Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
A. Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify the professional engineering services contract with Camp, Dresser, McKee, Inc. (CDM), for the Sewer System Capacity Model Update, for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. This ordinance will authorize the establishment of $2,562,564.93 in additional funding. Under the terms of this contract, the City has the right to contract for additional services to fulfill emergency capital improvements or smaller scoped projects, subject to the approval of a contract modification by City Council to provide general engineering services for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The potential need for the additional work was foreseen and so stated in the original contract's legislation, and is therefore a planned continuation of the services originally included within the existing contract's scope of service. It is not deemed either feasible or reasonable to suspend work with the entity currently under contract and undertake continuation of these services with another procurement. The cost of the modification is a continuation of the vendor's current pricing structure, as verified by City staff. The Division has determined that these services cannot be performed by City personnel at this time, and has planned for the procurement of these services on a routine basis.
This project will continue development and enhancement of the City's Sewer System Capacity Model (SSCM). The SSCM is the City's long-term commitment to accurately evaluate collection system capacity deficiencies and devise economical solutions to those deficiencies.
The basic services to be provided under this Agreement are professional specialized technical services necessary to update the SSCM from year 2000 to 2006 conditions. The model update is necessary to ensure continued conformance with the existing Consent orders between the City of Columbus and the State of Ohio, ongoing efforts t...
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