Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into four contracts with Gudenkauf Corporation for the installation of fiber optic cabling. The Fire Station 3 fiber project will provision fiber and network services to the new Fire Station at Greenlawn Ave. under construction and targeted for completion in October 2014. It will also provide network connectivity for security cameras for this location. The E. Franklinton fiber project is necessary due to the demolition of Veterans Memorial and the need to continue providing fiber connectivity to COSI, currently being serviced through Veterans Memorial. The E. Franklinton fiber construction will also increase fiber capacity in the E. Franklinton area for continued expansion of services to Public Safety, Recreation and Parks, and growth in that area. The Woodrow Ave. downtown fiber construction will provide a diverse fiber cable path from the Municipal Courts, fiber connectivity to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, fiber to Fire Station 14, and diverse fiber routes to the Police Property Room and the new Crime Lab. And lastly, the cross-connection fiber pedestal build will provide intersecting fiber locations the capability to interconnect multiple fiber pathways that will be utilized to route fiber traffic throughout the City’s fiber infrastructure.
The Department of Technology (DoT) exercised due diligence by completing the competitive bid process in compliance with Columbus City Code Chapter 329. Four formal bids were prepared and posted on the City's solicitation web site; while the bid was posted the Department held pre-bid meetings which provided the contractors an opportunity to examine the fiber route. The bid proposals included a fixed contingency amounting to $120,000, and a $40,000 allowance for permits and associated fees to be expended in the event that service work is required to complete the project. The total bid amount received from eac...
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