City of Columbus - File #: 0965-2006

• File #: 0965-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/17/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 6/19/2006
• Final action: 6/23/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc., in connection with the Franklin Main Interceptor Rehabilitation, Buttles Ave. to Fulton St. Project; to authorize the appropriation, transfer and expenditure of $1,360,460.00 from the Sewer System Reserve Fund to the Ohio Water Pollution Control Loan Fund; for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. ($1,360,460.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/22/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/19/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/19/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
6/12/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
5/30/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/30/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
5/30/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/30/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
5/26/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/26/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/26/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/26/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/25/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/25/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/24/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/24/2006	1	UTILITIES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
5/24/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/22/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval
5/22/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Sent for Approval
5/22/2006	1	Utilities Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
5/17/2006	1	Utilities Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services contract with R.D. Zande & Associates, Inc., in connection with the Franklin-Main Interceptor Rehabilitation, Buttles Avenue to Fulton Street.

The purpose of this contract includes cleaning and televising the existing sewer, performing manhole inspections and evaluations, investigating the need for easements; performing field surveying; preparing a Design Report to document the evaluations and recommendations; generating detailed construction plans and specifications; preparing site-specific maintenance of traffic plans; supplying all construction documents required for the bidding; performing engineering services during construction and preparing as-built drawings at the completion of the project.

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. 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 September 9, 2005 were R. D. Zande & Associates, Inc.,; MS Consultants; and Malcolm-Pirnie, 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...