Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Advanced Engineering Consultants in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for the Facilities - General Design Engineering 2021 project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, continuing, contractual access to resources that are necessary to perform professional structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering services as well as provide technical expertise to implement building construction projects for various City of Columbus buildings.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Facilities - General Design Engineering 2021 contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from October 14, 2021, to November 4, 2021. The city received two (2) responses. Both proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on November 18, 2021. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/MBR/F1/AS1/PHC
Advanced Engineering Consultants Columbus, OH WBE
Fishbeck Columbus, OH MAJ
Advanced Engineering Consultants received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Facilities - General Design Engineering 2021 contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Advanced Engineering Consultants.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Advanced Engineering Consultants’s contract compliance number is CC005665 and expires 04/07/2022.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is budgeted, available, and appropriated within Fund 2265, the Street Construction Maintenance and Repair Fund.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to expedite this contrac...
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