DEPARTMENT: Facilities Management
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Authorization To Execute Third Contract Amendment With Ebert, Inc., dba Ebert Companies, For Wentworth Library Renovation
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Authorize execution of the third contract amendment with Ebert, Inc., dba Ebert Companies, to provide construction services for the Wentworth Library Renovation project.
SUMMARY
The 2025-2029 Facilities Capital Improvement Program Adopted Budget included a project to renovate the Wentworth Library in West St. Paul. The construction contract was awarded to Ebert Companies, in the sum of $3,578,700, by Resolution No. 25-146 (March 25, 2025).
In October 2025, when construction work was about 50 percent complete, staff executed the first contract amendment to Ebert Companies' construction contract. This amendment increased the contract value by $47,112.94. In January 2026, when construction work was about 90 percent complete, a second contract amendment to Ebert Companies' construction contract was executed. The second contract amendment increased the contract value by $121,771.50.
Construction work is now complete on this project. As work concluded, additional changes in work scope were discovered and resolved, resulting in requested contract changes totaling $43,367.92 and an extension of the substantial completion date by 20 working days. Combined with previous changes, this brings the total of construction contract changes to $212,252.36. The result is a new total contract value of $3,790,952.36 and a substantial completion date of February 20, 2026. A full list of all contract changes related to this requested third contract amendment can be found in Attachment: Summary of Work Scope Changes.
In comparison to the original construction contract value of $3,578,700, total changes are just under six percent which is consistent with the total percent increase observed on County projects of this size and complexity.
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