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File #: 1438-2013    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/9/2013 In control: Public Utilities Committee
On agenda: 7/22/2013 Final action: 7/25/2013
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification of a professional engineering services agreement with Resource International, Inc. in the amount of $300,000 for General Engineering Services for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; to expend $200,000.00 from the Sanitary Sewer General Obligation Bond Fund; and to expend $100,000.00 from the Storm Recovery Zone Super Build America Bonds Fund. ($300,000.00)
Attachments: 1. Ord 1438-2013 Sub-Contractor WIF 650113-100000 GES w Resource Intn 061013, 2. Ord 1438-2013 Director's Legislation Information Sheet 2011-2013 GES (RII), 3. Ord 1438-2013 Request for Legislation Checklist 2011-2013 GES (RII MOD) 060113
Explanation

1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a planned modification for professional services for General Engineering Services with Resource International, Inc. for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary and Storm Water). This modification is for storm and sanitary sewer design services, surveying, easement preparation and any other general design services as needed by the SSES, SMOC and TE Sections of the DOSD in the years 2011-2013.

This Ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $200,000.00 from Sanitary Sewers and $100,000.00 from Storm Water for a total expenditure of $300,000.00 from the capital improvements funds from Division of Sewerage and Drainage.

1.2. Amount of additional funds to be expended: $300,000.00
Original Contract Amount: $ 300,000.00
Modification 1: $ 300,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods. 1) $ 600,000.00

1.3. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
The orginal contract authorized by Ordinance No. 0597-2011, allowed for a multi-year agreement and this modification was anticipated.

1.4. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
This contract modification is an annual extension of emergency (on-call) engineering services, which are bid out under the typical RFP/SOQ process on a three-year cycle.
1.5. How cost of modification was determined:
The cost of this modification was determined by the anticipated annual needs of DOSD for emergency (on-call) engineering services.
2. Procurement Information: The Division advertised for Requests for Proposals on the City of Columbus's vendor Services' website and in the City Bulletin in accordance with the provisions of Section 329.14 of the Columbus City Code. The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. project schedule, 3. environmentally preferable offeror, and 4. local workforce. The bid date for the Requests for Proposals (RFP's) was Decemb...

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