Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Woolpert, Inc. to add additional funds for design of the Roadway - North Knot-SR315.
Ordinance 1912-2022 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Woolpert, Inc. for the Roadway - North Knot-SR315 project. The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, general engineering and transportation planning services for preliminary design services for improvements to State Route 315 (SR-315) and its exit or entrance ramps and interchanges between the SR-315 bridge (south of King Avenue) over the Olentangy River and Ackerman Road. This project will be used to identify traffic capacity improvements to the freeway ramps and interchanges needed to support existing and planned development in the area. It will also be used to identify traffic capacity improvements to intersections in close proximity to the interchanges.
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify the contract in the amount of $450,000.00.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $450,000.00
The original contract amount: $750,000.00 (PO341012, Ord. 1912-2022)
The total of Modification No. 1: $450,000.00 (This Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $1,200,000.00
1.2 Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This modification is necessary to finalize traffic analysis of the alternatives developed out of the initial study phase and prepare elements of a feasibility study. Additionally, the modification will provide funding to bring the study to a level of detail appropriate for applying for a Ohio Department of Transportation Major New Capacity Program federal grant.
1.3 Reason other procurement processes are not used:
There is not enough time...
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