Linden Green Line Design RFP

The City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department is engaged in developing a 7-mile former rail corridor in the Linden and Northland community into 58-acre linear park. This Request for Proposals seeks to further advance the design and construction plans to reclaim the neglected corridor into a linear park, including functional urban greenspace, nature, recreation, and a regionally significant trail offering connectivity to jobs, transit, commercial and cultural destinations, parks, schools, and neighborhoods. CRPD anticipates a construction cost for these improvements to be approximately $25-30M. This project is anticipated to be delivered using design-bid-build. The responses to this RFP will be evaluated considering how the respondent proposes their approach to all three stages listed above for this project. CRPD will modify the Design Professional’s contract during each stage when fees and contract terms will be negotiated. It may be determined that each Stage represented above may also be broken down into separate phases. RFP Selection Schedule • RFP advertisement May 12, 2025 • Deadline to Submit Questions May 29, 2025 • RFP Due June 9, 2025 • Potential Interviews June 19-20, 2025 • Consultant Selection June / 2025 • CRPD Commission July 8, 2025 • City Council July 21, 2025 • Anticipated Notice to Proceed August / 2025 . Proposals shall be uploaded to the Bonfire website at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities . Questions: Direct questions via e-mail only to Brad Westall at contact@example.gov. No contact is to be made with the City other than with the Project Manager through e-mail with respect to this proposal or its status. Direct Proposals to Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/portal/?tab=openOpportunities