City of Columbus - File #: 0731-2006

• File #: 0731-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/4/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 5/8/2006
• Final action: 5/11/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., for the Wet Weather Management Plan Professional Program Management Project in the amount of $7,000,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $164,003.80; the transfer and expenditure of $4,276,598.86 within the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of $2,723,401.14 from the Sewer System Reserve Fund to the Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to amend the 2005 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and to declare an emergency. ($7,000,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/11/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/11/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/8/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/8/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/27/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/26/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/26/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/26/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/25/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/25/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/25/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/24/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/24/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/18/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval
4/18/2006	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/18/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/17/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Malcolm Pirnie, Inc., for professional program management services for the 2006-2010 Capital Improvements Program of the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The work in that program is a very substantial group of sewer capital improvements projects (CIPs), both collections systems and treatment works improvements, which has been agreed to by the City and Ohio EPA in order to conform to the requirements of the City's consent orders. The actual emplacement of the CIPs will be by construction contract; the professional program management contract will provide: program planning, scheduling, budgeting, and status reporting; construction management; design management; some design of critical projects; special services such as Value Engineering, and other services for this very large, important program, as directed by the City.

2. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION:
The Division of Sewerage and Drainage determined that these specialized, high-level management services are necessary to successfully conduct this important program, and that the services cannot be performed by City personnel at this time. In consequence, a procurement conforming to the Request For Proposals (RFP) process in 329.14 of Columbus City Codes was conducted, as follows:

a) Written notice of the procurement process was furnished to City Council.
b) The RFP was prepared, and published in the "City Bulletin" beginning on 12/10/2005.
c) Information packages were made available to Offerors beginning on 12/12/2005.
d) An informational meeting was held for Offerors on 1/06/2006.
e) Proposals were received from Offerors on 1/20/2006.
f) Three Proposals were received by the City.
g) A three-person Evaluation Committee of Division and Department personnel reviewed the Proposals, achieved a unanimous ranking, and reported the ranking on 2/24/2006.
h) The Administrator and Director...