Explanation
1.  BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Michael Baker International, Inc., in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Corridor Planning and Design Services project.
The intent of this project is to provide Public Service additional resources for general engineering and transportation planning services to evaluate select corridors throughout the city for new designs that are able to better address the mobility demands of the larger transportation system.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Corridor Planning and Design Services contract.  The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services web site and the Bonfire web site from November 19, 2019, to December 17, 2019.  The City received five responses.  All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on January 09, 2020.  The responding firms were:  
Company Name                                                      City/State            Majority/MBE/MBR/F1/AS1/PHC
Michael Baker International, Inc.		Columbus, Ohio			Majority
Burgess & Niple, Inc.                                      	Columbus, Ohio			Majority
HDR Engineering, Inc.                                     	Columbus, Ohio			Majority
ms consultants, inc 				Columbus, Ohio			Majority
AECOM Technical Services, Inc.                 	Columbus, Ohio			Majority
Michael Baker International, Inc., received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Roadway Improvements - Multimodal Corridor Planning and Design Services contract.  
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Michael Baker International, Inc.
2.  CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Michael...
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