $100,000 9.01 200,000 8.11 500.000 7.00 12 1,000.000 6.22 5,000,000 5.32 10,000,000 4.97 11 50,000,000 4.68 100,000,000 4.61 10 C c C a_ c 9 E O v 8 7 6 5 4 0.01 0.05 0.1 0.5 1 5 10 50 100 Net construction cost,in millions of dollars FIG.2.—CURVE 9,MEDIAN COMPENSATION FOR BASIC SERVICES EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF NET CONSTRUCTION COST FOR PROJECTS OF AVERAGE COMPLEXITY (1980) • EXHIBIT B NELSON ENGINEERS GREELEY NATIONAL PLAZA 822 7TH STREET GREELEY,COLORADO 80631 1303)356-6362 1984 SCHEDULE OF HOURLY RATES CODE FUNCTION ABBR CHARGE RATE/HR. 4101 Consulting CO $65 .00 4102 Project Management PM $51 .00 4103 Design DE $38.00 4104 Calculation CA $29.00 4105 Layout LA $25.00 4106 Drafting DR $21 .00 4107 Secretarial SE $19.00 4108 Survey - Four Man sv4 $68.00 4109 Survey - Three Man SV3 $60.00 4110 Survey - Two Man SV2 $46.00 4111 Construction Supervision CS $35.00 4112 Expert Witness EW $75.00 4113 Construction Observation (Full-time) OB $25.00 • #4 04.5 I i+J J , Li,,,, ? it! i , .- - i o rn CV LI' to II .. , . ,._, re, ,t. u l to o IP _ . .... 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