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F-5. COMPETITION IMPRACTICABLE PROCUREMENT WITH NINYO & MOORE FOR ON-CALL QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT AND MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES Approve a Competition Impracticable Procurement, Maricopa County Procurement Code, MCI-351, in the amount of $500,000.00, with Ninyo & Moore to provide Quality Assurance Management and Materials Testing Services for the construction of the White Tanks FRS No. 4 Phase 2 Rehabilitation Project. The Contract FCD 2016C015 will be effective for 1,095 calendar days from the date of execution or the expenditure of $500,000.00, whichever comes first. As an option, the Contract may be extended by change order for an additional period of 730 calendar days, or expenditure of the remaining funds. Ninyo & Moore provides Quality Assurance Management and Materials Testing Services under the current On-Call Contract FCD2015C002 for the White Tanks FRS No. 4 Phase 2 Rehabilitation Project which is presently under construction. The original contract was $500,000.00 and these monies will be fully expended by October of 2016. Due to the complex nature of pre-construction testing activities required by the regulating authority (Arizona Department of Water Resources) and observed by the Federal funding partner (Natural Resources Conservation Service) Ninyo & Moore was engaged to provide their services almost seven months prior to the actual construction start date. As a result of both the unforeseen pre-construction expenditures and the actual construction expenditures to date, only 55% of the funds are remaining. Since a further twelve months are required to complete the construction project, the allocated funds remaining under the present Contract will not be sufficient to complete the Project. Therefore, it is estimated that an additional $500,000.00 will be required on the contract for Ninyo and Moore to finish the remaining Quality Assurance Management and Materials Testing Services. The proposed funds will provide continuity of Quality Assurance Management and Materials Testing Services by the same firm that is currently engaged with the work. As Ninyo & Moore is the Quality Assurance and Materials Testing Firm of Record for the Project, it is the only firm with sufficient project expertise to provide these services and produce the quality assurance sections of the final construction completion report as specified in AAC R12-15-1213. The project needs to retain the Firm of Record until project completion. This Agenda Item impacts Supervisorial District 4. (C-69-16-050-5-00)