Explanation
BACKGROUND: This contract provides for the Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main. Competitive bids were received and opened for this project at the office of the Director of Public Utilities on October 11, 2006. Ten (10) bids were received on this project. The most responsive and responsible bid was submitted by Fields Excavating, Inc., 177 Twp Road 191, Kitts Hill, Ohio, 45645. Contract to be awarded to same.
This ordinance also authorizes the expenditure of $116,949.44 for inspection service by the Transportation Division
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE NUMBER: 31-1451322
FISCAL IMPACT: This project is included in the 2006 C.I.B. and funds are being transferred to providing funding for this project.
BIDDERS AMOUNT
Fields Excavating, Inc. $883,050.56
Underground Utilities, Inc. $976,212.60
Nickolas Savko & Sons, Inc. $976,248.90
John Eramo & Sons, Inc. $983,020.42
Complete General Construction Company $1,007,172.10
Tata Excavating, Inc. $1,029,909.60
Darby Creek Excavating, Inc. $1,095,445.31
R. B. Jergens Contractors, Inc. Non-Responsive
George J. Igel & Co., Inc. $1,111,122.10
McDaniel's Construction Corp., Inc. Non-Responsive
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Fields Excavating, Inc. for the Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main for the Division of Water, to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds within the Waterworks Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund, and to authorize the expenditure of $883,050.56 for construction and $116,949.44 for inspection services by the Transportation Division from the Water Works Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund, and to declare an emergency.($1,000,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Utilities did receive and open ten (10) bids on October 11, 2006, for the Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main, and
WHEREAS, a responsive and responsible bid has been received, and
WHEREAS, in the usual daily operations of the Division of Power and Water, Department of Public Utilities in that it is necessary to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract for the Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main for the Division of Power and Water for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and Now, Therefore,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to pass this ordinance as an emergency measure because of the need to maintain design and construction schedules, for the preservation fo 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 Director of Public Utilities is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Fields Excavating, Inc., 177 Twp Road 191, Kitts Hill, Ohio, 45645, in the amount of $883,050.56 for construction of the Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main for the Division of Power and Water, Department of Public Utilities, Contract No. 1022, Project No. 690454, on the basis of the most responsive and responsible bid received on October 11, 2006.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds within the Waterworks Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund, Fund No. 606, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Water, as follows:
From:
690449 Dublin Road 36" Water Main,
OCA Code 690449 $611,255.33
To:
690454 Scioto and Darby Creek 30" Water Main,
OCA Code 690454 $611,255.33
SECTION 3. That for paying the cost of construction, the expenditure of $883,050.56 or as much thereof as may be needed be, and the same is hereby authorized from the Water Works Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund No. 606, Department 60, Division 09, OCA Code 690454, Object Level Three Code 6629, Object Level One 06, Project No. 690454.
SECTION 4. That for paying the cost of inspection, the expenditure of $116,949.44 or as much as may be needed be and the same is hereby authorized from the Water Works Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund No. 606, Department 60, Division 09, OCA Code 690454, Object Level Three Code 6686, Object Level One 06, Project No. 690454.
SECTION 5. 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, except that no transfer shall be so made from a project funded by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. 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.