
COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8n Page 2 of 2
Meeting Date: March 11, 2025
Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.
the IDIQ contract to cover the two Modifications for P66 Grand Staircase and Fishermen’s
Terminal C15 projects and the cost of construction support services for both projects.
These discussions included using the existing design resources and contract due to the specialized
nature of the design, the urgency of completing this work as a top Maritime division priority, and
the need to complete bring the Pier 66 Grand Staircase Project (N10429/C801371) and
Fishermen’s Terminal C15 Building Misc. Improvements Project (N10301/C801096) as soon as
possible. The Port of Seattle Commission authorized construction funding for Pier 66 Grand
Staircase project on November 19, 2024, and Fishermen’s Terminal C15 Building Misc.
Improvements on July 23, 2024.
JUSTIFICATION FOR WAIVER
An exception was evaluated to determine:
a) Why another firm could not be retained to perform the services.
b) Urgency of the services is immediate.
c) Urgency was not a result of lack of planning or management.
The design approach and execution of two Service Directives under contract P-00321216 were
selected. At the time, the full extent of scope expansion for these projects, particularly the
Fishermen’s Terminal C15 building, was not fully anticipated. A significant portion of the
additional costs is due to the C15 project, which expanded beyond the original window and
siding scope to include additional SEF requirements approved by the SEAC committee on May
31, 2024.
Additionally, no reservation was made under this IDIQ contract to cover all project phases,
while other Project Managers used available funds for assessments and design work, limiting
resources. Moving forward, this oversight will be addressed in future WPM IDIQ contracts. We
acknowledge this is not standard contracting practice, and the decision to forgo separate
project-specific contracts introduced risks that have proven less than optimal as the projects
evolved and expanded.
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