Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional architectural and engineering services for the design of a Police substation at 8118 Sancus Boulevard. The property at Sancus Boulevard was purchased from Worthington Library on May 26, 2016. Mull & Weithman Architects will design a dual police substation housing Precinct 1 and the Community Response Team (CRT). The project construction is anticipated to be part of the 2017 Capital Budget (CIB).
The proposed new Police substation will occupy approximately 10,600 square feet of the proposed site and includes secure parking for 75 spaces and a separate public parking area of 22 spaces. The parking will occupy approximately 44,000 square feet (1+ acre) of the site. A retention or detention pond is the anticipated storm water best management practice to be implemented.
The closest Columbus Police substation that services the far north area is located at Karl and Morse Roads. Constructing a substation at this location will dramatically improve response times for this area of the city.
Formal Requests for Statements of Qualifications (RFSQ) were solicited by the City of Columbus from June 21, 2016 through July 12, 2016. The City received seven (7) responses. A three-member evaluation committee reviewed the statements. Six of the seven proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated.
The committee ranked the statements of qualifications as follows: Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. 425; Prime AE Group 370; DLZ, Ohio 320; Feinknopf, Macioce, Schappa Architects 192, MSA 192, and Abbott Studios 206. The committee members ranked Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. as the most qualified.
Emergency action is requested so that design work may commence as soon as possible.
Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. Contract Compliance No. 31-163...
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