Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract on behalf of the Office of Construction Management with Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. for professional architectural design and engineering services for various Public Safety renovation projects. This would serve as a blanket contract to perform small to midsize projects for the Public Safety Division.
Request for Statements of Qualifications were available on December 10, 2008, and responses were to be submitted on or before January 6, 2009. The City received eleven (11) statements from the following firms (0 MBE, 0 FBE, 1 AS1):
Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc., Asebrook & Company Architects, LLC, Triad, Bird Houk, Schooley Caldwell Associates, Inc., J.L. Bender, JBA Architects, P.C., LaFontaine Architecture, and Star Consultants, Inc. (AS1). Star Consultants, Inc. provided incorrect information; therefore, Star's proposal was pulled from the evaluation process. Two firms were late and disqualified. A five-person committee evaluated the proposals, consisting of three members from the Office of Construction Management, one member from the Division of Police, and one member from the Columbus Fire Division. The scores were as follows:
Mull & Weithman Architects, Inc. 826
Asebrook & Company Architects 815
Triad 741
Bird Houk 737
Schooley Caldwell Associates, Inc. 714
JL Bender 712
JBA Architects, P.C. 695
LaFontaine Architecture 542
Star Consultants, Inc. (AS1) 0
Mull & Weithman Architects Inc., was the highest-ranked firm. They received the number one ranking by three of the five-committee members. They scored high in several areas including Statement of Understanding, Competence to Perform, Past Performance, and Project Tasks Defined.
This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of $250,000.00 between projects within the Safety Voted Bond Fund and amend...
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