Summary:
A Request for Qualification Statements (RQS) for Professional Engineering Services for Conserv II Biosolids Dewatering System Improvements was issued on June 3, 2013. Four (4) firms responded to this solicitation, and the Consultants' Qualifications Board (CQB) certified all firms. Short-listed Respondents provided presentations to the City's Advisory Committee, and on August 26, 2013, City Council approved the Committee's ranking and authorized staff to commence negotiations for a contract with the top-ranked Respondent, Carollo Engineers, Inc.
On November 25, 2013, City Council authorized the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) to execute a contract with Carollo Engineers, Inc., for preliminary design services; and on December 15, 2014, following the preliminary design, City Council authorized the CPO to execute Service Authorization #1 for the final design and construction-phase services.
Currently, design services are needed for new pumping systems that were determined during the preliminary design phase as necessary for the overall system operation. The pumps, which deliver the flow from the clarifiers to the new dewatering system, must be replaced to meet the new hydraulic conditions. Service Authorization #2 will include design and construction-phase services for the new pumping systems.
Carollo Engineers, Inc. has agreed to utilize the following M/WBE firms:
EPIC Engineering & Consulting Group, LLC MBE 39.90%
Hillers Electrical Engineering, Inc MBE 32.60%
The M/WBE Office has reviewed the scope and minority/women utilization plan proposal and found good faith efforts substantiated and the proposed information sufficient. |