Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to modify and increase the construction contract with Gudenkauf Corporation for the Columbus Traffic Signal System (CTSS) Phase B project. This is the first modification to the original construction contract.
The Department of Public Service holds the original contract with Gudenkauf Corporation for their Columbus Traffic Signal System upgrade project (EL014141) and was authorized by ordinance 0504-2013 to award a contract pursuant to solicitation SA004723. Because the Department of Technology's project footprint will overlap with the Department of Publice Service's project, it makes economical sense to modify this construction contract. This modification will provide for additional investment in the City’s fiber network, providing high speed connectivity, as follows:
-New fiber to Fire Station 24, Police Sub 18, SRB
-New fiber at various locations in North Columbus
-Link Columbus FiberNet and the CityNet Fiber system in the downtown area to complete the activation of these fiber rings.
The fiber projects will provide diverse routing for many City locations which will prevent facility outages in the event of a fiber cut. Additional benefits to be realized are the elimination of leased circuit expenditures from the City’s operating budget and increased network speeds at the new fiber connected facilities.
The cost of this modification is $1,306,570.55. Work is to be completed within one year of a certified purchase order. The City had intended to complete these fiber projects through a separate agreement, but contract negotiations have stalled with the prospective contractor. So the need to modify the contract with Gudenkauf was not known at the time of the original agreement. There is an immediate need to extend the City’s fiber network to the critical public safety and other facilities outlined above; and given the recent award to Gudenkauf through co...
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