Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into contract in an amount up to $11,786,310.08 for the Columbus Traffic Signal System (CTSS) Phase D project and to pay construction administration and inspection costs up to $1,178,631.01.
This project will continue the migration of the existing central traffic signal control system to an open architecture utilizing the fiber-optic cable infrastructure being installed in the Columbus Traffic Signal System (CTSS) Phase C project, fiber-optic and wireless device testing, all documentation to meet state and federal requirements to receive federal funding for construction, and system integration support.
The project limits include but are not limited to the central to northern half of Franklin County with 110 miles of fiber optic cable to be installed to connect approximately 265 traffic signals. Some of the major corridors include High Street, Fifth Avenue, Olentangy River Road, Stelzer Road, Karl Road, and Indianola Avenue.
The estimated Notice to Proceed date is May 1, 2017. The project was let by the Office of Support Services through vendor services and Bid Express. Two bids were received on February 7, 2017 (1 majority) and tabulated on February 10, 2017, as follows:
Company Name Bid Amt City/State Majority/MBE/FBE
Gudenkauf Corporation $11,786,310.08 Columbus, Ohio Majority
Asplundh Construction Corp. $12,570,249.20 Gahanna, Ohio PHC
Award is to be made to Gudenkauf Corporation, as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder.
Searches in the System for Award Management list (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Gudenkauf Corporation.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Gudenkauf Corporation’s contract compliance number is CC08234-101153 (Vendor 004454) and expires 6/10/18.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIO...
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