Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Ribway Engineering Group, for the Thomas Lane Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $255,328.48, for Division of Water Contract No. 2118.
This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 10,775 linear feet of 6-inch and 8-inch water lines within the project area.
This project is located within the “West Olentangy” planning area and includes the following streets: Thomas Lane, Pegg Avenue, Lieb Street, Island Court, Drummond Court, Latham Court, Martindale Boulevard and Annadale Drive.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: The goal of this project is to replace or rehabilitate the existing 2-inch, 6-inch and 8-inch water lines that have a high break frequency. Replacement of these water lines will improve water service, decrease burden on water maintenance operations, and reduce water loss. 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. understanding of project/project approach, 2. past performance, 3. environmentally preferable consultant, 4. local workforce, and 5. anticipated project team.
Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on April 14, 2017 from Ribway Engineering Group, DLZ Ohio, GPD Group, IBI Group, Korda/Nemeth Engineering, and RA Consultants.
Note: The RFP included three (3) projects and the top three (3) ranked fir...
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