Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Environmental Remediation Contractor in the amount of $76,953.80, for the Griggs Reservoir Environmental Remediation Project, Division of Water Contract Number 2000.
Work under this project consists of preparing the site for soil excavation activities within the wooded setting, testing and waste disposal in accordance with OSHA and USEPA regulations, coordinating transport and disposal spoil material, and backfilling excavation to grade.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The project consists of removing hanzardous waste and provide soil testing from the banks of Griggs Reservoir near the City of Columbus Indian Village Day Camp. Griggs Reservoir is a water supply source for the Dublin Road Water Treatment Plant, one of three City of Columbus drinking water treatment facilities. Site remediation is part of a Voluntary Action Plan with Ohio EPA. No community outreach was performed for this project. The work is being coordinated with the Ohio EPA.
3. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD: The Director of Public Utilities publicly opened seven bids on November 7, 2012 from: Environmental Management Specialists - $40,258.90; Environmental Remediation Contractor - $76,953.80; Water Quality Systems - $96,256.02; Environmental Enterprises, Inc. - $106,337.99; Conie Construction Co. - $110,832.70; Metropolitan Environmental Services - $113,970.87; King Development Ltd. (King Environmental Group) - $225,701.85.
The bid of Environmental Management Specialists, the apparent low bidder at the time of bid opening, was deemed non-responsive. The Department’s bid documents required lighter weight equipment than what Environmental Management Specialists was intending to utilize as confirmed through phone interviews by the design professional, CH2M Hill, Inc. The reas...
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