Vote: approved

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33. FACILITIES MANAGEMENT ESTIMATING AND BENCHMARKING STUDY - NEIGHBORHOOD CDC CONSTRUCTION Approve an increase in the authorized limit for a Competition Impractical Procurement, Maricopa County Procurement Code, MCI-351, in the amount of $36,875 (from $49,890 to $86,765), with Neighborhood CDC Construction, for the purpose of reviewing the Facilities Management Department’s cost estimating methodologies, benchmarking of project costs, providing presentations and briefings to the Board of Supervisors and County Management and related services. In February 2013 FMD initiated a review of current estimating and budgeting methodologies to measure whether or not Maricopa County was obtaining favorable pricing in the marketplace on a sampling of County construction projects. This review also included benchmarking these results against other entities. Facilities Management selected a study team made of up experienced consultants from the University of Arizona and Neighborhood CDC Construction of San Diego, Califor nia, after reviewing the market place and determining them to be uniquely qualified and free of potential conflicts of interest. Additionally, the team is to provide recommendations for any improvements that would be noted as a result of the review. The original cost of $49,890, which was approved by the Chief Procurement Officer under Maricopa County Procurement Code, MCI-350, has been determined to be inadequate to complete the assignment as the scope of the assignment has increased. The new scope includes an additional comprehensive cost and execution review of five major projects and the addition of seven projects to the base study in order to provide a larger and more representative sample size. The additional scope also includes time and travel expenses to provide a briefing to the Board of Supervisors and County Management on the results of the study. This change results in an increase of $36,875 in additional charges for a total cost of $86,765. (C-70-13-021-M-00)