Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services for the design of the Police Crime Lab located at 724 Woodrow Avenue.
The project shall include, but is not limited to, master planning/programming, schematic design, design development, construction documents, bidding and negotiation, construction contract administration, and project closeout for the Police Crime Lab The facility will be designed with Green Building Principles.
The Office of Construction Management solicited Requests for Statements of Qualifications (RFSQ). The City received ten (10) statements from the following firms on July 18, 2011
(3 *MBE, 0 FBE):
MA, *Machisa Design Services, Inc., Hasenstab Architects, Inc., RP Architects, Phillip Markwood Architects, Inc., *Moody Nolan, Inc., Horne & King Architects, Inc., Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc., *Harris Design Services, and Design Group, Inc. The selection of the vendor for professional services is in accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes.
Emergency action is requested so that work may begin as quickly as possible so that the proper management oversight of this large capital improvement project is not delayed.
Mull & Weithman Architects Contract Compliance No. 31-1635306, expiration date January 4, 2012.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $2 million from the Safety Voted Bond fund for professional services with Mull & Weithman Architects for the design of the Police Crime Lab at Woodrow Avenue. The Public Safety Department budgeted $2 million in the Safety Voted Bond fund for the Crime Lab design.
Title
To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services for the design of the Police Crime Lab; to authorize the expenditure of $2,000,000.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,000,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management desires to enter into a professional service contract with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services for the design of the Police Crime Lab located at 724 Woodrow Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. is the most responsive and responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services for the design of the Police Crime Lab located at 724 Woodrow Avenue, so that proper management oversight of this large capital improvement project is not delayed; 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 Finance and Management Director is hereby authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services for the design of the Police Crime Lab located at 724 Woodrow Avenue.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $2,000,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regards to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 30-03
Fund: 701
Project: 330033-100000
OCA: 701033
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6681
Amount: $2,000,000.00
SECTION 3. 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.