Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Dynotec, Inc., for the Plant Drain & Water System Improvements Project, in an amount up to $275,300.00, for Division of Water Contract No. 2091.
Design conventions and best practices for building drain systems have changed since the Hap Cremean (HCWP) and Parsons Avenue (PAWP) Water Plants were constructed. The water systems at the Division’s three water treatment plants need various improvements to address corroded pipe/fittings/couplings/supports/restraints, to add additional pipe supports, to provide pipe restraint, and to replace aging valves. This project will modify the building drain systems to address these issues and will replace or modify various portions of the plant water systems to improve safety, reliability, and ease of maintenance.
The Community Planning Area is “99 - Citywide” since all three water treatment plants serve several Columbus communities.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
This project is necessary as various building drain systems currently discharge to undesirable locations (e.g. process stream) or have the potential to mix with incompatible chemicals. Chemical drains discharging to process or with potential to mix do not meet best design practices and have the potential to adversely affect the environment or the drinking water supply. No community outreach or input is anticipated.
3. 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, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. understanding of project/project approach, 2. past performance, 3. environmentally pref...
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