Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to modify the contracts for Project Dry Basement with The Waterworks and J&D Home Improvement Inc. dba The Basement Doctor.
The Project Dry Basement: Backwater Valve Installation and/or Sump Pump program consists of installing backwater valves and sump pumps and other such work as maybe necessary to prevent sewer backups in single and two-family homes in Columbus due to surcharging in city sewers from heavy rain or sewer blockages by protecting the home up to the top of casting of the nearest upstream manhole with a Spears or pre-approved backwater valve, which allows use of plumbing fixtures above that elevation in the remainder of the home. Only homes deemed eligible by the City of Columbus, Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage qualify for this program. Under this program an eligible home with an interior perimeter foundation drain connection to the lateral is also eligible, at the owner’s option, for the installation of a sump pump that will redirect the foundation drainage away from the sanitary lateral to the sump pump and then discharge that drainage away from the house.
The Department of Public Utilities advertised formal bids on Vendor Services and solicited formal bids on Bonfire (RFQ018044). Two bids were received and publicly opened on March 31, 2021. It was the intention of the Department of Public Utilities to award multiple contracts to complete as many projects as possible.
After a review of the bids, The Waterworks and J&D Home Improvement Inc. dba The Basement Doctor, it was determined that both bidders met the specifications and each were awarded contracts in accordance with Request for Quotation RFQ018044 and authorized under Ordinance Number 0409-2021. Modification #1 authorized by Ordinance #0107-2022 was to extend the contracts through March 31, 2023. Modification #2 authorized by...
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