Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Toole Design Group, LLC in an amount of up to $400,000.00 for the Roadway Improvement - Design Manual Ped-Bike-Traffic Control project.
The intent of this project is to provide the Department of Public Service additional resources for the development of a Department Design Manual. This project involves developing Department Design Memos covering subsections of chapters for eventual inclusion in a department Design Manual at a later date. These memos will serve to memorialize existing and proposed City of Columbus standards, policies, recommended practices and standard drawings into a series of formal documents, while also providing city personnel a reference document which will assure design consistency for all projects in City of Columbus Right-of-Way.
In addition, the department seeks to have the team prepare and present a training program for all Department of Public Service Project Managers. This will include but is not limited to communicating effectively with consultants, managing projects using the City of Columbus Project Management Information System and maintaining proper ethics when managing projects. The consultant may be asked to include a Project Manager’s manual that will cover a project’s initiation to completion and include the information in the training program.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Roadway Improvement - Design Manual Ped-Bike-Traffic Control contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from August 24, 2021, to September 20, 2021. The City received one (1) response. The proposal was deemed responsive and was fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on September 29, 2021. The responding firm was:
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