Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to modify an existing professional services contract with Woolpert, Inc., relative to the Arterial Street Rehabilitation - Cassady Avenue Widening project.
The aforementioned effort will culminate in various improvements to Cassady Avenue from the Bexley corporation limit to East 7th Avenue, including widening the roadway to three lanes and installing pedestrian and bikeway facilities, lighting, curb and gutter, and closed drainage within the project limits. Improvements will also be made to the intersection of East 5th Avenue and Cassady Avenue.
Ordinance 2680-2017 authorized the Director of Public Service to execute a professional services contract in the amount of up to $525,000.00 with Woolpert for the provision of preliminary engineering services relative to that project. A planned modification to that contract is necessary to support the provision of final design and engineering services, which will result in the completion and delivery of plans and specifications needed to construct the proposed improvements.
Original contract amount: $522,607.64 (Ordinance 2680-2017, PO098332)
Modification number 1: $1,241,000.00 (This ordinance)
Total contract amount, including this modification: $1,763,607.64
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Woolpert Inc.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Woolpert Inc. is CC001040, which expires April 18, 2021.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding in the amount of $1,241,000.00 is available within the Streets and Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704. An amendment to the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget is necessary for the purpose of providing sufficient spending authority for the aforementioned project expenditure. A transfer of funds within Fund 7704 is necessary to align cash with the proper project.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
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