Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, to enter into a professional services agreement, with Pizzuti Solutions LLC, to provide Owner Representation for the Division of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project, in the amount of $1,838,701.00.
The Owner’s Representative shall provide scope management, risk management, configuration management, project reporting, progress meetings, project closeout, and services for the duration of the construction period, as well as other services identified in the bidding documents.
2. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals (RFP)." The project was let by the Office of Construction Management through Vendor Services and Bonfire. Four hundred ninety (490) vendors were solicited.
Six (6) Request for Proposals were opened on May 13, 2025.
Vendor: City/State
Pizzuti Solutions LLC Columbus/OH
Athenian Group LLC Houston, TX
LJR Core Build Group, LLC Preston, CT
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas Columbus/OH
Concord Addis, LLC Columbus/OH
Greer Construction Co., Columbus/OH
Velocity Construction Svcs. DBA
An evaluation committee reviewed and scored the proposals based on the criteria included in Columbus City Code, Section 329. The Department of Finance and Management recommends an award be made to Pizzuti Solutions LLC.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFO: Pizzuti Solutions LLC, Vendor No. 008612, expires 2/16/26
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Pizzuti Solutions LLC.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: It is requested that this Ordinance be handled as an emergency as the Department would like to Pizzuti Solutions to consolidate the project schedule in order to maintain the November 2027 deadline.
5. FISCAL IMPACT: A transfer of funds within the Safety G.O. Bonds Fund will be necessary for this expenditure.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, to enter into a professional services agreement with Pizzuti Solutions LLC, to provide Owner Representation for the Department of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project; to authorize a transfer of $1,838,701.00 and an expenditure up to $1,838,701.00 within the G.O. Bonds Funds; and to declare an emergency. ($1,838,701.00)
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WHEREAS, six (6) technical proposals for Owner Representation for the Department of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project were received on May 13, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management recommends the agreement be awarded to Pizzuti Solutions LLC; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services agreement for the Department of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project, in an amount up to $1,838,701.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize a transfer and expenditure of funds within the Safety G.O. Bonds Fund - Fund No. 7701; 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 Director of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services agreement with Pizzuti Solutions LLC, to provide Owner Representation for the Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project, in an emergency manner so the vendor can consolidate the project schedule in order to maintain the November 2027 deadline, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to enter into a professional services agreement, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with Pizzuti Solutions LLC, to provide Owner Representation for the Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project, in an amount up to $1,838,701.00.
SECTION 2. That a transfer of $1,838,701.00 and expenditure up to $1,838,701.00, or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in the Safety G.O. Bonds Fund - Fund No. 7701, in Object Class 06 - Capital Outlay, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this Ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance 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 no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project account by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
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 for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this Ordinance is 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.