This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. to add additional funds for the Roadway - Materials Testing and Inspection 2021-2 project.
Ordinance 3107-2021 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. for the Roadway - Materials Testing and Inspection 2021-2 project. The intent of this contract is to provide the Department of Public Service with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to provide inspection expertise and material testing for the department’s construction projects.
This is a planned modification that is a continuation of construction inspection services and materials testing for City of Columbus projects. This contract could also be used for non-City projects for which the City is providing construction inspection services and materials testing. This modification is necessary to allow construction to continue on projects currently being built and for construction to start on recently awarded projects. It was deemed to be more cost efficient to modify the existing contract than to bid this part of the work.
The original contract amount: $500,000.00 (PO306208, Ord. 3107-2021)
The total of Modification No. 1: $500,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $1,000,000.00
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against either company.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for DLZ Ohio, Inc. is CC004939 and expires 10/24/2024.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is available and appropriated within Fund 2241, the Private Construction Inspection Fund, and within Fund 5518, the Construction Inspection Fund.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to expedite this contract to allow the needed inspection and testing services to continue uninterrupted, maintaining established capital project construction schedules.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to modify the contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. for the Roadway - Material Testing and Inspection 2021-2 project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $150,000.00 from the Private Construction Inspection Fund and up to $350,000.00 from the Construction Inspection Fund to pay for the contracts; and to declare an emergency. ($500,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, contract no. PO306208 with DLZ Ohio, Inc., in the amount of $500,000.00, was authorized by ordinance no. 3107-2021; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to modify the contract in an amount up to $500,000.00 and provide additional funds for the Roadway - Materials Testing and Inspection 2021-2 project; and
WHEREAS, funding for the contract modification is available within Fund 2241, the Private Construction Inspection Fund, and within Fund 5518, the Construction Inspection Fund, to pay for the contract modification; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to expend funds to pay for the services delivered under the contract modification; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director modify the contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. to prevent delays in the project schedule, to preserve the safety of the traveling public thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Service be, and hereby is, authorized to modify the professional services contract with DLZ Ohio, Inc. located at 6121 Huntley Road, Columbus, OH 43229, for the Roadway - Material Testing and Inspection 2021-2 project in an amount up to $500,000.00.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $150,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 2241 (Private Construction Inspection Fund), Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), in Object Class 03 (Purchased Services) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $350,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 5518 (Construction Inspection Fund), Dept-Div 5912 (Design and Construction), in Object Class 03 (Purchased Services) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.