Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to enter into contract for the Transportation Division for four professional services engineering contracts for General Engineering. The intent of these projects is to provide the City of Columbus, Transportation Division, additional resources to perform various engineering and surveying tasks specifically for the Production and Planning sections. There will be four General Engineering contracts.
In order to provide more opportunities for small and emerging businesses, four separate contracts bid at the same time have been solicited. However, no qualified business was exempted. In addition, since these contracts may be used for quick response design services, it is better management practice to have four separate contracts with each contract having a separate manager than to have one or two larger contracts with multiple managers. The consultant will receive direction from one individual, thereby limiting miscommunication. The consultant will have fewer tasks, fewer problems regarding priorities, and increased ability to complete a given task on schedule.
The projects developed under this program are typically small to moderate size improvements, and frequently include a significant emphasis on pavement rehabilitation, curb replacement, sidewalks, curb ramps, drainage, minor rehabilitations, and aesthetic improvements. These contracts may be used for quick response design services. The selected consultants will perform such tasks when requested by the City. The timeframe for these contracts will be two years.
The contracts will be written for $250,000.00 each to the following companies:
ME Companies (Majority, CC#: 31-1442777, Expiration Date: 1/23/2010)
Resource International (FBE, CC#: 31-0669793, Expiration Date: 7/29/08)
American Structurepoint (Majority, CC#: 351127317, Expiration Date: 12/11/09)
Prime Engineering (FBE, CC#: 31-1373357, Expirat...
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