Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with GPD Group, Inc., for professional engineering services for the Sale Road Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $255,628.65, for Division of Water Contract No. 2054.
The purpose of this project is to construct necessary improvements to the water distribution system in the Sale Road area between Karl Road and Cleveland Avenue. The improvements identified in the scope of work will replace or rehabilitate water lines that have high break histories and require frequent maintenance. This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 15,900 linear feet of 8-inch water lines within the project area.
The work is located in the North Linden planning area (11). The streets/roads include: Ward Road, Ferris Road, Sale Road, Estates Place, and Huy Road.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The goal of this project is to replace or rehabilitate the existing 6-inch and 8-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will improve water service, decrease burden on water maintenance operations, and reduce water loss. The Neighborhood Liaison(s) will be contacted and informed of this project during the design phase. Further community outreach may result through the Neighborhood Liaison Program.
3. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality and feasibility, 2. past performance, 3. environmentally preferable offeror, and 4. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on June 5, 2015 from GPD...
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