Purchasing Type: Request for Proposals (RFP)
Public Hearing: YES ☐ NO ☒ Department: Purchasing & Contracting
AGENDA ITEM:
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Commission District(s): All
RFP - Request for Proposals No. 2025-050 On-Call Services for Small Area Planning (Five (5) Year Multiyear Contract). For use by the Department of Planning and Sustainability (P&S) to obtain as needed an on-call pool of planning and engineering firms for planning services. Recommending award to the eight (8) highest scoring proposers: Blue Cypress Consulting, LLC; Kimley-Horn, Inc.; Freese and Nichols, Inc.; The Collaborative, Inc.; Pond & Company; NEOO Development, LLC; Inspire Placemaking Collective, Inc.; Geographic Technologies Group, Inc.: Total Amount Not To Exceed: $1,250,000.00
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Information Contact: Michelle Butler, Chief Procurement Officer
Phone Number: (404) 687-3581
PURPOSE:
Award of these contracts will allow the Department of Planning and Sustainability to obtain planning services on an as needed basis from an on-call pool of planning and engineering firms to provide a variety of planning services on an as-needed basis. Fourteen (14) proposals were received.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended Action
Recommend award to the highest scoring responsive and responsible proposers:
Blue Cypress Consulting, LLC, 125 Clairemont Ave, Suite 280, Decatur, GA 30030
Note: LSBE DeKalb Firm
Kimley-Horn, Inc., 1200 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30309
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
Freese and Nichols, Inc., 801 Cherry Street, Suite 2800, Fort Worth, TX 76102
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
The Collaborative, Inc., 1175 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, GA 30361
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
Pond & Company, 3500 Parkway Lane, Suite 500, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
NEOO Development, LLC dba NEOO Partners, 370 Wabasha St N, St. Paul, MN 55102
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
Inspire Placemaking Collective, Inc., 4767 New Broad Street, Orlando, FL 32814
Note: LSBE Participation: 20%
Geographic Technologies Group, Inc., 1299 Parkway Dr, Goldsboro, NC 27534
Note: LSBE Participation: GFE Approved
Total Amount Not To Exceed: $1,250,000.00
and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute the contracts and all associated documents.
Evaluation Committee Scores:
Firms Total Score
1. Blue Cypress Consulting, LLC 94.2
2. Kimley-Horn, Inc. 91.2
3. Freese and Nichols, Inc. 90.8
4. The Collaborative, Inc. 86.8
5. Pond & Company 85.2
6. NEOO Development, LLC 79.8
7. Inspire Placemaking Collective, Inc. 78.8
8. Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. 76.0
9. Grice Consulting Group, LLC 75.6
10. Hartzog Consulting, LLC 67.6
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
1. Contract Effective Date: Contract Execution Date
2. Contract Expiration Date: Five (5) Year Multiyear Contract
3. Funding: General Fund
4. Additional Proposers:
Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners, PLLC
505 N Angier Avenue NE 3rd Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
(Non-Responsive)
AAA GeoPlan Solutions, LLC
7510 Hornwood Dr. Unit 907
Houston, TX 77036
(Non-Responsive)
Intellectual Concepts
3301 Buckeye Rd, Suite 520
Atlanta, GA 30341
(Non-Responsive)
Robert and Company
229 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30303
(Non-Responsive)