Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contracts with The Saunders Company LLC dba The Saunders PR Group in the amount of up to $1,000,000.00 for the Vision Zero - Multilingual Educational Communications Campaign project.
The intent of this project is to provide the Department of Public Service additional resources for the development and launch of a multilingual educational campaign that focuses on topics that contribute the most to serious injuries and fatal crashes. Communication with residents will continue with a multilingual education campaign with television, pre-roll and social media advertising and offline activities to spur behavior change on topics that contribute the most to serious injuries and fatal crashes, and to engage residents to help end serious injuries and fatalities in Columbus.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Vision Zero - Multilingual Educational Communications Campaign contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from April 15, 2021, to May 6, 2021. The city received four (4) responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on May 13, 2021.
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/MBR/F1/AS1/PHC
The Saunders Company LLC Columbus, OH MBE
dba The Saunders PR Group
Murphy Epson Columbus, OH MBE
Nativa, Inc. Columbus, OH MAJ
Hunter Marketing Grandview, OH WBE
The Saunders PR Group received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Vision Zero - Multilingual Educational Communications Campaign contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against The Saunders PR Group.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIAN...
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