Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Varo Engineers, Inc., for the Morse Rd. Phase III & IV System Improvements Project, in an amount up to $195,019.39, for the Division of Power.
This Ordinance will help close the loop between the Hap Cremean Substation and the Italian Village Substation. The work will include all survey, engineering and consulting services involved in the design of an overhead and underground distribution circuit.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
Phase III will install a 14.4 KV distribution circuit on Morse Rd. from Cleveland Ave. to the Hap Cremean Substation. Phase IV will be new overhead conductor which will connect to an existing 14.4 KV circuit along High St. and extend to circuit 7221 on Morse Rd. This will assist in the future conversion of existing 7.2 KV circuits on the north end of Columbus which will in turn provide greater reliability of service to existing customers and increase the ability to connect new customers. See the attached Information form for additional work details.
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, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. Proposal Quality, 2. Environmental Innovation, 3. Experience of Team, 4. Ability to Perform Expeditiously, 5. Past Performance, and 6. Local Workforce.
Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on March 18, 2016 from Varo Engineers and Stantec Consulting Services.
An evaluation committee reviewed the proposals and scored them based on the criteria mentioned above. The Department of Public Utilities recommends that the contract...
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