Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with DesignLevel, LLC. for design services related to the renovation of the Public Service Division of Design & Construction (DODC) Building at 1800 E. 17th Avenue.
This project is to provide design services for the renovation of the Department of Public Service DODC building. A portion of the existing building will be reconfigured for better work flow, which will include the addition of approximately 6,000 sq. ft. of mostly office space. Also, some of the outdated mechanical systems will be updated as well as adding a generator for the building. In addition, the parking lot entrance and traffic flow around the building will also be reconfigured to accommodate the changes.
The Department of Finance and Management, Office of Construction Management, solicited a Request for Proposals for the renovation of the Public Service DODC Building.
This project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services website. On July 27, 2021 the city received four (4) responses (0 FBE, 1 WBE, 1 MBE) as listed. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated by the Evaluation Committee:
Company City FBE/MBE
BBCO Design, LLC. Upper Arlington WBE
DesignLevel, LLC. Columbus EBOCC
Dynotec, Inc. Columbus MBE
TRIAD Architects, Ltd. Columbus EBOCC
DesignLevel, LLC. received the highest score by the evaluation committee and therefore the Office of Construction Management is recommending the contract award to DesignLevel, LLC.
The contract compliance number for DesignLevel, LLC. is 27-3060873 and expires July 19, 2023.
Fiscal Impact: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $133,600.00 from the Private Inspection Fund and $311,724.07 from the Public Inspection Fund for design services for t...
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