Title
Approve Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to increase the total project cost for the Replace Boilers project, by $475,357 for a revised total project cost of $1,562,857.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve Natividad Medical Center (NMC) to increase the total project cost for the Replace Boilers project, by $475,357 for a revised total project cost of $1,562,857.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Natividad Medical Center's Central Plant is located on the 3rd Floor of Building 580, and provides all the utility functions to NMC. Four main heating hot-water boilers are located in the Central Plant. Two of the four boilers need replacement. One of the heating hot-water boilers is in need of repairs costing $70,000. NMC's Replace Boilers Project has been listed in the 5-year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Year FY2015 at $51,890, FY2016 at $670,625, and FY2017 at $277,485, for a total capital funding of $1,000,000. NMC has also identified Replace Boiler #4 FY2016 capital funding in the amount of $87,500. A Job Order Contract in the amount of $800,702 was initiated, approved and funded to replace and install one irreparable boiler which will take place over the next seven (7) months.
Staff is requesting permission to increase capital funding by $515,450 for construction and $23,700 for design, to purchase and install an additional boiler at this time. Further analysis of the initial scope revealed a cost savings of approximately $354,550 if the second boiler is replaced at the same time as the first. The scope to replace a boiler is logistically difficult; to both purchase, as well as to install. Boiler frames and burners are imported, boiler units are domestically manufactured, and all parts are then shipped and assembled in Los Angeles. Lead time after placement of an order is 14 weeks for delivery. Third floor removal and installation of a boiler unit requires a large door assembly be removed and subsequently repaired using ...
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