Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with GS&P/OH, Inc., for the South Weyant Avenue Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $227,546.94, for Division of Water Contract No. 2120.
This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 11,000 linear feet of 2-inch, 6-inch, and 8-inch, water lines within the project area.
This project is located within the Eastmoor/Walnut Ridge Planning Area and includes the following streets: South Weyant Ave., Everett Ave., Ashburton Rd., Fulton St., Dover Rd., Kenwick Rd., Berwick Blvd., and Berwick Circle.
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 January 26, 2018 from: PRIME AE Group, EMHT, GRW Engineers, GS&P/OH, Osborn Engineering, and Stantec Consulting Services.
Note: The RFP included three (3) projects and the top three (3) ra...
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