Drafter
Clerk 11/29/2010
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A MOTION extending a waiver from certain procurement requirements for certain work needed for the timely and cost-effective completion of the Brightwater treatment system, consistent with Motion 13188.
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WHEREAS, on February 18, 2010, the King County executive issued an Executive Determination of Emergency related to the completion of the Brightwater project ("the Brightwater treatment system"), and
WHEREAS, consistent with council Motion 13188, the executive executed a contract with a new contractor to complete the BT-3C tunnel mining, and
WHEREAS, the new contractor, Jay Dee/Coluccio ("JDC"), is a joint venture comprised of Jay Dee Contractors, Inc. ("Jay Dee") and Frank Coluccio Construction Company ("Coluccio"), and
WHEREAS, Jay Dee and Coluccio were part of the joint venture performing the west tunnel ("BT-4") contract, and it was necessary to delete certain work from the BT-4 contract, so that Jay Dee and Coluccio could promptly begin work on preparing the BT-4 tunnel boring machine to complete BT-3 tunneling, thereby minimizing delay in completing the Brightwater treatment system, and
WHEREAS, the deleted BT-4 contract work, including the final lining of BT-4 tunnel, the sampling facility at Point Wells, the Ballinger shaft build-out access for future reclaimed water piping, and the final site restoration is essential to the timely completion of the Brightwater treatment system, and
WHERAS, Jay Dee and Coluccio, as the members of the BT-4 joint venture contractor, are the entities that were previously under contract to perform the deleted
BT-4 completion work, have planned the work in detail, and can perform the work efficiently and at the lowest total cost to the county, thus resulting in the efficiency and economy necessary to address the emergency, and
WHEREAS, the BT-3C contract with JCD states that no additional payment for on-site equipment will have to be made if BT-4 completion work or any other work is ...

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