City of Columbus - File #: 0934-2005

• File #: 0934-2005
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/17/2005
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 7/11/2005
• Final action: 7/14/2005
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc., for the preparation of construction plans and specifications for the West Side Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $512,981.48 from the Sewer System Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; to amend the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to declare an emergency. ($512,981.48)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/14/2005	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/13/2005	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/11/2005	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/11/2005	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/28/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/28/2005	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/27/2005	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/23/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Disapproved
6/23/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/23/2005	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/22/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/21/2005	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/17/2005	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/17/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/17/2005	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2005	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2005	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/31/2005	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval
5/20/2005	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. NEED:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with Burgess & Niple, Inc. This contract will provide for the preparation of construction plans and specifications for the West Side Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project, that generally runs along Harmon Avenue, south of Sullivant Avenue to just south of Stimmel Road. This project will perform a comprehensive engineering evaluation of nearly 2 miles of 36, and 42-inch diameter brick sewer that was constructed in 1907, and will determine the type and extent of cured-in-place pipe technology process that will be used to rehabilitate this infrastructure that provides sanitary sewer service to a large portion of the west side of Columbus.

2. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION:
The basis for selection of the chosen professional engineering services firm: The Department of Public Utilities advertised a Request for Statement of Qualifications (RFSQ's) for six various sanitary and/or combined sewer rehabilitation projects in the City Bulletin in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.13 of Columbus City Codes. Fourteen firms submitted qualifications to the Director of Public Utilities on Friday, September 14, 2003 (SEE ATTACHED LIST). An Evaluation Committee ranked all of the offerrors based upon the criteria specified within the advertised RFSQ. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage followed up with a request for technical proposals from three firms for the subject project. The three firms who submitted technical proposals on August 22, 2004 were Camp, Dresser, and McKee, Inc.; URS, Inc.; and Burgess & Niple, Inc.

These proposals were reviewed and ranked by a Professional Engineering Services Selection Committee in order to determine the consultant best qualified to provide the services for this project. The committee ranked the proposals on quality, feasibility and cost. After careful consideration, the committee...