Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. the amount of up to $300,000.00 for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hague Avenue - Broad Street to Sullivant Avenue contract.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus with preliminary and final engineering for improvements to Hague Avenue between Sullivant Avenue and Broad Street. Design will proceed in two parts with Part 1 being that defined within the Scope of Services below. The specific scope of work for Part 2 will be developed upon completion of Part 1. At such time, the Director will seek council approval for a contract modification.
Pavement overlays throughout the life of the roadway has raised the pavement surface to the point that curb has lost its effectiveness as a barrier to vehicles and as an element of the drainage system. The primary goals of the Part 1 contract are to evaluate alternatives to provide a long-term remedy and develop one alternative to be advanced to the Part 2 contract. The remaining Preliminary Engineering and Final Engineering will be performed in Part 2.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Hague Avenue - Broad Street to Sullivant Avenue contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services web site from January 24, 2013, to February 14, 2013. The city received three (3) responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on February 22, 2013. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/FBE/ASN /PHC
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. Columbus Majority
CT Consultants, Inc. Columbus Majority
Columbus Engineering Consultants, Inc. Columbus ASN
Crawford, Murphy, & Tilly, Inc. received the ...
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