Explanation
 1. BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities initiated the Construction Administration/Inspection (CA/CI) Request for Proposals in order to establish Construction Administration and Inspection Services contracts for projects with the Division of Water (DOW), for Sewerage System Engineering projects with the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD), and for Engineering Section projects with the Division of Power (DOP). The Department selected five (5) firms to provide these services during 2020, 2021, and 2022. Each contract will be modified as needed during the three (3) year period for additional projects. This original agreement with Stantec Consulting Services Inc. will include two (2) projects, the Hilltop 1 Volunteer Sump Pump Program Contract #2 Construction Administration and Inspection Services CIP 650876-153004 and General CA/CI Services CIP 650800-100038.   
2. PROCUREMENT: The Department of Public Utilities advertised a Request for Proposals (RFP’s) on September 25, 2019 through October 25, 2019 pursuant to the overall requirements of City Code Section 329 in order to solicit proposals for construction administration and inspection services. Ten (10) proposals were received and reviewed, and it was determined that five (5) firms best met the needs of the Department of Public Utilities. Those five (5) firms which were selected to provide CA/CI Services include: DLZ, EMH&T, HR Gray, Resource International, and Stantec. (Selected firms are in bold below)  
Name	CC No.	Exp. Date	Vendor 	City/State	Status	
CTL Engineering	31-0680767	8/1/2020	004209	Columbus, OH	MBE	
DLZ Ohio	31-1268980	2/20/2020	004939	Columbus, OH	MBR	
EMH&T	31-0685594	1/19/2020	004214	Columbus, OH	MAJ	
HR Gray	31-1050479	6/26/2021	004640	Columbus, OH	MAJ	
Prime CMS	31-0803677	4/2/2020	024771	Columbus, OH	MAJ	
Quality Control	34-1545509	4/2/2020	025185	Bedford, OH	MAJ	
Resource Intl.	31-0669793	5/21/2020	004197	Columbus, OH	MAJ	
Smoot	31-1224826	2/23/20...
Click here for full text