Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract, on behalf of the Office of Construction Management, with HEAPY Engineering, Inc., for the Professional Engineering Services - Task Order Basis project, in the amount of $750,000.00.
This contract is for small and emergency projects to be completed on a task order basis. The intent of the contract is to provide the Office of Construction Management with continual, contractual access to resources that are necessary to perform professional engineering services as well as provide technical expertise for the Department to implement projects for various City of Columbus departments.
Funding will be provided in the amount of $500,000.00 for the Department of Finance and Management and $250,000.00 for the Department of Public Safety.
2. BID INFORMATION: The Department of Finance and Management solicited Requests for Proposals via Vendor Services and Bonfire. Of the 415 vendors solicited, 137 were Minority-owned, 2 were Veteran-owned, 89 were Woman-owned, and 213 were Small Business-owned.
Eleven (11) RFP’s were received and opened on October 1, 2024 from the following vendors:
1. HEAPY Engineering, Inc.
2. GPD Group
3. Advanced Engineering Consultants (WBE)
4. Roger D. Fields Associates
5. Osborn Engineering
6. Star Consultants Inc. (MBE)
7. American Structurepoint
8. Karpinski Engineering
9. Fishbeck
10. Korda/Nemeth Engineering
11. New River Engineers
An evaluation committee reviewed and scored the proposals based on the criteria included Columbus City Code, Section 329. The Department of Finance and Management recommends an award be made to HEAPY Engineering, Inc.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE INFO: DAX No. 5890, expires 9/5/26, Majority-designated
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against HEAPY Engineering, Inc.
4. MINORITY PARTICIPATION: There was no ODI-assi...
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