Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify a professional services agreement with Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton & Tilton, Inc. (EMH&T) in the amount of up to $81,844.32 for the Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 project. The project is located along Warner Road west of Albany Crossing and along Ulry Road in the northeast quadrant of the City of Columbus.
Ordinance 2846-2013 authorized the Director of Public Service to accept assignment of a professional services agreement from Village Communities Corporation for the Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 project (agreement was between Village Communities Corporation and Evans, Mechwart, Hambleton and Tilton Inc. (EMH&T)), to waive the competitive bidding requirements of Columbus City Code Section 329, and to modify the design agreement with EMH&T in the amount of $40,000 for said project.
Ordinance 1033-2014 authorized the Director of Public Service to modify the Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 engineering plans to reflect changes made to the City’s Construction and Material Specifications Manual in 2012, to prepare plans for stormwater detention controls, to update right-of-way plans for the project as well, and to modify the design agreement with EMH&T in the amount of $20,000 for said project.
The Warner Road Improvements - Phase 2 plans are being revised to accommodate new driveways and a south bound left turn lane from Ulry Road to the Department of Recreation and Parks planned park facility to the northeast of the Warner and Ulry Road intersection.
Original contract amount: $348,911.00 (not funded by the City)
Modification 1 amount : $ 40,000.00 Ord. No. 2846-2013, EL016206
Modification 2 amount: $ 20,000.00 Ord. No. 1033-2014, EL016206
Modification 3 amount: $ 81,844.32
Total contract value: $490,755.32
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against EMH&T.
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