Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., for the Miscellaneous Water Tank Overflow Improvements Project, in an amount up to $226,002.49, for Division of Water Contract No. 2178.
This project will involve the design of modifications to existing water tank overflows at five (5) separate facility sites, for a total of seven (7) tank overflow modifications, per Ohio EPA requirements. The locations of the tanks are at 1680 Henderson Road, 3309 Karl Road, 7560 Smoky Row Road, 3995 Summit View Road, and 5030 Ulry Road. Modifications to the interior and exterior of the tanks are to be expected, as well as additions and/or abandonments for certain sections of storm sewers.
Community Planning Areas:
1680 Henderson Road - Northwest
3309 Karl Road - North Linden
7560 Smoky Row Road - Far Northwest
3995 Summit View Road - Far Northwest
5030 Ulry Road - Rocky Fork - Blacklick
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The goal of this project is to make modifications to the existing water tank overflow structures to ensure Ohio EPA water quality requirements are being met. 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 October...
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