Bids submitted to the City of Columbus must come from the account/digital ID of a person authorized to enter into contract on behalf of the company. Each bid submitted must include a completed Proposal Signature Affidavit. If a bid is submitted from an account/digital ID of a person who does not have the authority to enter into contract on behalf of the company and the company cannot provide the affidavit, the bid shall be deemed nonresponsive. This Bid Discount/Proposal Incentive Request Form must be included with the bid and proposal and submitted no later than the bid or proposal due date. Please complete the sections that apply. The Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) Programs provide a bid discount and proposal incentive points to eligible businesses seeking to bid on City of Columbus contracts as prime contractors/prime consultants. To be eligible for either the bid discount or the proposal incentive credits, the prime contractor must be certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the necessary work classification at the time the submittal is due. The Proposal Incentive points apply to professional service solicitations/contracts. For these contracts, the prime contractor's ethnicity and gender are part of the evaluation criteria. A prime contractor that is a minority-owned or a woman-owned business certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the relevant field of work is assigned 5 percentage points during the evaluation process. The Proposal Incentive points are used in scoring the proposals and ranking the submittals. The Bid Discount applies to construction and goods and services contracts when the award is based on low bid, and the prime contractor is a minority or woman-owned business or a minority or woman-owned joint venture certified with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion in the relevant work classification. The Bid Discount is 5% for construction and goods and services bids, not to exceed $50,000 on a single bid. The Bid Discount allows an original bid amount to be discounted by 5% for purposes of evaluating and determining the lowest responsive bid. The original bid amount is the basis for the contract award. For example, a $100,000 bid with a 5% Bid Discount is evaluated at $95,000. However, $100,000 would be paid if the bidder eligible for the discount was the successful bidder. For additional information about the Minority and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise Program, please visit the Office of Diversity and Inclusion's website. MBE/WBE GOAL FOR THIS CONTRACT: 0% The work for which consists of the removal and replacement of corrugated metal pipe, installation of approximately 30-feet of reinforced concrete pipe, pavement removal and restoration, site restoration, and other such work as may be necessary to complete the contract, in accordance with the drawings, technical specifications (see Summary of Work, Section 01015), plans and City of Columbus Construction and Material specifications set forth in this Invitation For Bid (IFB) Questions pertaining to the drawings, plans,specifications, IFB, and/or other contract documents must be submitted in writing to the Department of Recreation & Parks by email to Keith May at kamay@columbus.gov through October 26, 2023. No phone calls will be accepted.