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Council questions large increase to project-management contract; manager and general services defend consultant model
Summary
Council members pressed staff about a roughly $2 million increase to a project-management services contract, asking about procurement, staffing, turnover and long-term capacity; general services staff and the manager said the contract scales project delivery capacity and is consistent with past practice.
Council members probed staff about a substantial increase in the second amendment to a project management consulting services agreement with Turner and Townsend Heery LLC during the work session after pulling the item for discussion.
Gina Probst of the general services department said the amendment covers program- and project-management services across many capital projects and that the consulting team charges a fee that equates to “about a 3.7% charge to the project to provide project…
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