Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a multi-year professional architectural services agreement with Dynotec, Inc., for the General Architectural Services 2021 Project, in an amount up to $300,000.00, for Division of Water Contract No. 2157.
This contract provides a “task order” type contract to augment existing engineering personnel within the Water Supply Group, Division of Water on an as-authorized, as needed basis for General Architectural Services.
The Division of Water (DOW) manages various facilities that include, but are not limited to, administrative offices at 910 Dublin Road Dana Rinehart Utilities Complex, 3500 Indianola Ave. and 3568 Indianola Ave., administrative and maintenance facilities at Hoover Reservoir, maintenance facilities at Griggs Reservoir, a maintenance facility in Bellpoint, Ohio, three dams, five collector wells, an Alum Creek Pump Station, two surface water treatment plants, one ground water treatment plant, one upground reservoir and pump station, and 14 stand-alone Columbus-owned Water Booster Stations. These facilities require periodic maintenance, upgrade, renovation, and other work to keep them in good working order and to maintain safe and reliable operations. This project will assist the Division of Water with managing these facilities by providing study, design, bidding, and construction phase consulting services on an as-needed basis.
The general types of services may include but are not limited to providing architectural services, engineering services related to architectural/facilities work (e.g., civil, structural, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical), environmental services, hazardous material identification and abatement services, geotechnical services, surveying and easement preparation services, and other services needed by the DOW for the management of their facilities. Note that the Division of Water also manages a General Engineering Services co...
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