Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with W.E. Stilson Consulting Group, in the amount of $223,730.64, for professional engineering services for the Innis Avenue Area Water Line Improvements Project, Division of Power and Water Contract No. 1163.
The purpose of this project is to construct necessary improvements to the water distribution system in the Innis Avenue area. The improvements identified in the scope of work will replace mains that have high break histories and require frequent maintenance. This project consists of eleven (11) project sites including Innis Avenue, Weiler Avenue, Woodrow Avenue, Kelton Avenue, Ellsworth Avenue, Kelton Avenue, Lawrence Drive, Linwood Avenue, Fairwood Avenue, Rhoads Avenue, and Faber Avenue for a total of 14,000 feet of new six (6), eight (8), and twelve (12) inch water mains.
2. 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 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on April 30, 2010 from W.E. Stilson Consulting Group, ms consultants, inc., and ME Companies.
An evaluation committee reviewed the proposals and scored them based on the criteria stated in the Code. Based on the evaluation of the proposals submitted, the Director of Public Utilities requests award of the project to W.E. Stilson Consulting Group.
The Contract Compliance Number for W.E. Stilson Consulting Group is 31-1702689 (expires 10/5/12, Majority). Additional information regarding each bidder, description of work, contract time frame and detailed amounts can be found on the attached Information form.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against W.E. Stilso...
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