Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to renew the contract for professional services to implement the Cityworks Asset Management System (AMS) department-wide with Woolpert, Inc. The existing contract expires on June 20, 2024.
Woolpert will continue to provide services throughout various phases of the implementation, including planning, design, configuration, advanced functionality development (integrations and data migration), training, system deployment, and extended software support.
This project is focused on delivering integrated software functionality and business processes supporting inventory tracking and control, asset condition reporting, inspections, service requests, corrective and preventive maintenance, work management, mobile, reporting, analytics, training, and data-driven decision-making. The Cityworks Asset Management System will replace the existing Oracle Work and Asset Management System.
The selection of the firm providing this professional service has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Codes, Chapter 329, and “Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." The evaluation criteria for this contract included: 1. Local workforce 2. Project team 3. Past Performance 4. Understanding of the project 5. Software requirements/Technology 6. Training and ongoing support 7. Environmentally preferable.
Twenty-two (22) Requests for Proposal (RFP) were received on July 16, 2021. Of the Twenty-Two (22) responses, the committee selected three (3) of the highest firms for additional interviews and requested clarification of their proposals. These interviews were conducted on September 21-23, 2021. The Evaluation Committee met October 19, 2021 to submit final scores and recommended that the Work and Asset Management System project be awarded to Woolpert, Inc.
This contract, authorized by Ordinance 1439-2022, was for an initial two (2) years from ...
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