Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Dynotec, Inc., for the Atwood Terrace Area Water Line Improvements Project, in an amount up to $270,110.49, for Division of Water Contract No. 2123.
This project includes replacing or rehabilitating approximately 10,000 linear feet of 8-inch diameter and smaller water lines within the project area.
This project is located within the “11 - North Linden” planning area. The primary streets include Atwood Terrace, Pontiac St., Homecroft Dr., and Edgar Pl.
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 8-inch diameter and smaller 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 July 27, 2018 from: Dynotec, Hatch Associates, AECOM, American Structurepoint, CT Consultants, and Pennoni Associates.
Note: The RFP included 3 projects and the top 3 ranked firms were selected for these projects.
An evaluation committee reviewed the proposa...
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