Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Sam Lin, Interim Director Project Development Unit
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an amendment to the agreement with Skidmore, Owens, & Merrill, LLP, for architectural and engineering services for County Office Building 3 in the amount of $736,122 for additional design service requests; and
B) The Director of the Project Development Unit, or designee, to execute subsequent change orders that modify the terms and conditions and increase the maximum fiscal obligation by five percent in aggregate or $566,744.23 for a total not to exceed contract value of $11,901,628.73.
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BACKGROUND:
On June 23, 2020, this Board adopted Resolution No. 077488 which authorized the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement with Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill, LLP (SOM) for the design and engineering of County Office Building 3 (COB3). Under the direction of the Board, COB3 upon completion, will be an approximately 200,000 square foot office building designed to achieve sustainability goals including certification in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and Zero Net Energy.
DISCUSSION:
SOM was recently asked to propose a landscape re-design of the County Center Civic Promenade that compliments the landscape surrounding COB3 for a more cohesive landscape experience for the public and the surrounding community. The specific scope of service consists of analyzing the existing conditions and infrastructure, integration and enhancement of the existing conditions, coordination, management of the architectural design, civil design, graphic design, landscape design, technology and structural engineering design, providing construction documents,...
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