BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Farber Corporation for construction services in conjunction with various energy efficiency retro-commissioning and energy management related projects at six (6) municipal buildings:
City Hall, 90 W. Broad Street
Jerry Hammond, 1111 E. Broad Street
Central Safety, 120 Marconi Boulevard
Police Academy, 1000 N. Hague Avenue
Fire Training Academy, 3639 Parsons Avenue
East Central Health, 1180 E. Main Street
The purpose of this ordinance is to set aside funds to further the City’s energy efficiency and ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The City is seeking construction services to implement a selection of energy efficiency retro-commissioning measures at six (6) municipal building operation -City Hall, Jerry Hammond, Central Safety, Police Academy, Fire Training Academy, and East Central Health. This may include, but is not limited to, such items as: upgrading HVAC dampers and fans, cleaning of heating and cooling coils, upgrade of door seals, and updates to HVAC set points and building operational schedules.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received two (2) bids (0 F1, 0 MBE) on January 7, 2021 as follows:
Company City AS1/FBE/MBE Bid Amount
Faber Corporation Columbus EBOCC $769,073.00
Plug Smart Columbus N/A $1,218,115.00
Farber Corporation submitted the lowest bid of $769,073.00. The amount of the award will be $650,000.00. To stay within the original budget, alternate 1-$72,500 was eliminated and contingency was reduced by $46,573.00. The Office of Construction Management therefore recommends the bid award be made to the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder, Farber Corporation.
Farber Corporation Contract Compliance No. 31-07468...
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