Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Hunter Marketing in the amount of up to $250,000.00 for the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Division of Parking Services with a comprehensive stakeholder outreach campaign through which the City of Columbus, Division of Parking Services will take on additional, high profile and innovative parking projects in 2022.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from December 20, 2021, to January 20, 2022. The city received two (2) responses. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on January 27, 2022. The responding firms were:
CONSULTANT
Sub-consultant Business Enterprise Status Contract Compliance Number Percentage of Work Percentage Majority/Percentage Other
Hunter Marketing WBE WBE035651 100% 100% Other
MurphyEpson, Inc. WBE WBE004934 50% 80% Other 20%
Futurety MBE MBE025972 30%
Scott Light Consulting N/A N/A 20%
Hunter Marketing received the highest score by the evaluation committee and will be awarded the Park Columbus Educational Communications Campaign contract.
Searches in the Excluded Party List System (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against Hunter Marketing.
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
Hunter Marketing’s contract compliance number is WBE035651 and expires 5/31/2024.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this contract is available within Fund 6500, the Mobility Operating Fund.
4. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested to expedite this contract to ...
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