October 15, 2012 - City of Laredo

assurance for the Laredo International Airport Aircraft Rescue and Fire
Fighting Station. Contract time is for the duration of the project.
Completion date is scheduled for October 2013. Funding is available in the
Airport Construction Fund FAA Grant No. 73.
36. Consideration for approval of amendment no. 2, an increase of $139,200.00
to the professional services contract with URS Corporation, Dallas, Texas,
in association with Metaform Studio Architects, Laredo, Texas, and Synergy
Structural Engineers, Laredo, Texas, for construction phase services for the
Laredo International Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting Station. Current
engineering contract amount with the amendment is $558,920.34. Funding
is available in the Airport Construction Fund FAA Grant No. 73.
37. Consideration to ratify the City Manager’s approval of amendment no. 2, an
increase of $74,776.05 to the professional services contract with Architects
Plus, Inc., to revise previously approved plans and specifications,
identifying, investigating, surveying, and documenting partially completed
and abandoned improvements for the South Laredo Library Project. Also
included is the bidding phase, construction administration phase for the
construction completion of this project. Current engineering contract
amount with this amendment is $461,934.05. Funding is available in the
2008 C.O. Bond.
38. Consideration for approval of the El Eden Community Park Improvements
Project as complete, and approval of change order no 2, a net decrease of
$6,505.60 for the balance of quantities actually constructed in place and to
add thirty-one (31) working days to the construction contract time to perform
the additional work for upgrades in the lighting system luminaires, site
furnishings, and landscaping, and for release of retainage and approval of
final payment in the amount of $44,599.17 to DEH Construction, LLC.,
Laredo, Texas. Final construction contract amount is $445,992.19.
Funding is available in the 2005 C.O. Issue.
39. Consideration to authorize the purchase of fifty-seven thousand (57,000)
recycle/refuse carts and 2,940 green garbage/refuse carts from Toter Inc.
Statesville, NC, through the State of Texas - Cooperative Purchasing
Program’s Contract Pricing, in the total amount of $3,047,273. Funding is
available from the Solid Waste Services Department budget.
40. Consideration to award contract number FY12-097 for providing temporary
contract employees to the following bidders:
1. Staff Force, Laredo, Texas, as the primary vendor; and
2. RM Personnel, Laredo, Texas, as the secondary.
Contracts will be awarded to a primary and secondary vendor in order to
provide the City of Laredo with a quality labor pool for those departments
that might require temporary staff members throughout the fiscal year. All
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