Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with ProCon Professional Construction Services, Inc. for construction of a demising wall and suite entry on the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street.
This space was formerly occupied by Franklin County Jobs and Family Services, who did not renew its sublease when it expired in December 2011. In order to prepare this space for occupancy by the City or another tenant, a demising wall and suite entrance must be constructed. The full scope of work will include constructing a fire rated corridor with relocated light fixtures, a new wood/glass suite entry, and a Matrix card reader.
Formal bids were solicited and three companies submitted bids on May 17, 2012 as follows (*FBE, 0 MBE):
ProCon Professional Construction Services, Inc. $21,201.00
*Bomarr Construction $29,092.00
Central Ohio Building $46,500.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, ProCon Professional Construction Services, Inc.
Emergency action is requested to provide necessary accommodations for space occupancy by the City or another tenant.
ProCon Professional Construction Services, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 31-1701026, expiration date May 31, 2014.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $21,201.00. Sufficient funding is available in the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with ProCon Professional Services, Inc. for a renovation project on the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street; to authorize the expenditure of $21,201.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($21,201.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to renovate the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street; and
WHEREAS, formal bids were solicited and three companies responded; and
WHEREAS, ProCon Professional Construction Services, Inc. was deemed as the most responsive and responsible bidder to complete the renovation of the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Finance and Management Director to contract with ProCon Professional Services, Inc. for renovation of the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center to provide necessary accomodations for space occupancy by the City or another tenant. , 1111 East Broad Street, 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 to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management for renovation of the second floor at the Jerry Hammond Center, 1111 East Broad Street
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $21,201.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary in regard to the action authorized in SECTION 1, be and is hereby authorized and approved as follows:
Division: 45-07
Fund: 733
Project: 570030-100120
OCA: 733120
Object Level: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $21,201.00
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for 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.