Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Woolpert, Inc. in the amount of up to $549,590.00 for the Asset Work Order System (AWOS) project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service an improved Work Order and Asset Management System to provide the ability to view, manage assets, create work orders, monitor resources across the enterprise with the capability to “measure and manage” performance, identify needs, plan work, and report with the highest level of transparency available.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Asset Work Order System (AWOS) contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from June 14, 2023, to July 26, 2023. The city received two (2) responses. An interview and Q&A session was held with the committee and both consultants August 18, 2023. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on August 31, 2023. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/ODI Certification
Woolpert, Inc. Columbus, OH Majority
KCI Technologies, Inc. Cincinnati, OH Majority
Woolpert, Inc. received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Asset Work Order System (AWOS) contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Woolpert, Inc.
As part of their bid Woolpert, Inc. has proposed the following subcontractor to work on the project:
Company Name City/State Majority/ODI Certification
Polygon Columbus, OH MBE
Polygon's certification was in good standing at the time the bid was awarded.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Wo...
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