Submitted By
Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services Department
Reviewed By
LKS
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Agreement with T.P.I. Building Code Consultants, Inc. ("TPI") for Building Code and Plumbing Inspections and Plan Review Services in an Amount not to Exceed $50,000.
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Overview
Overview
The Permit Processing Division annually uses two or three third-party building code inspection and plan review service providers in order to maintain a high level of customer service as needed.
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Staff Recommendation
The recommendation of staff is to increase the contract amount with TPI to a not-to-exceed amount of $50,000 which is estimated to be adequate to cover the cost of services provided by TPI through June.
Fiscal Impact
The 2015 budget allotted a total amount of $200,000 to cover the cost of third-party building code inspection and plan review services. The increase in the contract amount with TPI will not result in a change to the 2015 budget.
Background
We have used TPI as a third-party service provider for inspectors since approximately 2001.
TPI has successfully performed such services for the Village in recent years and is currently under contract to do so; however, their contract is currently limited to a not-to-exceed amount of $24,999. As of the end of February, the total cost for is $15,525. Currently, we are down one plumbing inspector resulting in a higher the usual demand for services
We recently issued an RFP for Plan Review and Inspection services. We anticipate having a recommendation to present to the Board in May about subsequent third-party service providers. Extension of this contract will give us enough time to complete our review and form a recommendation for future third-party service providers.
Alternatives
In lieu of continuing to use a third-party service provider, the Permit Processing Division could rely solely on the inspec...
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