Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Roberts Service Group, Inc. for relocating the feed for the main electrical service located at the North Market Building at 59 Spruce Street.
This project is to provide the infrastructure to allow for relocating the feed for the main electrical service from the east side of the building to the west side of the building of the North Market. This relocation will allow for the construction of the new 31 story mixed used North Market Tower. The work includes new switchgear to be installed on the west side of the basement, which will feed the existing main electrical switchgear for the building, which is located on the east side of the basement.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received one bid on November 3, 2021 as follows (0 FBE, 0 MBE, 1 WBE):
Bidder/Consultant City FBE/MBE Amount of Bid
Roberts Service Group, Inc. Columbus WBE $1,088,100.00
Roberts Service Group, Inc. submitted the only bid of $1,088,100.00, however, the amount of the award will be $518,100.00. This bid was processed to allow for alternate cost proposals. Alternate cost proposals provide a base bid amount along with project add-ons that can be chosen by the City which allows for flexibility in terms of selecting a proposal that meets budgetary and timing constraints. The Office of Construction Management will accept the competitive base bid of $458,100.00 along with a $60,000.00 contingency amount for to cover any unforeseen issues. The bid did include two Alternate cost proposals that collectively totaled $600,000.00. The Alternates were additional costs associated with the expediting of materials and supplies. Due to the excessive costs associated with expediting, the City opted not to accept either Alternate. The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid in the amount of $518,100.00 be made to the sol...
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