Explanation
The City of Columbus, Department of Finance and Management has undertaken efforts to modernize various sections of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, which governs responsible public procurement of construction services, while continuing to provide for the fair and equitable treatment to all persons involved in public purchasing. The implementation of these modernizations will allow the City of Columbus to provide for an alternative construction delivery method called Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR).
The award standard for CMAR is best value based and uses a selection process in which proposals contain both pricing and performance components, and award is based upon a combination of pricing and performance considerations to determine the offer deemed most advantageous and of the greatest value to the City. The CMAR has substantial discretion and authority to plan, coordinate, manage, direct, and construct all phases of a construction project in accordance with contract terms and provides the City a guaranteed maximum price for the construction of public improvements.
Emergency action is necessary to provide a date certain to address an immediate operational need in the Department of Finance and Management to implement CMAR as an alternative construction delivery method.
The effective date of these revisions and modernization will be January 2, 2022, to allow sufficient time for the Director of Finance and Management to prepare processes and update relevant documentation.
FISCAL IMPACT: This code change has no fiscal impact.
Title
To amend various sections of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes to provide for an alternative construction delivery method called Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) with these changes to be effective January 2, 2022; to repeal the existing Sections being amended; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Department of Finance and Management has undertaken efforts to mo...
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