Explanation
BACKGROUND: In response to the housing mortgage crisis, the City of Columbus was awarded $22,845,495.00 of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City of Columbus has 18 months ending September 2, 2010 to obligate the entire grant. These funds will provide for the purchase of foreclosed or abandoned properties, and the redevelopment, rehabilitation or demolition of these properties in order to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of values of neighboring homes.
This legislation will allow for the completion of asbestos abatement, a prerequisite to the demolition portion of the NSP program, for the properties in EE007939, EE007981, EE007982, and EE008126 by authorizing the Development Director to modify three contracts with Safeco Environmental, Inc. and one contract with Hina Environmental Solutions, LLC to provide asbestos abatement services on blighted vacant structures.
Safeco Environmental, Inc. was selected from a pool of five companies that responded to the request for bids under the informal bid process in City Code 329.08 for SO-033215 and SO-033217 and six companies for SO-033115. Hina Environmental Solution, LLC was selected from a pool of five companies that responded to the request for bids under the informal bid process in City Code 329.08 for 2010 SO-033669. The Land Redevelopment Office expected the contracts to be under $20,000.00; however, the cost for additional asbestos abatement that was not foreseen before the bidding is $22,340.00 for EE007939, $21,220.00 for EE007981, $13,000.00 for EE007982, and $18,162.00 for EE008126, exceeding the limit for informal bidding. Each company provided its best estimate of the cost to complete the abatement of the structures in their respective contracts and it is by that amount that the contracts need to be increased. The companies were selected based on lowest bid, prior experience, and qualifica...
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