Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an engineering agreement with CDM Smith Inc. for professional engineering services for the Waste Water Treat Facilities I&C Integration and Programming Team project. The basic services to be provided under this Agreement are professional engineering and technical services necessary to execute the scope of work, as listed in this RFP, associated with the DPU’s SCADA, Telemetry, and Process Control Systems.
The Scope of Work for this project will consist of the following tasks: Project Management; Project Development Assistance; Project Integration;
Project Integration to Servers; Intra-Site Integration; Daily Engineering and Technical Support; and Training.
The contract will be established as a lump sum allowance, the DPU Contract Administrator will issue a Request for Proposal for each requested task. Once the Manager and the City Contract Administrator agree upon a scope of work and the numbers of hours per task the cost will be deducted from the contract lump sum.
The timeline for this contract is for the initial contract award in 2013; with three annual modifications anticipated in 2014, 2015, and 2016. The projected contract end date is for late 2016 or early 2017.
2013 Original Contract (current) $349,988.00
2014 Future Modification #1 $500,000.00
2015 Future Modification #2 $500,000.00
2016 Future Modification #3 $500,000.00
Estimated Total $1,849,988.00
2. PROCUREMENT: CDM Smith Inc. was selected in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14. CDM Smith Inc. was the only firm to submit a. Upon review using criteria based on the proposal quality, experience of the team’s personnel, experience of the prime contractor, and local workforce, CDM Smith Inc. was awarded the contract.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: An emergency designation is not requested at this time.
4. CONTRACT COMPIANCE NO: 04-2...
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