Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with TranSystems Corporation of Ohio in the amount of up to $4,500,000.00 for the Roadway - LinkUS - Northwest Corridor Phase 2 project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, in partnership with the Central Ohio Transit Agency (COTA), additional resources to advance planning and engineering for a fixed-guideway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) for the LinkUS Northwest Corridor. This project will build upon and advance the recommendations of the Northwest Corridor Mobility Study (NWCMS). The consulting team will perform services to advance the design of the Locally Preferred Alternative for transit mode and alignment as identified in the NWCMS for submission of the project into Project Development (PD) as defined by the Final Interim Policy Guidance of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Capital Investment Grants Program (CIG), including production of all required elements necessary to request entry into PD as specified by the FTA.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, issued a Request for Proposals for the Roadway - LinkUS - Northwest Corridor Phase 2 project. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services web site and Bonfire from April 9, 2021, to April 29, 2021. The City received five (5) responses. A proposal from Kimley-Horn was deemed non-responsive due to a conflict of interest with one of the sub-consultants. The remaining four (4) responses were evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on May 4, 2021. Two (2) finalists were asked to prepare a presentation to answer followup questions for the committee. On May 10, 2021, the Evaluation Committee viewed the presentations and completed the evaluation process. The responsive firms were:
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