Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with EMH&T, Inc., for professional engineering services for Weisheimer Road Stormwater System Improvements. This project will allow preparation of construction plans, specifications, legal descriptions for easements, and other engineering work as required to complete construction contract documents for this project.
2. ENGINEERING CONTRACT AWARD: EMH&T, Inc., was selected in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.13, "Awarding professional service contracts through Requests for Statements of Qualifications". Statements of Qualification were received on March 30, 2007. Requests for Proposal (RFP's) were sent to three firms having the experience necessary to complete the project: EMH&T, Inc., CT Consultants, and Prime Engineering & Architecture, Inc. All three consultants submitted RFP's on April 14, 2008.
Upon review of the technical proposals, the offerors were ranked using criteria specified in City Code, and more specifically: proposal quality/feasibility, competence to perform required work, project schedule, and location of the workforce.
Based upon these criteria, EMH&T, Inc., a majority company, was selected as the highest-ranked offeror. Their Contract Compliance Number is 31-0685594 and is good through 11/2/2009.
3. FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation includes a transfer within the Storm Sewer Bond Fund to provide sufficient funding for the project, as well as an amendment to the 2008 Capital Improvements Budget to provide sufficient budget authority for the necessary expenditure.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement for professional engineering services with EMH&T, Inc., for the Weisheimer Road Stormwater System Improvements Project; to authorize the transfer and expenditure of $135,116.51 within the Storm Sewer Bond Fund; and to ...
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