Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into professional services contracts with Tran Products dba Polygon Solutions in the amount of up to $410,085.00 for the Infrastructure Asset Management Geo-Spatial Professional Services project.
The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service, is responsible for managing over 10 billion dollars in physical infrastructure assets for the 14th largest city in the United States. In an effort to better manage the performance and investments of the system, the intent of this project is to establish a professional services task order for automating the pavement management process, geo-locating maintenance agreements, developing a Street Network Roadway Manual, asset inventory data clean up services and conducting training on ESRI Roads and Highways, and the Feature Manipulation Engine (FME).
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Infrastructure Asset Management Geo-Spatial Professional Services contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from July 20, 2022 to August 17, 2022. The city received two (2) responses. An interview and Q&A session was held with the committee and both consultants September 1, 2022. All proposals were deemed responsive and were fully evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on September 1, 2022. The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State Majority/MBE/MBR/F1/AS1/PHC
Polygon Solutions Columbus, OH MBE
Woolpert, Inc. Columbus, OH Majority
Polygon Solutions recei...
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