Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a professional services contract for the Office of Construction Management with Dyanmix Engineering Ltd. for an energy audit of City Hall, 90 West Broad Street. The audit will be a three-step process, with a goal of identifying energy efficiency measures (EEMs) with shorter paybacks, in order to implement these measures as quickly as possible. The first step will be a preliminary feasibility audit. This will be done by a utility bill analysis and a quick walk-through assessment. EEMs will be ranked by payback time. Based upon the City's priority, EEMs will be selected to move to the second step, the Technical Analysis Audit. This step will be done with a review of drawings and physical inspection of equipment. Savings will be estimated based on sound engineering principles with energy engineering calculations in conformance with cognizant professional societies. EEMs will again be ranked according to City priority. The top ranked EEMs will proceed to the third step, the Investment Grade Audit. This step will lead to guaranteed cost and savings estimates, through field measuring and computer modeling.
Requests for Statements of Qualifications were available on July 5, 2006, and submitted on July 14, 2006. The City received five proposals: Dynamix Engineering Ltd. (MBE), Energy Systems Group, Johnson Controls, Robert H. Fuller & Associates, Inc., and SABO/LIMBACH Energy Services. A five person committee evaluated the proposals, consisting of one member from the Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office, three members from the Facilities Management Division (two of whom now work for the since-created Office of Construction Management), and one member from the Finance and Management Director's Office. The scores were as follows: Dynamix Engineering 880 points, Robert H. Fuller & Associates 865 points, SABO/LIMBACH Energy Services 793 points,...
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