City of Columbus - File #: 2146-2005

• File #: 2146-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/30/2005
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 12/12/2005
• Final action: 12/14/2005
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract for the Facilities Management Division with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional services related to the construction of a Far East Neighborhood Policing Center to be located on Park Crescent Drive, to authorize the expenditure of $156,500.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($156,500.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/14/2005	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/14/2005	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
12/12/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/12/2005	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
12/6/2005	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
12/6/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/6/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
12/6/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
12/1/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/1/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/1/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/1/2005	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
12/1/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
12/1/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/30/2005	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/30/2005	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/30/2005	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

Background: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a professional services contract for the Facilities Management Division with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for engineering consulting services in order to produce detailed plans for the Far East Neighborhood Policing Center (Police Station #14), to be located on Park Crescent Drive. Design services will include environmentally responsible components in compliance with the Mayor's policy directive "Get Green Columbus 2005: Environmental Stewardship in the 21st Century."

Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. will be responsible for design and construction administration. The design phase will include the design of a facility, 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 October 13, 2005 through October 21, 2005. The City received three minimally compliant proposals (0 MBE, 0 FBE). A three-member evaluation committee reviewed the statements. One member was from the Police Division and two members were from the Facilities Management Division.

The committee ranked the statements of qualifications as follows: Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. 499; Cole + Russell Architects, Inc. 468; eS Architecture and Development Inc. 457. All three of the committee members ranked Mull & Weithman Architects...