Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into contract with OHM Advisors, in the amount of up to $381,714.69 for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Refugee Road-Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road project.
The Department of Public Service initiated a procurement effort that will result in the award and execution of a design and engineering contract with the intent of providing the City of Columbus with additional engineering resources for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Refugee Road-Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road project. This project, also known as FRA-CR14-1.99 (PID Number 99744), includes preliminary and final engineering for pedestrian improvements to Refugee Road from Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road. The project is to install a shared use path on one side of Refugee Road and sidewalk on the other side from Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road.
The primary goal of Part 1 of the contract is to perform preliminary engineering resulting in the alignment for the shared use path and sidewalk. The specific scope of work for remaining parts will be developed upon completion of Part 1.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited proposals for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements - Refugee Road-Winchester Pike to Hamilton Road project. Public Service formally advertised the project on the Vendor Services web site from June 30, 2015, to July 21, 2015. The city received eleven (11) responses. The Evaluation Committee met on July 28, 2015 and found that ten of the proposals were responsive and evaluated by the committee. The responsive firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/FBE/ASN /PHC
OHM Advisors Columbus, OH MAJ
Woolpert, Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
Strand Associates Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
PRIME AE Group, Inc. Columbus, OH ASN...
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