Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a professional services contract for the Facilities Management Division with Design Group, Inc. for engineering consulting services in order to produce detailed plans for a new West Side Family Health Center. The goal is to design a three story, 35,000 square foot facility at 2300 West Broad Street, the location of the original Fire Station 17. The design, at a minimum, is to incorporate the front façade of the existing structure. It is to include office space, a storage room, a community room, office space for various public safety functions, a kitchenette, a medical clinic, a podiatry clinic, an OB/GYN clinic, a pediatric clinic, a dental clinic, social services and a vision clinic. All of these design services are to include environmentally responsible components in compliance with the Mayor's policy directive "Get Green Columbus 2005: Environmental Stewardship in the 21st Century."
Responsibilities will also include progressive meetings with the City and the community through completion of agreed upon final product, complete zoning process, renderings, drawings, specifications, and the bid process. The construction administration phase will include shop drawings and submittal reviews, RFI and change order process, pay request review/approval, weekly site progress meetings, providing as built drawings/CAD files, with close out documentation upon completion of the project. The contract will also include an architectural contingency for City requested scope of work changes and unforeseen circumstances.
Formal Requests for Statements of Qualifications (RFSQ) were solicited by the City of Columbus in the City Bulletin from March 16, 2006 through March 30, 2006. The City received four minimally compliant proposals (1 MBE, 1 MBR). Trinity Health Group submitted a proposal after the deadline date and was not considered. A seven-member evaluation ...
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