Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with Quality Lines, Inc. for the Division of Power’s I-70/I-71 Split Electrical Relocation Project, which is a joint project with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT).
The Division of Power will enter into a construction contract with Quality Lines to perform electrical relocation of transmission and distribution facilities in the area of the Furnace Street Substation. The existing 138kv and 69kv transmission lines along the east side of I-71 and north through Dodge Park, between Greenlawn Ave. and Gift St., will be relocated. Existing distribution, street lighting, and secondary facilities east of the Furnace Street Substation along Fulton Ave. to 2nd Ave. will also be relocated.
This project is in conjunction with ODOT’s FRA-IR 70/71 - 12.89/14.93, PID 103184 project. ODOT’s project will add new ramps to and from I-70 and I-71. The Division of Power’s facilities must be relocated prior to ODOT’s project.
ODOT will pay 100% of the project costs, however, the Division has agreed to administer the project due to its ownership of the facilities, the specialized nature of the work, and the need for close coordination with the contractor.
Community Planning Areas: Franklinton and Near South
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
This project is part of a larger project to improve the I-70 and I-71 highway system in the downtown area.
3. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AWARD: The Director of Public Utilities publicly opened one bid on May 16, 2018 from Quality Lines, Inc. in the amount of $5,000,000.00.
4. PRE-QUALIFICATION STATUS: Quality Lines, Inc. and all proposed subcontractors have met code requirements with respect to pre-qualification, pursuant to relevant sections of Columbus City Code Chapter 329.
Quality Lines’s bid was deemed the lowe...
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