DEPARTMENT: Transportation & Capital Improvements
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Mike Frisbie, P.E.
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S) IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Contract Award: (Professional Services) Project Scoping and Cost Estimating Services for the Proposed 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program.
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing the execution of two Professional Service Agreements with Maestas & Associates, Inc. and Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc., for services related to scoping and estimating potential projects for the Proposed 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 per contract, with available funds from the adopted FY 2016 Capital Improvements Budget.
BACKGROUND:
For the 2012-2017 General Obligation Bond, Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI) awarded two Professional Service Agreements through Ordinance 2011-01-20-0035, in the amount of $250,000.00 per contract. These consultants provided scoping and estimating for a total of 60 key projects, which equated to a total of $338,000.00 for the bond program.
TCI is three years into the 2012-2017 General Obligation Bond Program and on track for substantial completion by May 2017.
As part of the review and analysis phase, scoping and estimating will be significant factors when reviewing and identifying projects for the 2017-2022 General Obligation Bond Program which is planned to be taken before the voters in May 2017.
Procurement of Services
In preparation for the 2017-2022 Bond Program, a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Project Scoping & Cost Estimating Services was released July 13, 2015 with a Pre-Submittal conference held on July 22, 2015, with a submittal deadline of August 14, 2015. Fourteen firms responded and submitted their Statement of Qualifications (SOQ). A selection committee, made up of City staff from TCI, evaluated and scored the SOQs based on the published evaluation criteria, which included Background, Exper...
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