Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with MS Consultants, Inc., in the amount of $331,181.81, for the Henderson Road Booster Station Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2030.
The purpose of this project is to perform comprehensive improvements to renovate the Henderson Road booster station. The Henderson Road booster station was constructed in 1965 and many of its critical components are approaching the end of their expected service life. These improvements are needed to ensure the reliability of the booster station for the future. A business case evaluation (BCE) was conducted and confirmed the need for the improvements to this station.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: By completing this project, the Henderson Road Booster Station will be upgraded with replacement equipment including pumps motors and electrical equipment. This booster station is critical to meet peak demands of the northwest area of the water distribution system. The project will incorporate measures such as energy efficient lighting to reduce the energy demand of this facility.
3. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.12, “Process for awarding professional service contracts exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)”. Five Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received from MS Consultants, Inc., CAD Concepts, Inc., Chester Engineers (Ohio), Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. and URS Corporation - Ohio on April 5, 2013. The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. experience of team 3. ability of offerer to perform expeditiously, 4. past performance, 5. environmentally preferable offeror, and 6. l...
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