Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with CH2M Hill, Inc., in the amount of $397,647.00, for professional engineering services for the General Engineering Services - Griggs Reservoir Environmental Investigation Services Project.
The City of Columbus discovered mercury in the soils located at the Griggs Reservoir which requires environmental services in support of the project. The work must be performed in accordance with Ohio EPA Voluntary Action Program (VAP). The consultant currently under contract for the General Engineering Services - Supply Group Project is CH2M Hill, Inc., and they have an OHIO EPA VAP Certified Professional on staff that will manage this work in accordance with OEPA regulations.
The environmental scope contains the steps necessary to perform the action that will result in the completion of a No-Further-Action letter submittal for the City to submit to the OEPA under the VAP. The steps include:
· Supporting the City in response to OEPA emergency removal action requests
· Preparation of draft and final storm water management plans for City internal use
· Performing due diligence activities (Phase 1) to identify historical info for the property that may be an indication of environmental impacts
· Perform sampling activities in phases to determine the extent of impact of mercury originating at the source area and moving outward away from the source area
· Preparation of bid documents and providing contract administration services for source area soil removal activities
· Preparation of a No-Further-Action letter submittal for the City to consider submitting to OEPA to obtain covenant-not-to-sue
2. BID INFORMATION: This engineering task was originally initiated as part of the General Engineering Services - Supply Group Project. RFP's for that project were received on June 29, 2006 as a multi-year renewable contract. As the scope of this tas...
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