City of Columbus - File #: 1599-2006

• File #: 1599-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/8/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 10/16/2006
• Final action: 10/18/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for the Hap Cremean Water Plant Disinfection By-Products and Treatment Improvements Master Plan, for the Division of Power and Water, to authorize the expenditure of $3,490,000.00 from the Waterworks Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund, to amend the 2006 C.I.B., and to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds within the Waterworks Enlargement Voted 1991 Bonds Fund. ($3,490,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/18/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/18/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
10/16/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/16/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/2/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
9/21/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/21/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/20/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/18/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/13/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/12/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/12/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2006	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/11/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/11/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/11/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/11/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval
9/11/2006	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/8/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The treatment processes at the HCWP are subject to the State 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule (DBPR). The DBPR is part of the final phase of the Stage 2 Microbial and Disinfection Byproducts Rules as affirmed by Congress in the 1996 Drinking Water Act Amendments. This project shall provide engineering services necessary for and incident to addressing the issues of the DBPR as affecting the HCWP and take into consideration how any proposed treatment processes will be affected by other existing and proposed EPA regulatory rules. The selected professional consulting/egineering firm will provide full-service assistance to the City for the development of a production study to evaluate changes required to the treatment processes at Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) to control disinfection by-products and make treatment improvements for compliance with existing and future regulatory requirements. The selected professional service firm will prepare technical reports of evaluation findings and make recommendations for improvements and/or alterations to the physical facilities and treatment processes.

A total of six (6) statements were received October 20, 2005 in response to the advertised Request for Statements of Qualifications (RFQ). None of the responses were from MBE/FBE firms; five of the six submitting firms had MBE/FBE firms as part of their project team. A five (5) member evaluation committee, in accordance with Section 329.13, evaluated the proposals and ranked the offerors based upon the evaluation criteria specified in the RFQ: qualifications of staff, professional qualifications, past performance, meeting schedules and budgets, and location of staff. Three (3) firms were selected to submit complete technical proposals, and to make presentations. Burgess & Niple, Inc. was selected based upon the quality and feasibility of their proposal and their competency to perform based on their assigned personnel. Burgess & Niple, Inc....