Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with EMH&T, Inc. in the amount of $158,555.00, for professional engineering services for the Lazelle Road 2 Million Gallon (MG) Storage Tank Project.
This project consists of designing a 2 MG hydropillar water tank including a mixing system. The tank will be located on an existing tank site owned by the City of Columbus. The site design shall meet all City of Columbus stormwater requirements, which will include an approved CC Drawing. The consultant will prepare the design specifications for the project and review all construction submittals.
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." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. project schedule, 3. environmentally preferable offeror, and 4. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on September 15, 2008 from EMH&T, Inc., Chester Engineers, and Poggemeyer Design Group, Inc.
Upon review of the technical proposals, the bidders were ranked using the criteria mentioned above and EMH&T, Inc. was the firm selected to perform the services for this project. Their Contract Compliance Number is 31-0685594 (expires 11/2/09, Majority). Additional information regarding each bidder, description of work, contract time frame and detailed amounts can be found on the attached Legislation Information Form.
3. FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation includes a transfer of funds within the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund and a transfer of funds from the Water System Reserve Fund to the Water Works Enlargement Voted Bonds Fund as a temporary measure until such time as the proceeds from a bond sale can be made available....
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