Explanation
1. Background:
A. Need: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter a contract with Steve R. Rauch, Inc. for construction services for the OSIS Downtown Odor Control Facilities Phase 1 - Short Street Facilities Demolition Project for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $948,952.90 from the Sanitary Build America Bond (B.A.B.) Fund (Fund 668).
The work consists of the demolition of the existing maintenance building (423 Short Street), gas station (475 Short Street), and sign shop (515 Short Street) including asbestos removal; removal and/or abandonment of existing utility services; cleaning and televising the existing on-site combined sewer main in conjunction with sewer lateral abandonment; oil/water separator removal; removal of two (2) 10,000 gallon above ground storage tanks (ASTs); removal of two (2) 5,000 gallon underground storage tanks (USTs); removal of petroleum contaminated soil to meet the remediation criteria in the Remedial Action Plan as approved by the Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulation; removal of portions of the existing pavement; removal and disposal of existing buried construction and demolition (C&D) debris; construction of perimeter chain link fence; stabilizing disturbed areas with gravel; maintaining traffic and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract in accordance with the plans (CC-15631) and specifications.
Procurement Information: The selection of the firm to provide the required construction services was performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals". The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. proposal feasibility, 3. experience of team, 4. past performance, and 5. local workforce.
The following companies submitted construction bids for th...
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