Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering services agreement with Hazen and Sawyer, for the Residuals Management Plan Update - Part 2 Project, in an amount up to $229,000.00, for Division of Water Contract No. 2322.
The work to be performed involves providing professional engineering services to develop procurement documents that the Division of Water (DOW) will use to procure turnkey dewatering services to dewater, store, haul, and beneficially reuse water treatment residuals (WTR) from the Dublin Road Water Plant (DRWP), Hap Cremean Water Plant (HCWP) and/or McKinley Avenue Quarry (MAQ).
Planning Area is Citywide - 99.
2. ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT:
Water treatment facilities produce large volumes of residuals on a daily basis that must be continuously disposed of or reused. Any disruption to the residuals handling operation can result in a shutdown to the water treatment system; thus, residuals handling is a critical component of the City’s water supply system. This project is necessary to identify and select turnkey residuals disposal and/or reuse options for the Division’s HCWP and DRWP so that DOW can continue to provide a long-term and reliable water supply to the central Ohio area.
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, and 4. local workforce.
One Request for Proposal (RFP) was received on March 6, 2020 from Hazen and Sawyer.
An evaluation committee reviewed the proposal and recommends th...
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