Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with GS&P/OH Inc., for professional engineering services for the Silver Drive Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $236,433.61, for Division of Water Contract No. 2045.
The project consists of rehabilitating approximately 15,665 linear feet of 6-inch and 8-inch water lines in the Silver Drive Area. The improvements identified in the scope of work will replace or rehabilitate water lines that have high break histories and require frequent maintenance. The project area includes Silver Drive, Genessee Avenue, Loretta Avenue, Dresden Street, Godown Road, Weber Road, and East Como Avenue.
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 and reduce water loss. 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. past performance, 4. environmentally preferable offeror, and 5. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on February 28, 2014 from GS&P/OH, Inc., GPD Group, and Korda/Nemeth Engineering.
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