Background
1. EXPLANATION
This ordinance authorizes the Chief Innovation Officer to modify an existing contract with Motivate International in an amount up to $272,452.00 to expand the CoGo Bike Share system as part of the USDOT Smart City Challenge Smart Mobility Hubs project.
CoGo Bike Share launched in 2013 in the downtown core of Columbus. The 30-station network was limited in size and scope, and data shows that ridership increased significantly as the system expanded from downtown into the Harrison West, Short North, OSU Campus, and Weinland Park areas.
In 2018 the system expanded to include Grandview Heights, Upper Arlington, and Bexley. The system currently has 72 stations and 618 bikes. This ordinance will expand the CoGo Bike Share System by adding 4 CoGo Bike Share stations, 33 traditional bikes, and 30 station-based electric bikes with lock-to feature.
The contract with Motivate International for the CoGo Bike Share System is held by the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. Recreation and Parks has agreed to allow the Smart City Program Office to modify the contract to expand the program.
Ordinance Number 1901-2017 authorized the Public Service Director to transfer signature authority to the Chief Innovation Officer or the Chief Innovation Officer's designee for all past, present and future Smart Columbus, Smart City Challenge, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation contracts, documents, and projects.
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Motivate International.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for Motivate International is CC39188-115048 and expired 11/12/16. Motivate International will have to renew their contract compliance before the contract modification can be executed.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this project expenditure, in the amount of $272,452.00, is available as follows:
$197,452.00 in the Public S...
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