Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Ribway Engineering Group, Inc., for professional engineering services for the Dering Avenue Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $247,212.10, Division of Water Contract No. 1189.
The purpose of this project is to construct necessary improvements to the water distribution system in the Dering Avenue Area. The improvements identified in the scope of work will replace or rehabilitate water lines that have high break histories and require frequent maintenance. This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 13,500 linear feet of 6-inch and 8-inch and water lines within the project area. The project area includes Dering Avenue, Fornoff Road, South 5th Street, South 6th Street, Benfield Avenue, Delray Road, and Betz Road.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The goal of this project is to replace or rehabilitate the existing 6-inch and 8-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will decrease burden on water maintenance operations. The new lines constructed under this project should eliminate the pattern of frequent water line breaks. The Neighborhood Liaison(s) will be contacted and informed of this project during the design phase. Further community outreach may result through the Neighborhood Liaison Program.
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 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. proposal quality, 2. project schedule, 3. environmentally preferable offeror, and 4. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received on Ju...
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