Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with EMG, Inc. for professional consulting services to assess the physical condition of building components of various City owned facilities. The assessments allow the City to prioritize necessary renovations and/or replacement of the deficient and or/aged components.
The selection of the vendor for professional consulting services is in accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. Requests for Statements and Qualifications were sent out and seventeen proposals were received (FBE, MBE, 4 *ASN): Dynamix Engineering Ltd., O & S Associates, SHP Leading Design, JL Bender, Hardlines Design Company, *HKI Associates, CDM, EMG, *DLZ Architecture, Inc., Schooley Caldwell Associates, Inc., RP Architects, Inc., *Metro CD Engineering, LLC., Schorr Architects, Inc., Four Seasons, *CTL Engineering, Inc., American Structurepoint, Inc., and Heapy Engineering.
Emergency action is requested to initiate these assessments as a number of facilities have not been evaluated for some time.
EMG Contract Compliance No. 02-0655997, expiration date October 9, 2013.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $300,000.00. The current unencumbered cash balance in the Gov’l SuperB.A.B.’s (Build America Bonds) Fund is $100,000. An additional $200,000.00 will be transferred between projects within the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund.
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To amend the 2012 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between projects within the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; to authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with EMG, Inc. for professional consulting services to assess and evaluate the condition of various City owned facilities; and to authorize th...
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