Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and Dehaven dba GPD Group for the Alternate 69KV Line to the West Substation, CIP #670772-100000 in the amount of $371,423.10, for the Division of Power.
The purpose of this project is to improve reliable energy for the Division of Power distribution system by installing a 69 Kilovolt (KV) tie circuit between the Dublin Avenue Substation and the West Substation. Additionally, this project will provide an alternative route for power to the Furnace Street Substation, Jackson Pike Substation and Southerly Substation. The project will upgrade and complete another 15 KV circuit between Dublin Avenue Substation and the West Substation and create new tie points with other circuits. Additionally, the existing street lighting along the McKinley Ave. shall be upgraded to LED lighting, replacing existing luminaires with LED type lighting. Along the route where no street lighting exists, new LED lighting shall be installed.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: This project will accelerate the Division of Power’s plan to upgrade the City’s street lighting to LED and reduce the energy use on these street lights. The 15kv circuit work will allow the Division of Power to have additional tie points to provide a more reliable system. In addition to the distribution improvements the Division of Power will be adding a transmission circuit that will reinforce the City’s power reliability.
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 Q...
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