Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Public Utilities to enter into an agreement with GS&P/OH, Inc., to build upon the previous work that the department conducted in implementing and continuing to improve its environmental management system (EMS) with the goal of maintaining third party certification of the current program and transitioning to future requirements.
The contract will provide the Department of Public Utilities EMS support assistance by completing various related tasks, conducting a gap analysis of the current EMS, developing a road map that identifies needed changes or improvements for certification under the new ISO 14001:2015 standard, and assisting the department in transitioning to the new requirements of the standard in order to retain ISO 14001 certified status, providing technical support in using the EMS software (Intelex), providing planning and participation support for various EMS teams, developing additional procedures and work instructions where necessary, assisting the various environmental training programs through face to face and on-line training and tracking mechanisms, providing general environmental health and safety and emergency preparedness support as needed, improving the department's document control system, supporting the department’s communication outreach efforts for both internal and external audiences, assisting in conducting regularly scheduled internal EMS and environmental compliance audits as well as supporting the department during third-party ISO re-certification and surveillance audits, and addressing environmental compliance issues where needed.
The consultant will prepare detailed task orders describing specific task activities, estimated levels of effort, and schedules that conform to the following general task descriptions and attached estimated project schedule. Request for proposals were announced on November 23, 2015. One hundred and thirteen vendors were sol...
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