Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and Dehaven DBA GPD Group, for the Playground Renovations 2023 - Site Design Project. The contract amount is $334,802.03, with a contingency of $15,197.97, for a total of $350,000.00 being authorized by this ordinance.
This project focuses upon providing safe parks and accessible play opportunities for children throughout the City of Columbus. On a recurring basis, the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department renovates playgrounds that have reached the end of their useful life and are in need of replacement. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has over 170 playgrounds in its park system and this project will improve 12 sites, including Albany Crossing Park, Easthaven Park, Karns Park, Lazelle Woods Park, Mifflin Park, Nelson Park, Rhodes Park, Saunders Park, Schiller Park, Tuttle Park, Westgate Park, and Williams Creek Park. These funds are for site design at these twelve sites, which will incorporate the quality based designs from the four pre-qualified playground vendors.
Vendor Bid/Proposal Submissions (Office of Diversity and Inclusion designation status): Proposals were advertised to firms that were pre-qualified through the bi-annual Request for Statement of Qualification (RSFQ) process, in accordance with City Code Section 329, on July 29, 2024 and received by the Recreation and Parks Department on August 16, 2024. Request for proposals were received by the following companies:
Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and Dehaven DBA GPD Group (MAJ)
Of note, professional services contracts are quality based selections and not based on price. Costs were not requested nor were they part of this evaluation.
In accordance with City Code, a selection team evaluated the proposals and recommended Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and Dehaven DBA GPD Group be selected to perform the work. The firm was chosen ...
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