(A) The clerk is hereby instructed to advertise for the solicitation of professional design firm statements of qualifications to be submitted by architectural and engineering firms with expertise in municipal design projects to submit a statement of qualifications and to update the statement on at least an annual basis. Such advertisement shall be made in conformity with Ohio law.
(B) The solicited information shall identify the firm; shall identify its prior municipal engineering and architectural experience; shall confirm that such firm has adequate errors and omissions liability insurance; and shall identify the capability of the firm in terms of personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform various professional design services of a municipal nature; and shall identify the educational qualifications of the members of the firm with special attention drawn to prior municipal work. Such statements shall be submitted to the safety-service director of the city, who shall accept all such statements and maintain them in an appropriate filing system. Statements of professional design firm qualifications shall also be accepted by the safety-service director at any time for filing.
(C) For any municipal work for the city requiring professional design expertise, the safety-service director, or his designee, shall verbally report to council on the selection which has been made of the professional design firm for all design contracts which exceed $25,000 in amount. In addition, the verbal report shall identify the basis for the selection of the professional design firm.
(D) The clerk shall advertise in order to solicit the qualification statements identified in this section on a bi-annual basis.
(Ord. 99-08, passed 6-1-99)