Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Resource International, Inc., in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements-Maple Canyon Avenue Sidewalks project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, additional resources to perform various professional engineering and surveying tasks, and provide technical expertise for the department to implement the Pedestrian Safety Improvements-Maple Canyon Avenue Sidewalks project, which consists of installing sidewalk along the east side of Maple Canyon Avenue from the existing sidewalk installed at the Fire Station approximately 500 feet north of SR161 to Jewett Drive.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Pedestrian Safety Improvements-Maple Canyon Avenue Sidewalks contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from October 24, 2018, to November 8, 2018. The City received five responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on November 15, 2018. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/MBR/WBE/AS1/PHC
Resource International, Inc. Columbus, OH WBE
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Columbus, OH MAJ
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Columbus, OH MAJ
Ribway Engineering Columbus, OH MBE
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. Worthington, OH MAJ
Resource International, Inc., received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Pedestrian Safety Improvements-Maple Canyon Avenue Sidewalks contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Resource International, Inc.
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