Explanation
BACKGROUND: Need. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Resource International, Inc. for professional engineering services for the Southard/Fornoff Area Stormwater System Improvements Project. This project has been developed to mitigate frequent street and yard flooding in the area bounded by Fornoff Road to the north, Parsons Avenue to the east, Loxley Drive to the south, and High Street to the west.
Bid Information. The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.11, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for statements of qualifications." A notice of Request for Statements of Qualifications appeared in the City Bulletin on February 22 and March 1, 2003. Statements of Qualifications were received on March 7, 2003. Forty-seven consultants submitted Statements of Qualifications. Three consultants were selected to submit technical proposals for this project. All three consultants submitted these technical proposals on July 16, 2003.
Upon review of the Statements of Qualifications and technical proposals, the offerors have been ranked using criteria specified in City Code, and other criteria, specifically: competence of the offeror to perform the service, past performance of the offeror, cost evaluation, the feasibility/quality of the proposed project approach, location of the office to perform the work, familiarity with local project requirements, ability to perform expeditiously, and contracted backlog of work with the Division.
Based upon these criteria, Resource International, Inc. was selected as the highest ranked offeror.
Contract Compliance No.: 31-0669793
FISCAL IMPACT: This fund transfer from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Storm Sewer Bond Fund is a temporary measure, until such time as the proceeds from the bond sale ca...
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