Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc. for professional civil engineering services for the Fire Pavement Restoration Program at various fire stations located within the City of Columbus.
The purpose of the Fire Pavement Restoration Program is to renovate the asphalt and concrete parking lots, as well as the driveways at sixteen (16) fire stations located within the City of Columbus. These fire stations are as follows:
Training Center - 3639 Parsons Ave. |
Station 1 - 300 North 4th Street |
Station 23 - 4451 East Livingston Ave. |
Station 12 - 3200 Sullivant Ave. |
Station 24 - 1585 Morse Road |
Station 17 - 2250 West Broad Street |
Station 26 - 5333 Fisher Road |
Station 20 - 2646 East 5th Ave. |
Station 33 - 440 Lazelle Road |
Station 22 - 3069 Parsons Ave. |
Station 7 - 1425 Indianola Ave. |
Station 30 - 3555 Fishinger Road |
Station 21 - 3294 East Main Street |
Station 5 - 211 McNaughten Road |
Station 31 - 5105 Alkire Road |
Station 29 - 5151 Little Turtle Way |
In accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Codes, Requests for Statements of Qualifications were advertised and responses were submitted on or before April 19, 2012. The City received six (6) statements from the following firms (2 AS1, 1 FBE, 1 MBE): *AS1-Columbus Engineering Consultants, Inc., Jones Stuckey, FBE-Resource International Inc., MBE-Ribway Engineering Group, American Structure Point, Inc., and AS1-Kabil Associates, Inc.
A committee of city employees from Construction Management, Public Safety, and EBOCO, evaluated the RFSQ's and recommended Ribway Engineering Group as the firm to provide professional engineering services for the Fire Pavement Restoration Program.
Emergency action is requested to begin the engineering and design of this fire pavement restoration so as to ensure that emergency vehicles have improved access to streets/highways, and to reduce repair and replacement costs for tire and other vehicle parts due to improved lot conditions. Furthermore, the optimal start time for most construction projects is spring or summer.
Ribway Engineering Group, Inc., Contract Compliance No. 31-1406579, expiration date February 14, 2014.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this civil engineering contract is $564,000.00, which includes "if authorized" services for designing eight (8) additional sites ($168,000), surveying ($30,000), and testing ($30,000). Funding is available in the Safety G.O. Bond Fund.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc. on behalf of the Office of Construction Management for professional civil engineering services for the Fire Pavement Restoration Program at sixteen (16) fire stations located within the City of Columbus; to authorize the expenditure of $564,000.00 from the Safety G.O. Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($564,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Finance and Management Department, Office of Construction Management desires to enter into a professional services contract with Ribway Engineering Group for civil engineering consulting services for the Fire Pavement Restoration Program; and
WHEREAS, Ribway Engineering Group 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 with Ribway Engineering Group for civil engineering services for the Fire Pavement Restoration program at various fire stations located within the City of Columbus, thereby preserving the public health, property, peace, 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 authorized to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc. for professional civil engineering services for the Fire Pavement Restoration Program.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $564,000.00, 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: 30-04
Fund: 701
Project: 340103-100000
OCA: 711103
Object Level 1: 06
Object Level 3: 6620
Amount: $564,000.00
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 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.