Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into contract with Terre Hill Composites, Inc., for a test project that will allow the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to evaluate a new sewer rehabilitation product known as Multiplexx Liner PVCP System. This contract will rehabilitate 12 manholes that are in excess of 90 years old.
The Division will be evaluating two new rehabilitation products by utilizing them in the rehabilitation of 24 manholes along the Franklin Main a combined sewer located in close proximity to the Olentangy River in the Clintonville community within the City of Columbus. The other test project will utilize the Poly-Triplex Technologies, and will be utilized in 12 manholes in the same area. Approval for this project's Contract B-1, and other test project (B-2) is being requested under separate legislation.
2. BID WAIVER INFORMATION:
Due to the nature of this contract being a test project for a new sewer rehabilitation product, the competitive procurement procedures of the Columbus City Codes cannot be fulfilled.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with Terre Hill Composites, Inc., for purposes of utilizing a Cured-in-Place Manhole product for evaluation by the Division of Sewerage and Drainage in connection with the Franklin-Main Interceptor, Sections 2 and 3 Manhole Rehabilitation Project, to authorize the transfer and expenditure of $158,010.39 from the 1991 Voted Sanitary Bond Fund; to waive the competitive procurement provisions of the Columbus City Codes; and to declare an emergency. ($158,010.39)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage has identified 24 manholes along the Franklin-Main Interceptor Sewer within the Clintonville area of the City of Columbus that are in need of rehabilitation and which have been chosen as a test project for two new sewer rehabilitation products for possible future use in t...
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