Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with Resource International, Inc., for professional engineering services for the Shattuck Avenue Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $198,056.80, for Division of Water Contract No. 2049.
The project consists of replacing or rehabilitating approximately 16,375 linear feet of 8-inch and 12-inch water lines in the Shattuck Avenue area. The project area is West Olentangy (residential neighborhood by Riverside Methodist Hospital) and includes the following streets: Shattuck Avenue, Clearview Avenue, Highland Drive, Afton Road, Bernard Road, Caniff Road, Caniff Place, Caniff Court, Sunny Hill Drive, and Kenny Road.
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 8-inch and 12-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will decrease burden on water maintenance operations and provide better water service to area customers. 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 and feasibility, 2. past performance, 3. environmentally preferable offeror, and 4. local workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP’s) were received on October 3, 2014 from Resource International...
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