SLED Opportunity · OHIO · CITY OF COLUMBUS
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The City of Columbus seeks proposals for professional services to provide independent hearing examiners for parking and right of way violation hearings. Services include conducting hearings, reviewing evidence, issuing judgments, and reporting findings. Proposals due by May 15, 2026.
1.1 Scope: The City of Columbus, Department of Public Service is receiving proposals until May 15, 2026 at 10:00 A.M. local time, for professional services for the Parking & Right of Way Hearing Examiner RFP. Proposals are being received electronically by the Department of Public Service, Office of Support Services via Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login. The purpose of this Request for Proposal (“RFP”) is to procure one or more Hearing Examiners to provide the following services: • Serve as an independent hearing examiner to conduct hearings to determine if a person is in violation of the parking ticket or ROW citation; • Perform written, in-person, and virtual hearings; • Review all evidence and testimony submitted by the violator and City and make a determination; • Assure that all testimony provided in a hearing is given under oath; • For parking ticket hearings, enter judgments, including default judgments, into the records of the Division of Mobility and Parking Services; and • For ROW citation hearings, issue a written report to the Director within ten (10) calendar days of the ROW violation hearing containing the findings of the facts, conclusion of law, and recommendation(s) related to the matter. All questions concerning the RFP are to be sent to capitalprojects@columbus.gov. The last day to submit questions will be specified in the RFP; phone calls will not be accepted. Responses will be posted on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login as an addendum. Notice to all offerors: a voluntary pre-proposal meeting will be held on April 27, 2026, at 2:30 PM Local Time, virtually via WEBEX at: https://cocmeetings.webex.com/cocmeetings/j.php?MTID=mff89e992c52c48790729cb536dec6ffe Anyone interested in submitting a proposal is strongly encouraged to attend this meeting. Notice of published addenda will be posted on the City’s Vendor Services web site and all addenda will be posted on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login. The selected Consultant shall attend an orientation meeting anticipated to be held on/about two weeks after proposals are due. The projected date will be specified in the RFP. 1.2 Classification: All proposal documents (Request for Proposal, reference documents, addenda, etc.) will be available for review and download on Bonfire at https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login after the RFP is advertised. Offerors must meet the mandatory requirements stated in the RFP for a proposal to be considered for contract award. 1.3 Bonfire: If you do not have an account with Bonfire and you would like to review project information or submit a proposal, you will need to register for an account. Go to https://columbus.bonfirehub.com/login to sign up.
SLED stands for State, Local, and Education. These are solicitations issued by state governments, counties, cities, school districts, utilities, and higher education institutions — as opposed to federal agencies.
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