Explanation
1.0 BACKGROUND: This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to modify and increase the General Engineering Services agreement with GPD Group, Inc., for the Division of Power, in the amount of $110,000.00.
A developer has requested the Division of Power to determine the feasibility and cost of relocating a transmission line. The Division will use the current General Engineering Services agreement with GPD Group for said services. The Developer will reimburse the Division up to a maximum amount of $110,000.00. Since the reimbursement will not happen until the end of the project, Modification No. 2 (current) is needed to provide funds for ongoing/upcoming projects.
The planning area is “N/A” since work is performed on various projects throughout Columbus.
1.1 Amount of additional funds to be expended: $110,000.00
Original Agreement: $ 150,000.00 (PO054007, formerly PO042041)
Modification No. 1: $ 150,000.00 (PO079280)
Modification No. 2 (current): $ 110,000.00
Total (Orig. + Mods 1-2): $ 410,000.00
1.2. Reasons additional goods/services could not be foreseen:
The transmission relocation project was not anticipated, however, annual modifications were anticipated to fund ongoing/upcoming projects. Modification No. 2 (current) will provide funds for the second year of the three year agreement.
1.3. Reason other procurement processes are not used:
The original professional services agreement was formally bid on March, 18, 2016. An original agreement plus two annual modifications were planned.
1.4. How cost of modification was determined:
$110,000.00 is the maximum reimbursement amount to be received by the developer.
2.0 ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
This is a contract for needed supplemental engineering for the Division of Power’s various CIP projects, studies required by OSHA and PERRP i.e. Arc Flash Hazard Analysis, and possibly to r...
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