532000-100009 Vision Zero - Neighborhood Slow Zones Near East Pilot

1.1 Scope: The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service is receiving proposals until November 21, 2024 at 10:00 A.M. local time, for professional services for Vision Zero – Neighborhood Slow Zones Near East Pilot RFP. Proposals are being received electronically by the Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services via Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login. The City of Columbus has been awarded funds via the Safe Streets for All grant from the US Department of Transportation that will result in the construction of quick-build, temporary interventions to address motorist speeding on residential streets. This contract is for general engineering and transportation planning services that will develop a Neighborhood Slow Zone plan for the specified project area to demonstrate the use of temporary materials and guide future efforts by the City of Columbus to implement neighborhood Slow Zones. All questions concerning the RFP are to be sent to contact@example.gov. The last day to submit questions will be specified in the RFP; phone calls will not be accepted. Responses will be posted on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login as an addendum. A pre-proposal meeting will not be held. Notice of published addenda will be posted on the City’s Vendor Services web site and all addenda will be posted on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login. The selected Consultant shall attend a scope meeting anticipated to be held on/about two weeks after proposals are due. The projected scope date will be specified in the RFP. If the Project Manager is not available, the Consultant may designate an alternate to attend in their place. 1.2 Classification: All proposal documents (Request for Proposal, reference documents, addenda, etc.) will be available for review and download on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login after the RFP is advertised. Firms must meet the mandatory requirements stated in the RFP for a proposal to be considered for contract award. 1.3 Bonfire: If you do not have an account with Bonfire and you would like to review project information or submit a proposal, you will need to register for an account. Go to https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login in order to sign up. 1.4 City of Columbus MBE/WBE Program: This project is subject to the requirements of the City’s MBE/WBE Program. The MBE/WBE goal assigned to this project is 15.0%. The following are the evaluation criteria that will be used for this RFP: • Project Manager (Maximum 25 points) • Project Team (Maximum 25 points) • Past Performance (Maximum 20 points) • Understanding of Project/Project Approach (Maximum 30 points) City certified MBE/WBE firms that submit a proposal may be eligible to receive an incentive credit of 5% of the total evaluation points used to score Requests for Proposals. To be eligible for the incentive credit, the firm must: • Be the prime consultant. • Be certified by the City’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion as an MBE/WBE capable of providing the type of professional services sought by the City at the time of the proposal due date. • Be a member of the ethnic and gender groups determined by the City’s 2019 Disparity Study to have a statistically significant disparity in the awarding of City professional services contracts. (The eligible groups for Professional Services RFP’s are City certified African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Females.) • Submit a completed Bid Discount / Proposal Incentive Request Form with the proposal. Vendors must register on the Vendor Services portal before doing business with the City of Columbus and becoming Minority or Women Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) certified. To get registered, please visit the following link: https://new.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Bids-Solicitations/Vendor-Resources. After vendor registration, you will receive an email inviting you to complete the required Contract Compliance (EBO) Questionnaire. Vendors must be contract compliant in order to do business with the City of Columbus. To get compliant, please visit the following link: https://new.columbus.gov/Business-Development/Bids-Solicitations/Vendor-Resources. To complete our online certification application, track the status of your application and receive a copy of your certification approval letter, visit: https://columbus.diversitycompliance.com/. For more certification information or questions, contact us at: contact@example.gov. For additional inquiries, contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at: contact@example.gov. A debriefing session is available to all professional services prime consultants who are unsuccessful in responding to this solicitation for request for proposals. A request for a debriefing session must be submitted via email at contact@example.gov within thirty days following the contract award. The City of Columbus, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that for any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. THE AWARDED CONTRACTOR MUST BE REGISTERED WITH SAM.GOV BEFORE THE CONTRACT CAN BE EXECUTED. IF YOUR COMPANY IS NOT REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO ASAP AS IT CAN TAKE 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.