Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with ms consultants, inc., for the South Hampton Road Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $228,117.62, for Division of Water Contract No. 2116.
This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 9,835 linear feet of 6-inch and 8-inch water lines and 'service transfers only' work on approximately 550 linear feet of existing water mains within the S. Hampton Road area.
The project is located within the Eastmoor / Walnut Ridge community planning area and includes the following streets: South Hampton Road, Dale Avenue, South Ashburton Road, Napoleon Court, East 12th Avenue, and East 5th Avenue.
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 6-inch and 8-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will improve water service, decrease burden on water maintenance operations, 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, "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 April 8, 2016 from ms consultants, inc., E.P. Ferris & Associates, HDR Engineering, Resource International, and Strand Associates.
Note: The RFP incl...
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