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ANALYSIS: Blevins Electric, Inc. has offered a contract to guarantee their work, r warranty for a year, and the posting of a 100% performance bond. They have quoted a price of $346,273 for a "lock and key" job. The original estimated cost provided by our architect, W.R. Frizzell, was over $400,000 to perform this work. FUNDING: Monies for this project will come from Phase III Construction funds. After the project is complete Indian River County will file with Schopke Construction Company's bonding company (Hartford) to recover our cost. RECOMMENDATIONS• Staff recommends Board approval of the proposed contract with Blevins Electric, Inc., and authorize the Chairman to execute the applicable documents. Commissioner Bird wished to know realistically what our ability is to recapture this additional expense. County Attorney Vitunac believed it is the same as it always was. He understood it is always an effort to get a bonding company to pay up, and we will go to court. We are taking all the necessary steps to do that, and our records are good enough that he feels we should win. Commissioner Bird just wanted to be sure that someone is quarter -backing this in order to build the strongest case we can, and Attorney Vitunac advised that we are keeping a trail; we have a history of past acts by ECSI; and staff is working with Frizzell to track the costs involved. Part of the damages will be the cost of fixing the system. Commissioner Bird believed our claim is against Schopke, as genera:.) contractor, and his bonding company, and that was con- firmed. Commissioner Scurlock hoped that we will document the factual situation very carefully as he envisioned that, to limit their damages, they will come in and say if we had allowed them to continue on, we would have had less cost to make the repairs. Attorney Vitunac noted that we did allow them in and gave 31 SEP J P 1989 L I