Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with DLZ Ohio, Inc., for professional engineering services for the Arcadia Avenue Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $270,332.37, for Division of Water Contract No. 2046.
The project consists of rehabilitating approximately 13,400 linear feet of 6-inch and 8-inch water lines within the project area. The project also includes service transfers along 7,900 linear feet. The project area consists of the following streets: East Arcadia Avenue, Calumet Street, East Duncan Street, East Blake Avenue, East Maynard Avenue, East Patterson Avenue, East Avenue, East Northwood Avenue, Adams Avenue, Medary Avenue, and Northridge Road.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The goal of this project is to replace or rehabilitate 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 June 20, 2014 from DLZ Ohio, American Structurepoint, and Burgess and Niple.
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