Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc. dba OHM Advisors to add additional funds for design of the Roadway - Livingston Avenue - Alum Creek Trail to James Road project, the contract continues until the project is completed.
Ordinance 3169-2023 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with OHM Advisors in the amount of up to $600,000.00 for the Roadway - Livingston Avenue - Alum Creek Trail to James Road project, along with Bexley Ordinance #05-24, to enter into agreements with and to accept funds from the City of Bexley (Bexley) to advance the project. This project involves improvements to Livingston Avenue that include replacement of the existing traffic signals at the intersections of College Avenue, Roosevelt Avenue, and Kenwick Road, replacement of sidewalk along both sides with shared use paths, modification to the existing pavement to remove the Berwick Boulevard connection from the intersection at Berwick Boulevard and College Avenue, street lighting upgrades, and addition of landscaped medians.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $1,043,000.00
Original contract amount $600,000.00 (Ord.3169-2023, PO427514)
Modification number 1 $1,043,333.00 (This ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $1,643,333.00
1.2 Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
This modification will provide for additional surveying, detailed engineering and design, and right-of-way plan development to continue the scope of the original contract.
1.3 Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The work is a continuation of services completed by the consultant already under contract, therefore it was decided that it is in the best interest of the City to modify the existing contract instead of bidding this part of the work and keep the project on schedule and o...
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