Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Osborn Engineering, for the Division of Water (DOW) Safety Improvements Project, in an amount up to $219,300.00, for Division of Water Contract No. 2206.
This project will provide preliminary design, detailed design and bidding, and engineering services during construction to address safety related needs at various Division of Water facilities.
The Community planning is “99 - Citywide” because the water facilities associated with this contract serve multiple planning areas.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: This project will address miscellaneous safety needs at various Division of Water facilities, which will improve employee working conditions and reduce the potential for employee injuries. Most improvements will occur within secure areas that are not accessible to the public; for these projects no community outreach activities are anticipated. Community outreach activities will be considered for improvements that occur within areas accessible to the public, but at this time, outreach is not expected to be needed. The consultant team has identified a commitment to the Mayor’s Green Initiative in their business practices and will be involved in applying DPU’s environmental management system (EMS) to the construction projects.
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 preferable consultant, 4. local workforce, and 5. anticipated project team.
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