Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Feinknopf Macoice Schappa Architects for professional architectural and engineering consulting services for various City renovation projects. This serves as a blanket contract for renovations to City building and building components, and plan review services.
The selection of the vendor for professional services is in accordance with the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. Requests for Statements and Qualifications were sent out and fourteen proposals were received (0 FBE, 1 *MBE, 1 ^ASN): *DLZ Ohio, Inc., Schorr Architects, Inc., SEM Architects, Triad Architects, Ltd., MSA Architects, J.L. Bender Architects & Planners, URS Corporation - Ohio, Mull & Weithman, AEC, Feinknopf Macoice Schappa Architects, M + S, ^Star Consultants, Inc., WSA Studio, and XYZ.
This ordinance also authorizes an amendment to the 2013 Capital Improvement Budget and a transfer between projects within Public Safety's Capital Improvement Fund.
Emergency action is requested so that needed renovations within the City may be designed and/or assessed as quickly as possible.
Feinknopf Macoice Schappa Architects Contract Compliance No. 31-1284919, expiration date November 12, 2015.
Fiscal Impact: The cost of this contract is $575,000.00. This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $225,000.00 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; $125,000.00 from the Safety Voted Bond Fund; and $225,000.00 from the Information Services Capital Improvement Bond Fund. This expenditure will also require an amendment to the 2013 CIB and the transfer of funds within Safety Voted Funds.
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To amend the 2013 Capital Improvement Budget; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $125,000.00 between projects within the Safety Voted Fund; to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to ente...
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