This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Columbus, Ohio. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

In order to properly maintain the City's pavement infrastructure, it is necessary to use a pavement management system as a network level planning tool for roadway maintenance activities that support the concepts of a pavement preservation program. This project will include: performing the automated pavement condition survey of the City's roadway network using the ASTM standardized method (PCI) which will be used by the pavement management system; obtaining roadway network pavement types and dimensions; performing the International Roughness Index (IRI); obtaining images; and if needed, having the ability to collect assets within the right-of-way during the survey, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, as set forth in this Request for Proposals (RFP). Questions Due Date: Feb 17th 2023, 11:30 PM EST. 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 website. 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 website. 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 website. City of Columbus MBE/WBE Program: This project is subject to the requirements of the City's MBE/WBE Program. The following are the evaluation criteria that will be used for this RFP: o Location of Lead Offeror (Maximum 10 points) o Project Manager (Maximum 20 points) o Project Team (Maximum 25 points)o Past Performance (Maximum 25 points) o Understanding of Project/Project Approach (Maximum 20 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: o Be the prime consultant. o 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. o 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.) o Submit a completed Bid Discount / Proposal Incentive Request Form with the proposal. Contact the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Tia Roseboro, Contract Compliance and Certification Programs Manager, at THRoseboro@Columbus.gov with any questions concerning companies eligible to participate in the program. 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 capitalprojects@columbus.gov within thirty days following the contract award.