Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
10/24/2024 - 6:00 PM  
Category:
Purchasing  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
12.13 Change Orders One through Three to Bathroom Renovations at Hawthorne Avenue School and Lafayette Street School Contract 9858  
Strategic Plans:
Priority 1.5
1.5 Develop a capital strategy aligned with the Long-Range Facilities Plan and strategic plan to modernize all facilities, and plan for enrollment projections, academic programs, and community needs.
 
Enclosure:
 
File Attachment:
 
Summary:
WHEREAS, bids were received electronically on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 after public advertisement for Bathroom Renovations at Hawthorne Avenue School and Lafayette Street School. Request for bids were issued to thirty-two (32) vendors with four (4) vendors responding, see award analysis; and

WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education awarded a contract to Brahma Construction, 1360 Route 23, Wayne, NJ 07470 during the May 23, 2024 Board Meeting in the amount of $848,000.00. An additional twenty percent (20%) in the amount of $169,600.00 was approved for encumbrance as a contingency allowance; and

WHEREAS, change order one provides for additional demolition, carpentry, masonry, toilet compartment, plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), electrical and accessories as a response to the City of Newark Building Department in the amount of $52,529.63; and

WHEREAS, change order two provides for architectural and supervision of Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) work on second shift overtime rates in the amount of $103,963.00; and

WHEREAS, change order three provides for MEP work to be performed during second shift overtime rates in the amount of $140,618.00; and

WHEREAS, an additional one hundred twenty-seven thousand five hundred ten dollars and .63 cents ($127,510.63) is requested as an additional contingency allowance; and

WHEREAS, change orders one through three were reviewed and approved by Carlos Edmundo, Acting Executive Director of Facilities Management and Krystle Whitlock, Assistant School Business Administrator.
 
Funding :
Subject to availability of funds.
10-12-000-400-450-344-CAP-000
10-12-000-400-450-351-000-000
 
Recommendation to the Board
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the request for an additional contingency allowance in the amount of $127,510.63 and change orders one through three in the amount of $297,110.63 increasing the contract value to $1,145,110.63 and increasing the construction duration by 67 working days.

EXPLANATION: To provide bathroom renovations at Hawthorne Avenue School and Lafayette Street School.
 
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Nicole Yarbough - Purchasing Manager
Signed By:  
Ty-Shanique Addison - Principal Fiscal Analyst
Signed By:  
Carlos Edmundo - Acting Executive Director
Signed By:  
Krystle Whitlock - Assistant Business Administrator
Signed By:  
Sherelle Spriggs - Director Support Services
Signed By:  
Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
Signed By:  
Roger León - Superintendent
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Vereliz Santana Moved, Member Kanileah Anderson seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the request for an additional contingency allowance in the amount of $127,510.63 and change orders one through three in the amount of $297,110.63 increasing the contract value to $1,145,110.63 and increasing the construction duration by 67 working days.

EXPLANATION: To provide bathroom renovations at Hawthorne Avenue School and Lafayette Street School.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Josephine Garcia     Yes
Dawn Haynes     Yes
Hasani Council     Yes
Vereliz Santana     Yes
Crystal Williams     Yes
Allison K. James-Frison     Yes
Kanileah Anderson     Yes