Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Human Resources to enter into a contract with Baker Tilly US LLP for consultation services to assist with a total compensation study, further authorizes the expenditure of $56,448.75, and declares an emergency.
In 2023, the Human Resources Department/Office of Compensation Management went out to bid via RFQ023859 for consultation services to assist with a total compensation study. Consultation services are needed by the Department of Human Resources to ensure internal alignment of City of Columbus pay and jobs and to determine how the city’s current total compensation package might be updated to maintain competitiveness with comparable entities in both the public and private sectors, which draw on a shared labor market. The RFP process was conducted in accordance with Columbus City Code Chapter 329. The Department of Human Resources reached out to the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) regarding a potential DBE participation goal for this contract, but ODI made the determination to decline to assign a participation goal to this RFP.
The RFP team reviewed 12 proposals and interviewed the top five finalists. The five proposals from the top finalists were submitted by the following firms:
1. Baker Tilly US LLP
2. Evergreen Solutions, LLC
3. Crowe LLP
4. The Segal Company
5. CBIZ Compensation Consulting
After careful consideration and evaluation, the RFP Team selected Baker Tilly US LLP for the firm’s referenced projects, experience, qualifications, availability, timeline, and project approach.
The term of that agreement recently expired, necessitating the execution of a new service contract between the parties. The intent of this legislation is to provide the Department of Human Resources with additional resources necessary for the continued operation of the total compensation study. This legislation seeks to authorize executing a service contract between the parties terminating no earlier ...
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