Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction with Thomas and Marker Construction Company for the construction of the Police Crime Lab, 770 East Woodrow Avenue. The Woodrow Avenue building was purchased several years ago and is now home to the recently renovated Columbus Police Property Recovery Room utilizing seventy percent of the building space. The Police Crime Laboratory has outgrown its current leased space on the campus of The Ohio State University and its relocation will occupy allocated space in Woodrow Avenue building. Combining both Police functions together in the same facility will save time, space and create efficiencies with evidence handling. This renovation is based on a ten year growth plan and will incorporate Police functions such as a DNA lab, a dark room, an alcohol toxicology lab, Evidence Control, Firearms/Toolmarks testing, Latent Prints, Controlled Substances, Forensic Biology and Digital Forensic laboratories, and a drug analysis lab. The new facility will permit expanded areas for the aforementioned technologies and increase capabilities for firearms identification, increase evidence preservation, and allow the hiring of additional forensic scientists to test evidence.
Formal bids were solicited and the City received nine bids on May 23, 2013 as follows (0 FBE, *1 MBE):
Thomas and Marker Construction Company $11,197,035.00
*Smoot Construction Company of Ohio $11,359,000.00
Gutknecht Construction Company $11,436.500.00
Monarch Construction Company $11,511,500.00
Quandel Construction Group, Inc. $11,576,364.00
Barton-Marlow Company $11,614,000.00
Daimler Group, Inc. $11,662,557.00
Elford Inc. $11,729,754.00
Dunlop and Johnston, Inc. $11,998,334.00
The Office of Construction Management recommends the bid award be made to the most responsive and responsible bidder, Thomas and Marker Construction...
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