Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with the ms Consultants, Inc. for the sanitary sewer project known as the Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project.
This contract will provide for cleaning and televising the existing sewer, dye testing of structures, performing manhole inspections and evaluations; investigating the need for easements, performing field surveying, preparing a Design Report to document evaluations and recommendations, generating detailed construction plans and specifications, preparing site-specific maintenance of traffic plans, supplying all construction documents required for bidding, performing engineering services during construction, and preparing as-built drawings at the completion of the project.
2. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION:
The basis for selection of the chosen professional engineering services firm: The Division advertised Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ's) for the subject services in the City Bulletin in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.13 of Columbus City Codes. Three firms were short-listed and were requested to submit technical proposals for this project. These proposals were reviewed and ranked by a Professional Engineering Services Selection Committee in order to determine the consultant best qualified to provide the services for this project. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received technical proposals on May 19, 2006 from the Burgess & Niple, Inc.; Jones-Stuckey, Inc.; R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc., and ms Consultants, inc The committee ranked the proposals on quality and feasibility. After careful consideration, the committee recommended that the ms Consultants, Inc. be selected to provide the engineering services for these projects, for which the Director of Public Utilities has concurred.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage included $550,000.00 within the 2006 Capital Improvements Budget. This legislation requests transferring available funds within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund to provide the required funds to enable this professional engineering services contract award.
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To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with ms Consultants, Inc., in connection with the Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project; to authorize the transfer and expenditure of $528,755.24 from within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. ($528,755.24)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage has undertaken a comprehensive review of downtown sanitary and combined infrastructure and has identified the need to rehabilitate specific sections of the Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Public Utilities requested detailed proposals from the firms of Burgess & Niple, Inc.; Jones-Stuckey, Inc.; R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc., and ms Consultants, inc.; for the aforementioned project services, and received these proposals on May 19, 2006, in accordance with the procurement provisions of Section 329.13 of the Columbus City Codes; and
WHEREAS, based upon an evaluation of these proposals utilizing predetermined criteria, a selection committee determined that ms Consultants, Inc., submitted the best proposal for the required project services, to which the Director of the Department of Public Utilities concurred; and
WHEREAS, the Division has determined it necessary to request this City Council to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement for purposes of preparing construction plans and specifications for the rehabilitation of the Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project, at the earliest practicable date, now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor be and hereby is authorized and directed to transfer a total of $528,755.24 from within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund No. 664| Division 60-05| Object Level Three No. 6676:
From:
Proj.: 650600| Franklin-Main Interceptor| OCA No. 651600| $528,755.24
To:
Proj.: 650701| Franklin No. ! Trunk Sewer Rehab.| OCA No. 664701| $528,755.24
Section 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance account within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies are no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be so made from a project account funded by monies from more than one source.
Section 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modifications associated with the expenditure of the funds transferred under Section 1., above.
Section 4. That the Director of Public Utilities be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into a professional engineering services contract with the ms Consultants, Inc., 2221 Schrock Road, Columbus, Ohio 43229-1547, in connection with the Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehabilitation Project, in accordance,with the terms and conditions of the Contract on file in the office of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage's Sewer System Engineering Section.
Section 5. That the expenditure of $528,755.24, or as much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund No. 664; Division 60-05; within the following project:
Proj. No.: 650701| Franklin No. 1 Trunk Sewer Rehab.| Object Level Three 6676| OCA Code 664701| $528,755.24.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.