Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a construction contract with the Shook Construction Company for the Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment (CEPT) Project at Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant (SWWTP), CIP 650367-100003. This project, approved by the Ohio EPA, will provide additional waste water treatment plant capacity to treat wet weather flows in excess of 330 Million Gallons Daily (MGD).
This is a contract to construct the SWWTP CEPT, Clarification facilities. This is one of three projects to complete the full plant expansion, and will focus on upgrades and modifications to provide new clarifiers, sludge handling facilities and chemical feed facilities.
This project has been approved for below market-rate loan financing through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund (WPCLF) which is administered by the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA). Ordinance 2219-2016, passed September 26, 2016, authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a WPCLF Loan for the project. Upon the loan award, which is expected in either May or June 2017, an OWDA Loan Account number will be assigned.
2. PROJECT TIMELINE: the work is to be completed within 1,050 calendar days after the effective date of the Notice to Proceed.
3. PROCUREMENT INFORMATION: The Division advertised for competitive bids for the subject project on the City's Vendor Services website, the City's Bulletin in accordance with the overall provisions of Section 329 of Columbus’s City Codes, and the Bid Express website. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage received four (4) bids on April 26, 2017 from the following companies:
4. Name C.C. No Vendor # Exp. Date City/State Status
Shook Construction 31-0443680 004127 09/28/2018 Dayton, OH MAJ
Kenmore Construction 34-0802152 006456 10/24/2018 Cols, OH MAJ
Kokosing Industrial 47-2...
Click here for full text