As used in this chapter:
(a) “Board” means any board or commission of the City.
(b) “City” means the City of North Olmsted.
(c) “Director” means the Director of any Department of the City.
(d) “Firm” means any person, company, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other entity in the business of providing, and legally authorized under the laws of the State of Ohio to provide, services.
(e) “Personal service” means the service of an offeree who is vested with discretion in accomplishing an assigned task because his or her skills, knowledge, experience, and expertise are unique to the subject matter of a contract and could not be duplicated by others not similarly qualified. “Personal service” shall not include any service that, under Article VIII, Section 6 of the Charter, may be made only pursuant to a contract awarded following competitive bidding.
(f) “Professional service” means a personal service provided by an accountant, architect, attorney, professional engineer, landscape architect, surveyor, or other similar person or firm who is required to be registered or licensed by the State of Ohio.
(g) “Project” means any proposed public work by the City, including but not limited to capital improvements.
(h) “Proposal” is a written description of work to be completed for a project.
(i) “Qualifications” means all of the following:
(1) Competence of a firm to perform the required personal services as indicated by the technical training, education and experience of the firm’s personnel, especially the technical training, education and experience of the employees within the firm who would be assigned to perform the personal services;
(2) Ability of the firm in terms of its workload and the availability of qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the required personal services competently and expeditiously;
(3) Past performance of the firm as reflected by the evaluations of previous clients with respect to such factors as control of costs, quality of work, and meeting of deadlines;
(4) Other similar factors.
(j) “Service” means the furnishing of labor, time or effort by a person or firm, not involving the delivery of a specific end product other than a report which, if provided, is merely incidental to the required performance. “Service” does not include services furnished pursuant to employment agreements or collective bargaining agreements. (Ord. 2007-68. Passed 2-5-08.)