Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a contract for the Division of Design and Construction for a professional services engineering contract for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hard Road Phase A/Sawmill Road - Smoky Row Road project with URS Corporation - Ohio for $1,201,162.02. A professional services contract for engineering is needed to assure timely completion of the design and as the Division of Design and Construction does not maintain adequate staff or all of the various disciplines necessary to complete such design in house.
This project will be for the development of Ohio Department of Transportation contract construction plans for the widening of Hard Road from two lanes to five lanes. The completed design will include sidewalks, provisions for bicycle traffic, curb, enclosed drainage, signals, street lighting, traffic control, and maintenance of traffic. The length of the project is approximately 1.2 miles, from Sawmill Road to 387 feet west of Smoky Row Road. (FRA - CR61-1.10 (PID 17575) Hard Road Phase A)
The project was formally advertised on the City's Vendor Services web site and ODOT's web site from November 17, 2009, to December 29, 2009. The city received eleven (11) responses. All proposals were deemed minimally compliant and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on January 15, 2010.
That Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against URS Corporation - Ohio.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
URS Corporation - Ohio, contract compliance number is 340939859 and expires 8/28/11.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to keep on schedule for ODOT design funding and the overall design schedule to meet the ODOT funding deadlines for construction.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
The City has received a reimbursement grant in the amount of up to $960,00...
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