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A Resolution of the City Commission accepting the recommendation of the Chief Procurement Officer to award RFQ 2024-007 for Transportation Planning and Engineering Consulting Services to and negotiate a Professional Services Agreement (“Agreement”) with Ardurra Group, Inc., CALTRAN Engineering Group, Inc., CHA Consulting, Inc., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Roadway Design Solutions, Inc., and Volkert, Inc., the six (6) responsive-responsible proposers, pursuant to Florida Statute 287.055, known as the “Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act” (CCNA).
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The City’s Public Works Department requires the services of professional engineering consulting firms, per the requirements of Florida Statute 287.055 (CCNA), with the qualifications and ability to provide Transportation Planning and Engineering Consulting Services, that may include: Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning, Roadway and Drainage Design, Contract Administration, Construction Engineering Inspection (CEI), Material Inspection, Landscape design and Structural Design.
On February 2, 2024, the Procurement Division of Finance formally advertised, issued, and distributed Transportation Planning and Engineering Consulting Services, Request for Qualification (RFQ) 2024-007 with the intent to qualify a pool up to six (6) firms. One Hundred and Twenty (120) prospective proposers were notified by INFOR, the City’s web-based e-Procurement service. On March 14, 2024, nine (9) firms submitted proposals in response to the RFQ: Ardurra Group, Inc., BCC Engineering, LLC., CALTRAN Engineering Group, Inc., CHA Consulting, Inc., EXP U.S. Services, Inc., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., Roadway Design Solutions, Inc., Volkert, Inc., and WSP USA, Inc.
The responses were reviewed by the Procurement Division in order to determine responsiveness to the requirements of the RFQ. During the review, it was initially determined that Roadway Design Solutions, Inc., would be deemed non-responsive and would receive no further consideration for award due to failure to meet the minimum qualifications for the RFQ. Upon further review and concurrence from the City Attorney’s Office, Roadway Design Solutions, Inc., was deemed responsive and therefore considered for evaluation.
On May 29, 2024, and June 5, 2024, the Evaluation Committee convened to evaluate all nine (9) responsive and responsible proposals and ranked the firms in the following order: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (first), CALTRAN Engineering Group, Inc. (second), Volkert, Inc. (third), Roadway Design Solutions, Inc. (fourth), Ardurra Group, Inc. (fifth), and CHA Consulting, Inc (sixth). The Evaluation Committee recommended that the City negotiate with the top six (6) responsive-responsible proposers to provide the requested services.
The Evaluation Committee further recommended that should negotiations fail with any of the top six (6) ranked firms negotiations could be conducted with the next ranked firms WSP USA, Inc., BCC Engineering, LLC., and EXP U.S. Services.
The Chief Procurement Officer recommends accepting the Evaluation Committee’s recommendation to award and negotiate Agreements with the top six (6) responsive-responsible proposers to provide the requested services for an initial three (3) year term with two (2) one-year renewals.
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