Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to modify and increase the Professional Architect-of-Record (A/R) Services agreement, with AECOM Technical Services, Inc. (hereinafter “AECOM”), for the Department of Public Safety’s Real Time Crime Center & Public Safety Operations Campus project, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, in an amount up to $2,100,000.00.
The City of Columbus Public Safety Campus (PSC) will enhance the City’s public safety and security. The campus will include a main building housing the Real Time Crime Center, a 911 Emergency Communication Center, an Emergency Operation Center, a Crime Gun Intelligence Center, and a second building for a police substation. The campus will be located on a 10.673-acre site at 757 Carolyn Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43224.
Design began under the original contract with AECOM (PO420234), authorized under Ordinance No. 2669-2023. AECOM, City personnel, and stakeholders met to define the project program, staff space, and design / technology requirements, including projections for staff growth through 2035.
Through the course of this process, the City requested additions to the project program such as the Crime Gun Intelligence Center, the Project Management Office / Administration department, and the relocation of an existing data center (Hammond) to the new Public Safety Campus facility. The original scope does not fit the project budget so the program must be decreased and requires further value engineering to fit the budget, resulting in a re-design of the project.
The original agreement did not include an expiration date, however, Articles 7 and 15 of the agreement outlines a possible need and steps required for a modification and/or change order.
Modification No. 1 (current) is needed to procure additional funding due to the re-design of the original project.
2. MODIFICATION INFO:
A. The amount of additional funds to be expended under...
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