Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Lawhon & Associates, Inc. (Lawhon), in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for the Roadway Improvements - Neighborhood Direction Conversion and Traffic Calming project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, Division of Traffic Management, resources to perform analysis of existing traffic conditions in portions of the Linden and Hilltop neighborhoods in order to conduct a feasibility analysis and make recommendations to support traffic calming on residential streets.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Roadway Improvements - Neighborhood Direction Conversion and Traffic Calming contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services web site from April 17, 2018, to May 15, 2018. The city received four (4) responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on May 24, 2018. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/MBR/F1/AS1/PHC
Lawhon & Associates, Inc. Columbus, OH FBE
Burgess & Niple, Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
TEC Engineering, Inc. Columbus, OH FBE
Lawhon received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Roadway Improvements - Neighborhood Direction Conversion and Traffic Calming contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Lawhon.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Lawhon’s contract compliance number is CC004766 and expires 01/17/2020.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this cont...
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