Explanation
A. Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering service agreement with Korda / Nemeth Engineering, Inc. for the Richards / Granden / Torrence Relief Sanitary Sewer Project which in connection with the System Evaluation and Capacity Assurance Plan (SECAP) for the City. This is a SECAP-required project which will address sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) reduction requirements of the SSO Consent Order. It will remove designed sanitary relief (DSR) 337 and reduce water in basements (WIB) occurrences in the area. The existing 8-inch storm sewer was prone to clogging and needed continous maintenance. Additionally, the project will address stormwater collection/conveyance issues along Richards Rd., and will also include Richards Rd. pavement rehabilitation funded by the DPS. The Notice to Proceed is expected in October of 2010 with contract duration of 15 months.
B. Procurement Information: The Division advertised Request for Proposals (RFP's) for the subject services in the City Bulletin in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.14 of the Columbus City Code. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received twelve (12) technical proposals on February 5, 2010 from the following companies:
NAME CCCN Exp. Date Type City/State
Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Inc. 31-0922991 08/26/11 MAJ Columbus, OH
URS Corporation 34-0939859 08/28/11 MAJ Columbus, OH
Prime Engineering & Architecture Inc. 31-1373357 03/31/12 FBE Columbus, OH
Columbus Engineering Consultants, Inc. 31-0716498 04/19/12 ASN Columbus, OH
American Structurepoint, Inc. 35-1127317 11/23/11 MAJ Columbus, OH
Pomeroy & Associates, Ltd. 31-1568332 11/24/11 MAJ Worthington, OH
R.W. Armstrong & Associates, Inc. 31-1657136 Inactive MAJ Columbus, OH
Floyd Browne Group 34-1775535 Inactive MAJ Columbus, OH
Chester Engineers 20-2401674 06/04/11 MBE Columbus, OH
Ribway Engineering Group, Inc. 31-1406579 12/03/10 M...
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