Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Bricker & Eckler LLP for the Contract Compliance Audit Project for a review of the Department's construction and engineering design contract practices.
Operating and maintaining three drinking water plants, two wastewater plants, thousands of miles of water and sewer pipe and electrical lines requires constant and significant investment in infrastructure. To meet these obligations, the Department of Public Utilities enters into a significant number of construction contracts each year. The Contract Compliance Audit Project will review the Department's construction contract practices for compliance, standardization and best practices. The project also includes a review of professional services contracts used for engineering design of construction projects and the option to develop a model design-build contract for future use.
2. CONTRACT AWARD: Bricker & Eckler LLP, was selected in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." A notice of requests for proposals appeared in the City Bulletin on April 28, 2012, May 5, 2012, and May 12, 2012. Proposals were submitted by the due date of May 18, 2012. Six (6) firms submitted proposals for this project: Bricker & Eckler LLP; Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP; GBQ Consulting; McGlandrey LLP; and Roetzel & Andress LPA.
Five (5) city employees reviewed the proposals. One (1) represented the City Attorney's Office and four (4) represented the Department of Public Utilities. The offerors were ranked using criteria specified in City Code. See scoring tabulation attached.
3. FISCAL IMPACT: $252,000.00 is needed for the contract and is budgeted in the 2012 Public Utilities Budget. Emergency legislation is being requested to avoid interruption in schedules an...
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