Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Resource International, Inc. for construction administration/inspection services for Department of Public Utilities construction projects bid during the calendar years 2026 through 2028 as part of the Construction Administration/Construction Inspection Services 2026-2028 contracts.
Resource International, Inc. will perform construction administration/inspection services for Department of Public Utilities Capital Improvement Projects that bid during the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. The contract will be modified as needed throughout the 3-year period to include these projects as they go into construction. Projects are located throughout the City of Columbus.
This modification is for Resource International, Inc. to perform construction administration/ inspection services for 2021 General Construction Contract - Storm and Sanitary CIP 610500-100005 and 650745-100013 in an amount up to $228,971.20.
The Community Area for this ordinance will be 99, Citywide.
1.1. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $228,971.20
Original Contract: $526,409.51 (ORD 0922-2026)
Modification #1: $228,971.20 (Current)
Total $755,380.71
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This is a three-year contract for fiscal years 2026 - 2028 for which modifications were anticipated pursuant to the original authorizing legislation under Ordinance 0922-2026 to account for future construction projects being assigned to Resource International, Inc. for inspection services. Those future construction projects were not known when the contract was put into place.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This is a multi-year contract that will be modified as required to provide construction administration/inspection services for future construction projects that bid during the three-year (2026-2028) time frame. Those future construction projects were not known when the contract was put into place.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of this modification was determined by negotiations between Resource International, Inc. and the Department of Public Utilities project staff based upon the existing contract labor titles, maximum labor rates, allowable contract expenses, and the time estimated to be needed to perform contract tasks.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT
Division of Water Reclamation projects include rehabilitation of existing sewers, repair to existing sewers, construction of new sewers, and construction of green infrastructure. The majority of the projects will reduce inflow and infiltration to the City’s sanitary sewer system thus mitigating sanitary sewer overflows to basements and waterways. Other projects provide improvement to existing storm infrastructure to mitigate drainage/flooding issues.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFORMATION
Resource International, Inc contract compliance number is CC-004197 and expires 2/10/2028. Resource International, Inc.’s certification was in good standing at the time of contract award.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Resource International, Inc.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The 2025 Capital Improvement Budget must be amended to align budget authority with the proper project. Funds in the amount of $228,971.20 are available and appropriated within the Storm Bond Fund, Fund 6204, and Sanitary Bond Fund, Fund 6109. A transfer of cash and appropriation within the Storm and Sanitary Bond Fund is needed to align cash and appropriation with the proper project.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract modification with Resource International for the Construction Administration/Construction Inspection Services 2026-2028 contract; to authorize an amendment to the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize a transfer of cash and appropriation within the Sanitary Bond Fund and within the Storm Bond Fund; and to expend up to $228,971.20 from the Sanitary Bond Fund and the Storm Bond Fund for this modification. ($228,971.20)
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WHEREAS, additional construction inspection/administration tasks need to be performed; and
WHEREAS, Resource International, Inc. was awarded a contract through the City’s RFP process to perform construction administration/inspection services for Department of Public Utilities construction projects bid during the calendar years 2026 through 2028 as part of the Construction Administration/Construction Inspection Services 2026-2028 contracts; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Utilities needs to have construction administration/inspection services performed for the 2021 General Construction Contract - Storm and Sanitary CIP 610500-100005 and 650745-100013 projects; and
WHEREAS, the contract with Resource International, Inc. will need to be modified to add these tasks to the contract and to add funding to pay for the tasks; and
WHEREAS, an amendment to the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget is needed to align budget authority with the proper project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer cash and appropriation within the Sanitary Bond Fund and within the Storm Bond Fund to align cash and appropriation with the proper project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary in the daily operations of the Department of Public Utilities to authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to expend funds to pay for the construction administration and inspection services Resource International provides under the Construction Administration/Construction Inspection Services 2026-2028 contract; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget authorized by Ordinance 1790-2025 be amended as follows to establish sufficient budget authority for this project:
Fund / Project Number / Project Name (Funding Source) / Current Authority / Revised Authority / Change
6109 / 650725-100011 / Large Diameter - Blacklick Creek Main Trunk (Voted Sanitary Carryover) / $454,287.00 / $337,109.00 / ($117,178.00)
6109 / 650745-100013 / 2021 General Construction Contract - Sanitary (Voted Sanitary Carryover) / $1,297,379.00 / $1,414,557.00 / $117,178.00
6204 / 611009-100000 / Terrace Avenue / Broad Street Stormwater System Improvements (Voted Storm Carryover) / $138,278.00 / $26,485.00 / ($111,793.00)
6204 / 610500-100005 / 2021 General Construction Contract - Storm (Voted Storm Carryover) / $1,111,947.00 / $1,223,740.00 / $111,793.00
SECTION 2. That the transfer of up to $117,177.59 between projects within the Sanitary Bond Fund, Fund 6109, and up to $111,793.61 between projects within the Storm Bond Fund, Fund 6204, is authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Public Utilities is authorized to enter into a contract modification with Resource International, Inc., 6350 Presidential Gateway, Columbus, Ohio, 43231, for construction administration and inspection services, in accordance with the terms and conditions as shown in the contract on file with the Department of Public Utilities, in an amount not to exceed $228,971.20.
SECTION 4. That an expenditure not to exceed $228,971.20 is authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this Ordinance.
SECTION 5. Funds are 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 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to transfer the unencumbered balance in a 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.
SECTION 8. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.