City of Columbus - File #: 1511-2006

• File #: 1511-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/25/2006
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 10/2/2006
• Final action: 10/4/2006
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Dynalectric Company of Ohio for construction of the Standby Generator Project, Contract 2 project; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into contracts with Columbus Gas of Ohio/Nisource for natural gas service modifications germane to the project; to authorize associated construction inspection costs; to authorize the expenditure of $756,136.70 or so much thereof as may be needed from the 1995, 1999, 2004 Voted Streets and Highways Fund for the Transportation Division; and to declare an emergency. ($756,136.70)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/4/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/4/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/2/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/2/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/19/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/19/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/15/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/15/2006	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
9/15/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/14/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/7/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/25/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Transportation Division, is pursuing the acquisition and installation of standby electrical generators at several city facilities. The ice storm event of December 2004 identified a gap in the Division's ability to provide consistent and necessary services due to the lack of power at the maintenance post serving the area(s) affected by that prolonged and widespread power outage. This legislation authorizes the City to enter into a contract in an amount up to $688,251.00 for the Standby Generator Project, Contract 2 project and to pay construction inspection costs up to $61,463.70. This improvement provides backup power to critical roadway maintenance facilities at 650 Nationwide Boulevard and 1820 East Seventeenth Avenue and the City's 3-1-1-call center at 2100 Alum Creek Drive in the event of a localized or city-wide power failure. The project was let by the Transportation Division and was advertised in the City Bulletin and Dodge Reports and by the Builders Exchange. Three bidders/suppliers requested bid documents, and one bid was received and tabulated on August 4, 2006 as follows:

bidder / amount bid
Dynalectric Company of Ohio / $688,251.00

Award is to be made to Dynalectric Company of Ohio, contract compliance number 13-3636476 (expires June 30, 2008), as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder.

Columbia Gas is the natural gas supplier to each of the three sites. In two locations the existing service line is capable of providing the volume required but the regulator is not properly sized. A new gas line is required at 1820 East Seventeenth Avenue. An agreement to change the service and the supplier's equipment is needed to operate the system. These changes require that Columbia Gas/Nisource be compensated in the amount of $6,422.00 and this ordinance authorizes this expense.

This is the first in a series of five ordinances for installation of standby generators at the Nort...