Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Burgess & Niple, Inc. for the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage/Treatment Engineering Section’s General Engineering Consultant Services #4 Project, CIP 650260-100300. This project pertains to General Engineering Consultant Services for tasks that include, but are not limited to, investigations, inspections, and evaluations of existing conditions, surveying, preparation of engineering and architectural drawings, documents/drawings for permit approval, specifications and bid documents, preparation of record plan drawings for small projects, and technical assistance in the preparation of Facilities/Equipment Maintenance (FEM) documents.
Planning Area: 99 (Citywide)
2. PROCUREMENT: The Division advertised for a Request for Proposals (RFP’s) for the subject services on the City’s Vendor Services website and the Bonfire website in accordance with the overall provisions of Section 329 of the Columbus City Code. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received four (4) proposals on October 4, 2019 from the following companies:
Name C.C. No. | Exp. Date | Vendor# | City / State | Status____
Burgess & Niple, Inc. 31-0885550 | 02/6/20 | 004425 | Columbus, OH | MAJ
Andover Associates, Ltd. 51-0556580 | 07/31/20 | 008980 | Columbus, OH | FBE
Hatch 13-6094431 | 05/21/20 | 025646 | Pittsburgh, PA | MAJ
CHA Consulting, Inc. 16-0966259 | 04/25/21 | 000802 | Albany, NY | MAJ
The proposals were reviewed and evaluated by the Proposal Evaluation Committee and determined that the proposal that met or exceeded the qualifications as stated in the RFP was Burgess & Niple, Inc.
3. Project Timeline: The professional services shall be funded by incremen...
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