CITY OF SAN ANTONIO
TRANSPORTATION & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Interdepartmental Correspondence
TO: Erik Walsh, City Manager
FROM: Razi Hosseini, P.E., R.P.L.S., Interim Director, Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI)
COPIES: Audit and Accountability Committee; Ben Gorzell, Jr., CPA, Chief Financial Officer; Troy Elliott, CPA, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Kevin Barthold, City Auditor; Roderick J. Sanchez, AICP, CBO, Assistant City Manager; Art Reinhardt, P.E., CFM, TCI Interim Deputy Director
SUBJECT: Consideration of High Profile Solicitation for Release
DATE: January 21, 2020
The following high profile solicitation is scheduled to be released within the next month.
On-Call Professional Engineering Services for Traffic Engineering (TCI) - The City of San Antonio, in its continued effort to provide timely completion of various traffic and transportation related projects, is soliciting for qualified engineers to provide traffic engineering services on an as-needed basis. Services may include providing plans, studies, analysis and preliminary and final design documents, cost estimates, plan and/or reports, which discuss findings, engineering calculations, recommendations and work product. Consultants will need to demonstrate pre-qualifications in certain TxDOT work categories for planning, studies, design and analysis. Projects requiring traffic engineering services will be in support of the City’s various transportation, pedestrian, bicycle, and traffic calming initiatives and programs such as Vision Zero, School Pedestrian Safety, Neighborhood Traffic Calming and the Infrastructure Management Program (IMP).
Department: TCI
Solicitation Type: Request for Qualifications
Contract Value: $1.5 million (may result in multiple contracts)
Term of Contract: 1 year with 2, 1-year renewal option
Release Date: January 27, 2020
Closing Date: March 11, 2020
Proposed Council Date: August 2020
Contact Information: Razi Hosseini, Interim Director, TCI
Evaluation Criteria: Experience, background and qualifications: 40 points
Understanding of project and proposed management plan: 30 points
Experience with San Antonio region issues and past experience with the City of San Antonio: 30 points
SBEDA Requirements: Not Applicable
DBE Requirements: 10% Subcontracting Program
Local Preference Program: Not Applicable
Veteran Owned Small Business Preference Program: Not Applicable
Voting Members: Arthur Reinhardt, P.E., CFM, Interim Deputy Director, TCI
David McBeth, P.E., Assistant City Engineer, TCI
Bianca Flores Thorpe, P.E., Capital Programs Manager, TCI
Christina De La Cruz, P.E., Capital Programs Manager, TCI
William Thorpe, EIT, TCP & Pavement Markings Program Manager, TCI
Caron Lay, PMP, LSSBB, Project Control Manager, TCI