Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department Public Safety to enter into a contract with Gudenkauf Corporation for the installation of fiber optic cabling at three (3) Division of Police substations. The substations that will have fiber optic installed are: Substation 10 located at 4215 Clime Rd., Substation 3/17 located at 5400 Olentangy River Rd., and Substation 14/20 located at 2500 Park Crescent Drive. This project will provide fiber optic network services to these substations in conjunction with the Body Worn Camera Project. The current bandwidth is not large enough to support the utilization of video across the network. The increase in bandwidth will facilitate the uploading of video from the Body Worn Cameras for the personnel at these respective locations.
The Department of Technology (DoT) helped on the bidding process and exercised due diligence by completing the competitive bid process in compliance with Columbus City Code Chapter 329. A formal bid was prepared and posted on the City's solicitation web site; while the bid was posted the Department held a pre-bid walk-through which provided the contractors an opportunity to examine the fiber route. The bid proposal solicitation included a fixed contingency amount of $60,000.00 in the event that additional service work is required to complete the project. The total bid amount received from each bidder (listed below) includes the contingency amount. On Wednesday, April 22nd at 11:00 a.m., the Department of Technology received and opened one (1) bid via Bid Express number 682016 as follows:
682016: 2016 Spring Fiber Optic Construction:
1. Gudenkauf Corp.:$773,512.00
This bid identified 5 locations for fiber construction. Three of the locations will be legislated by Public Safety; Police Sub 10 - 4215 Clime Rd - $214,445.21, Police Sub 3/17 - 5400 Olentangy River Rd -$59,945.58, Police Sub 14/20 - 2500 Park Crescent Drive - $210,185.40 and one location...
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