Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into two professional service agreements for General Engineering Services, for the Water Distribution Group, with HDR Engineering, Inc. (Contract No. 2150) and ms consultants, inc. (Contract No. 2151), each in the amount of $250,000.00, for 2017 through 2019.
These agreements will establish a "blanket" type of service agreement to augment existing engineering personnel within the Water Distribution Group, on an as-authorized, as-needed basis. Work consists of investigations, inspections and evaluations of existing conditions, meter work, surveying, geotechnical investigations, maintenance of traffic plans, preparing bid and construction contract documents, services during construction, preparation of record plan drawings, and other miscellaneous work.
Since services are used on an as-needed basis, two consulting firms are selected in the event that a firm cannot perform the expedited services that are required for the assignments.
There are no planning areas associated with these contracts.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: These agreements will allow the Division to perform miscellaneous engineering tasks on an as-needed basis. Outreach and environmental impact is unknown since the exact type and location of work is unknown at this time.
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. Competence to Perform, 3. Past Performance, 4. Ability to Perform, 5. Environmentally Preferable Offeror, and 6. Local Work Force.
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