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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES WITH RFC CONTRACTING, INC. FOR THE SALT STORAGE & BUS MAINTENANCE GARAGE FACILITY PROJECT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Executive Summary: The City short-listed four (4) from ten (10) construction managers (CMs) recommended by the Architect and Engineer. Staff asked the four to submit qualifications, and they were interviewed. The interviews resulted in unanimous agreement that RFC Contracting, Inc. (RFC) scored as the highest and the most qualified construction management consultant for this project.
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Legislative History
15-117 - Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with EDG for the Preliminary Design of the School Bus Garage and Salt Storage Project
16-134 - Enter into a Professional Services Agreement with EDG for the Final Design of the School Bus Garage and Salt Storage Project
17-38 - Apply for a Summit County Land Bank Utilization Grant
17-74 - Accept a Matching Grant from Summit County Land Bank
17-135 - Permission to Advertise and Award the Salt Dome and Bus Garage Facility Project
17-182 - Enter into a Mitigation Agreement with Enviroscience
18-004 - Discussion and Review of the School Bus Garage and Salt Storage Project
Purpose & Explanation
Based on the expected workload for the Engineering Department in 2018 and the City's lack of background and experience in vertical construction, a request was sent for construction management qualifications from a short list of 4 firms. Those four firms included, Panzica, RFC (who has partnered with the QCI Group), Ruhlin and Welty. All four firms submitted qualification proposals. After evaluation of the qualifications and interviews with all the consultants, RFC/QCI was selected to submit a fee proposal. This process of quality based selection (QBS), is an approved method of consultant selection by the Ohio Department of Transportation, and the City determined that this was the appr...
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