OHIO TURNPIKE COMMISSION
Resolution Authorizing Additional Expenditures with S&ME, Inc.
Under Existing Contract for Geotechnical Investigation, Engineering Design and
Construction Administration and Inspection Services,
(Project No. 71-10-02)
WHEREAS, on July 2011, 2011, via Resolution No. 34-2011, the Commission ratified a
Contract that was previously awarded to
BBC&M Engineering, Inc., (“BBC&M”)
of
Valley
View, Ohio
, which firm was engaged to perform
Project No. 71-10-02 consisting of
Geotechnical Investigation, Engineering Design and Construction Administration and Inspection
Services pertaining to failing embankments at the Jacobs Road overpass and potentially other
failing embankments located at Turnpike overpasses in Sandusky County, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, the Contract was initially awarded pursuant to a Request for Proposals for
Project No. 71-10-02 in the amount of
$69,880.01
for the performance of Phase I, Site
Investigation services for the Jacobs Road overpass, and was amended in October 2010 to add
$42,636.84
to complete Phase I of the Project, which included Final Design and Plan Preparation
Services for the repair of the Jacobs Road overpass embankments; and
WHEREAS, as previously indicated to the Commission, Am. Sub. H.B. 114, of the 129
th
General Assembly, requires the Commission, on or before December 31, 2014, to repair ten
additional sites in Sandusky County where embankment failures have occurred, and
$530,064.45
was, therefore, amended into the Contract via Resolution No. 34-2011 to add the performance of
site investigation services for ten additional sites located in Sandusky County; and
WHEREAS,
S&ME, Inc.,
of
Valley View, Ohio
has since acquired
BBC&M, and the
Commission has assigned the Contract for Project No. 71-10-02 to S&ME, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, S&ME, Inc. has submitted a fee proposal dated January 5, 2012, in the “not-
to-exceed” amount of
$140,916.63
for the Final Design and Plan Preparation Services for the
repair of the Four Mile House Road, Carley Road, Karbler Road and Yorktown Road overpass
embankments; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Engineer has reviewed the S&ME, Inc. fee proposal for the
services delineated in the January 5, 2012 proposal, and has deemed it to be reasonable and
acceptable, and he therefore, recommends that the Commission proceed with said additional
Services; and
WHEREAS, the continued expenditures by the Commission under the Contract will
exceed $150,000.00, and, therefore, in accordance with Article V, Section 1.00 of the
Commission's Code of Bylaws, the Commission must authorize the amendment of the Contract
for Project No. 71-10-02; and
WHEREAS, the Commission will be presented with additional resolution(s) to authorize
additional expenditures with S&ME, Inc. in order to comply with Am. Sub. H.B. 114; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has reviewed the recommendation submitted by the Chief
Engineer, and concurs that the Contract for Project No. 71-10-02 should be amended to allow for
performance of the required additional Final Design and Plan Preparation Services; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has duly considered such recommendation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the Commission concurs that
S&ME, Inc.
of
Valley View, Ohio
should perform the additional Services contemplated under Project No. 71-10-02, and authorizes
the Chairman and the General Counsel to amend the Contract with S&ME, Inc. to perform said
services, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Commission’s RFP for Project
No. 71-10-02, S&ME, Inc.’s response thereto and its fee proposals therefor.
(Resolution No. 2-2012 adopted January 17, 2012)