Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with URS Corporation - Ohio, in the amount of $241,985.63, for the Mound Street Booster Station Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2029.
The purpose of this project is to prepare a complete set of drawings and contract documents for the demolition of the existing station and the construction of a new booster station on a proposed site adjacent to the existing booster station site. The Mound Street booster station was constructed in 1932 and many of its components are approaching the end of their expected service life. In July of 2012 the station suffered severe damage from a storm. The structure and roof have been temporarily repaired for short term use.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: By completing this project, the Mound Street Booster Station will be rebuilt with new equipment including pumps motors and electrical equipment. This booster station is critical to meet peak demands of the Mound District area of the water distribution system. The project will incorporate measures, such as energy efficient lighting, to reduce the energy demand of this facility.
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 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. experience of team, 3. ability to perform expeditiously, 4. past performance on similar projects, 5. environmentally preferable offeror, and 6. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received on May 17, 2013 from URS Corporation - Ohio, and MS Consultants, DLZ Ohio, Chester Engineers, Hazen and ...
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