Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned contract modification for professional engineering services with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. for the Water Distribution System SCADA Improvements, Mod. #1, CIP #690522-100001, in an amount up to $1,699,708.93 for Division of Water.
This contract involves having a consultant evaluate SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system upgrade options and design state of the art improvements for the City of Columbus water distribution system. SCADA system upgrades are needed on an approximate six-year cycle to keep hardware and software updated and ensure that the system functions reliably.
The initial funding for the contract was for preliminary design services. This included a cyber security study, radio evaluation, SCADA system hardware evaluation, SCADA operating system evaluation, and graphics package upgrade evaluation. This is the first of two planned contract modifications. This contract modification will fund detailed design services. The second planned contract modification will be for engineering services during construction.
Water Distribution System SCADA Improvements project serves multiple planning areas so this project is coded as “99 - Citywide”.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $1,699,708.93
Original Contract - Preliminary Design $485,538.62 (ORD 0093-2023; PO369398)
Modification No. 1 - Detailed Design $1,699,708.93 (current)
Modification No. 2 - Services during Construction $250,000.00 (estimated)
CONTRACT TOTAL $2,435,247.55 (estimated)
1.2. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This is a planned contract modification as stated in the original authorizing legislation under Ordinance No. 0093-2023.
1.3. How cost of modification was determined:
AECOM Technical Services, Inc. provided a proposal as requested by the City based on the scope iden...
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