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 $665,500.00, for the Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) Bulk Chemical Building Improvements Project, Division of Water Contract No. 2017.
This project will address various chemical storage and handling systems at the HCWP which may be in need of repair and/or replacement due to age and condition. Other improvements in these chemical handling areas will address reliability concerns with building systems, chemical spill containment and other ancillary items related to the chemical systems. Many of the project components were identified by the Environmental Management System’s review of plant facilities and recommendations for investigation and improvement.
See the attached Information form, item number 5, for additional description of work.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: This project will address aging infrastructure associated with several chemical feed systems that are necessary for adequate drinking water treatment. These systems have experienced issues such as leaks in the past and many components are past their useful life. Many of the project components were identified by the Environmental Management System’s review of plant facilities and recommendations for investigation and improvement.
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." Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received on March 22, 2013 from ms consultants, Hazen and Sawyer, Andover Associates, and Chester Engineers.
An evaluation committee reviewed the proposals and scored them based on the crite...
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