Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio, now GFT Infrastructure Inc, to add additional funds for Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project.
Ordinance No. 2443-2020 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a $500,000.00 professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio for the Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project. The intent of this contract is to provide the City of Columbus with continuing, contractual access to additional resources that are necessary to perform various professional traffic engineering services as well as provide technical expertise to produce studies for the Department of Public Service to aid the City in determining solutions for safety issues throughout the City. This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $100,000.00.
Ordinance No. 0762-2026 authorized the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify all contracts between the Department of Public Service and TranSystems Corporation to allow for the assignment of all such contracts from TranSystems Corporation to GFT Infrastructure Inc.
This modification of the original contract is to provide design services for additional tasks including Hudson Bike Connection work, Interchange Operations Analysis at West North Broadway, and additional work to be studied on the existing General Engineering contract.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $100,000.00
The original contract amount: $500,000.00 (PO250005, Ord. 2443-2020)
The total of Modification No. 1: $100,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $600,000.00
1.2 Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This work could not be anticipated because specific tasks are unclear for General Engineering task order contracts at the time original contract is initiated.
1.3 Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This task is traffic studies work that should be completed by a consultant that has significant knowledge on this disciple. Therefore, it was decided that it is in the best interest of the City to modify the existing contract instead of bidding this part of the work.
1.4 How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of this contract modification was determined by Department of Traffic Management to cover future study needs within the original General Engineering contract.
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against GFT Infrastructure Inc.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for GFT Infrastructure Inc. is CC054738 which expires 3/3/2028
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding will come from Fund 7704, the Streets and Highways Bond Fund. An amendment to the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget and a transfer of funds is required to establish sufficient budget authority for the project.
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To amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget; to transfer cash and appropriation within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund; to authorize the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract modification with GFT Infrastructure Inc. in connection with the Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project; to authorize the expenditure of up to $100,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to pay for the project. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is engaged in the Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project; and
WHEREAS, PO250005-1 with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio in the amount of $500,000.00, was authorized by Ordinance No. 2443-2020; and
WHEREAS, ordinance No. 0762-2026 authorized the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify all contracts between the Department of Public Service and TranSystems Corporation to allow for the assignment of all such contracts from TranSystems Corporation to GFT Infrastructure Inc.
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to modify the contract in an amount up to $100,000.00 and provide additional funds for the Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to amend the 2025 Capital Improvement Budget to establish authority within the correct project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize a transfer of funds with the Streets and Highways Bond Fund to establish sufficient cash to pay for the project; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize expenditures of up to $100,000.00 from the Streets and Highways Bond Fund relative to the modification of work for the project; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation for the City to enter into a contract with GFT Infrastructure Inc. for the provision of professional engineering consulting services described above; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the 2025 Capital Improvements Budget authorized by Ordinance No. 1790-2025 be amended as follows to establish sufficient authority for this project:
Fund / Project / Project Name / C.I.B. / Change / C.I.B. as Amended
7704 / P530086 - 100037 / Intersection Improvements - Refugee at Hines (Voted Carryover) / $920,000.00 / ($100,000.00) / $820,000.00
7704 / P538015-100000 / Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 (Voted Carryover) / $0.00 / $100,000.00/ $100,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Director of Public Service be, and hereby is, authorized to enter into a contract modification with GFT Infrastructure Inc., at 8890 Lyra Drive, Suite 110, Columbus, OH 43240, for the Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020 project in the amount of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, in accordance with the plans and specifications on file in the Department of Public Service, which are hereby approved.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5911 (Infrastructure Management), Project 530086 - 100037 (Intersection Improvements - Refugee at Hines), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) to Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5913 (Traffic Management), P538015-100000 (Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 7704 (Streets and Highways Bond Fund), Dept-Div 5913 (Traffic Management), P538015-100000 (Intersection - Safety Study General Engineering 2020), Object Class 06 (Capital Outlay) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 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 hereby 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.