Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: James C. Porter, Director of Public Works
Subject: San Mateo Medical Center Building Seismic Improvement Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution increasing the "not-to-exceed" amount of the contract with Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger, Inc., to provide engineering consulting services at the San Mateo Medical Center, by $162,500 to a new, not-to-exceed amount of $556,000.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 1, 2013, the County entered into an engineering consulting services agreement with Simpson, Gumpertz, & Heger, Inc. (SGH) to conduct a nonstructural evaluation of the San Mateo Medical Center's (SMMC) buildings to determine compliance with the Alquist Hospital Seismic Safety Act. The report, dated December 13, 2013 and revised on September 24, 2014, identified deficiencies in three SMMC buildings that would require non-structural seismic upgrades; the original hospital building, the Nursing Wing, and the Nursing Wing Link.
On June 2, 2015, your Board adopted Resolution 073836, increasing the not-to-exceed amount by $110,500 to a new, not-to-exceed amount of $210,000, to develop construction documents to address non-structural deficiencies found in the three SMMC buildings. Those construction documents were submitted to the Office of Statewide Health Planning Development (OSHPD) by the January 2016 deadline.
On July 26, 2016, your Board adopted Resolution 074698, which modified the scope of services, extended the agreement to June 1, 2017, and increased the not-to-exceed amount by $158,500, for a new, not-to-exceed amount of $368,500. Additional engineering services were required to address OSHPD comments from the seismic evaluation, perform additional surveys of distributed systems for bracing and anchorage, and to prepare documents to obtain permits. Additional time was needed to complete this work and obtain the required permits, so an amendm...
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