Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Service to enter into a professional services contract with Toole Design Group, LLC in the amount of up to $750,000.00 for the Columbus Bikeways and Micromobility Plan project.
The intent of this project is to provide the City of Columbus, Division of Mobility and Parking Services, a strategic action plan to implement a safe and connected bikeway and micromobility system throughout the city. The resulting plan will serve as an update of the 2008 Bicentennial Bikeways Plan and will advance the objectives of Vision Zero Columbus, the Columbus Climate Action Plan, and the LinkUS Active Transportation Vision. The plan will have a core focus on bicycle facilities, but will also examine opportunities to enhance all modes of micromobility and active transportation, with an emphasis on connections to transit, jobs, trails, and community destinations. Plan elements will include equitable public engagement, policy recommendations, priority network development, facility type recommendations, project constructability/feasibility analysis, and a recommended capital improvement program for priority implementation projects.
The Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services, solicited Requests for Proposals for the Columbus Bikeways and Micromobility Plan contract. The project was formally advertised on the Vendor Services and Bonfire web sites from January 11, 2023, to February 8, 2023. The city received three (3) responses. They were all evaluated when the Evaluation Committee met on February 15, 2023. The two (2) finalists were asked to prepare a presentation to answer follow up questions for the committee. On February 23, 2023 the evaluation committee viewed the presentations and completed the evaluation process.
The responding firms were:
Company Name City/State MAJ/EBE/LGBTBE/MBE/
SLBE/VBE/WBE
Burgess & Niple Columbus, Ohio MAJ
HNTB Ohio Columbus, Ohio...
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