Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with GPD Group in the amount of up to $500,000.00 for the Signals - General Engineering 2019 project.
The intent of this contract is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management, additional resources that are necessary to perform traffic signal facilities design and associated tasks for the Department. The selected consultant will be expected to be readily available to perform such tasks when requested by the Department; to complete projects in a short timeframe; and will be expected to work on multiple projects concurrently.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Signals - General Engineering 2019 contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services website and the Bonfire website from August 29, 2019, to September 26, 2019. The City received seven responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on October 7, 2019.
The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/FBE
GPD Group Columbus, OH MAJ
EP Ferris Columbus, OH MAJ
Carpenter Marty Columbus, OH MAJ
EMH&T Columbus, OH MAJ
Transystems Corp. Columbus, OH MAJ
ms consultants Columbus, OH MAJ
TEC Engineering Columbus, OH FBE
GPD Group received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Signals - General Engineering 2019 contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against GPD Group.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
GPD Group’s contract compliance number is CC006560 and expires 05/23/2021.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is available within Fund 7704, ...
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