Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contract with WSP USA in the amount of up to $500,000.00 for the Bikeway - Cassady Avenue - 7th Avenue to Plaza Properties Boulevard project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, additional resources to install a new shared use path (SUP) along the west side and sidewalk along the east side of N Cassady Avenue from E 7th Avenue to Plaza Properties Boulevard, including on the Cassady Road bridge over I-670. The project will tie into a current City of Columbus improvement project (ODOT PID 105732) on the south end and a Franklin County Engineer’s Cassady Road project on the north end.
Ord. 2534-2022 authorized the Director of Public Service to submit MORPC Attributable Funds roadway improvement project applications and to execute project agreements for approved projects for the Department of Public Service for the Bikeway - Cassady Avenue - 7th Avenue to Plaza Properties Boulevard project.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for four separate bikeways projects with MORPC Attributable Funds at the same time with the intent to award each of the following projects to a different firm resulting in four separate contracts. The RFQ consisted of Bikeway - McNaughten Road - Main Street to Broad Street; Bikeway - SR161 - Sawmill Road to Thompson Street; Bikeway - Cassady Avenue - 7th Avenue to Plaza Properties Drive; and Bikeway - Sullivant Avenue - Georgesville Road to S Wilson Road. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from January 31, 2024, to February 28, 2024. The City received thirteen (13) responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on March 8, 2024. The responding firms were:
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