Background
BACKGROUND: To provide reliable cell phone and data reception in the lower level of the Jerry Hammond Center, the Real Estate Management Office solicited proposals for the engineering, design, equipment, setup, and installation services for a multi-carrier universal cellular communication signal amplification system to improve poor cellular service through SA004773, Request for Proposal and Statement of Work for Multicarrier/Universal Cellular Communication Repeater Services. The Request For Proposal (RFP) required the Responder to provide a detailed project approach including: preliminary project assessment/ site evaluation, system engineering & design, and installation. In addition, the RFP established performance criteria for the multi-carrier cellular communication signal amplification system proposed by the Responder as the solution to ensure reliable cell service coverage. The Responder selected shall provide a complete turnkey multi-carrier solution (analysis, engineering, equipment, and installation) that guarantees reliable cellular coverage from all major cellular service providers in Columbus.
The City received two responses to the RFP. The RFP established that evaluation of the proposals would be based on the following criteria: competence, quality & feasibility, capacity, past performance, cost structure and environmentally preferred practices. After a review of the proposals for the Jerry Hammond Center and scoring by the Proposal Evaluation Committee but before an award was made, it came to light that the City was also experiencing poor cellular reception in several interior and basement areas in City Hall and that there were concerns regarding reliable and comprehensive cellular reception in the newly renovated 77 N. Front Building. It was deemed reasonable that both Responders to the original RFP should also, under the same requirements established in the RFP, analyze cellular reception in these two additional buildings and provide...
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