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Construction contract to Basecom Construction Services in the amount of $70,823 for various renovations to the Public Safety Building, plus a 5% construction contingency in the amount of $3,541, plus $2,000 for Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) registration, plan review, and post construction site review for a total request of $76,364.
Presenter
Steve Dye, Chief of Police and Marshall Warder, Facilities Construction Manager
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
In 2005, the City of Grand Prairie identified the need to construct a new Public Safety Building due to the ongoing growth and development of the City. Since this time, the City has undergone significant growth and development which required the Police Department to further increase and redeploy its manpower to accommodate this population increase and service to the citizens. As of 2014, the need to expand and remodel various sections of the building have been identified in order to house the additional personnel and service units. These redeployed units required an office space for staffing of the Quartermaster section, expansion of the Problem Solving Unit and Major Crimes Unit to accommodate additional personnel; and a reconfigured Information Technology area for improved efficiency.
In August 2014, the City Managers Office contracted with Komatsu Architecture in the amount of $14,548 to provide professional design services for renovations to four separate and distinct areas within the existing Public Safety Building that had been requested by the Grand Prairie Police Department. Those areas included renovations to the Quartermaster area on the first floor, the Information Technology area on the second floor, the Problem Solving unit on the third floor, and the Major Crimes unit on the fourth floor. After site visits and discussions were held between the Architect and PD administrative personnel and the users to fully understand the extent of the desi...
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