Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Service to modify a professional services contract with Hunter Marketing to add additional funds for the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign contract. Hunter Marketing will collaborate with Park Columbus team members with the goal of educating, raising awareness and promoting new mobility and parking initiatives.
Ordinance 0403-2022 authorized the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract for the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign providing the City of Columbus, Division of Parking Services with a comprehensive stakeholder outreach campaign through which the City of Columbus, Division of Parking Services will take on additional, high profile and innovative parking projects in 2023. The City now wishes to modify the contract in the amount of $250,000.00.
The original contract amount: $250,000.00 (PO315867, Ord. 0403-2022)
The total of modification 1: $250,000.00 (Total this Ordinance)
The contract amount including all modifications: $500,000.00
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Hunter Marketing.
2. PLANNED CONTRACT MODIFICATION
This planned modification of the contract with Hunter Marketing is necessary to continue the comprehensive stakeholder outreach campaign and to provide additional funding for the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign.
3. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Hunter Marketing’s contract compliance number is WBE035651 and expires 5/31/2024.
4. MINORITY AND WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE & SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
This expenditure is to modify a contract that was put in place prior to the implementation of this program and as such is not a part of the program. However, Hunter Marketing is a certified WBE and this spend will count towards the Department's over...
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