Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish a purchase order and expend funds for window replacement at three (3) fire stations within the City of Columbus. These fire stations are Fire Station No. 5, 211 McNaughten Rd; Fire Station No. 7, 1425 Indianola Avenue; and Fire Station No. 12, 3200 Sullivant Avenue. The purchase order will be established pursuant to the State Requirements contract with Lusk Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Ordinance #582-87 authorizes City agencies to participate in the Ohio Department of Administrative Services (DAS) cooperative contracts when deemed to be “cost effective” to the City of Columbus. This will allow the Office of Construction Management to replace aged and energy inefficient windows, thereby reducing energy costs and increasing occupant comfort and safety.
Earlier legislation authorized the Fire Window Replacement Program for three (3) City of Columbus Fire Stations using the City’s traditional design-bid-build procurement method. This ordinance will allow for a pilot program for the window replacement for three (3) City of Columbus Fire Stations utilizing an established State Term contract, based on the concept of Job Order Contracting (JOC). The JOC allows the City to get commonly encountered construction projects done using a different contracting method. By using JOC, the City hopes to reduce costs, time and errors for certain renovation, repair and construction projects. The State of Ohio bid JOC through the use of a unit price book, which provides for preset costs for specific construction tasks. Winning bidders were selected based on their mark-up or discount from these preset costs. The Finance and Management Department, Construction Management Office, wishes to use this contract to measure its effectiveness in comparison to the traditional construction procurement method. If deemed effective, the Construction Management Office will consider conducting...
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