The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service is receiving proposals for professional services for the Roadway - Leonard Avenue Improvements under Railroad Bridge RFP. This project consists of the design of roadway, pedestrian, drainage, and lighting improvements under the Leonard Avenue railroad bridge between the intersections of 5th Avenue at Leonard Avenue and 5th Avenue at Leonard Avenue/Woodland Avenue. Design will advance the concept for improvements that concluded from the preliminary investigations previously completed, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, as set forth in this Request for Proposals (RFP). All questions concerning the RFP are to be sent to capitalprojects@columbus.gov. A pre-proposal meeting will not be held. 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. 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: 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. Questions Due Date: Aug 28th 2023, 11:30 PM EDT