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CITY OF ORLANDO
AGENDA ITEM



Items Types: Business and Financial Services

For Meeting of: 8/10/2015

District:ALL On file (City Clerk):Yes



Subject:Request for Qualification Statements for Continuing Stormwater Services, RQS15-0293
Summary:

A Request for Qualification Statements (RQS) for the subject project was issued on May 4, 2015.  Twelve (12) firms responded to this solicitation and the Consultants' Qualifications Board certified all twelve (12) firms on June 5, 2015.  On July 9, 2015, the Advisory Committee shortlisted five (5) firms for formal interviews, which resulted in the Committee’s ranking as follows: 

1.

GTC Engineering Corporation

2.

CDM Smith, Inc.

3.

RS&H, Inc.

4.

E Sciences, Incorporated

5.

AVCON, Inc.

 The members of the Advisory Committee are as follows: 

Lisa Henry

Streets and Stormwater Division Mgr (Chair)

James D. Hunt

Deputy Director of Public Works – City Engineer

Richard Allen

City Surveyor

Lihua Wei

Project Mgr

Rene Carcamo

Contract Compliance Investigator II, MBE Office

 The Committee recommends awarding contracts to the top five (5) firms.  The term of these contracts will be for a period of two (2) years, with a renewable option to extend the contracts for one additional year. 

These firms have agreed to meet or exceed the City of Orlando’s 18% Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and 6% Women Business Enterprise (WBE) participation goals, for a combined 24% total M/WBE participation.  See the attached Proposed Utilization of M/WBE Subconsultants.
Fiscal and Efficiency Data:

Funding will be obtained from the specific project account when a particular project is identified that necessitates a scope of work associated with the services noted herein.  Contracts will be used on an as-needed basis.  Based on previous usage reports for stormwater services, the average annual expenditure will not exceed $1 million.

Recommended Action:Approval of the Advisory Committee's ranking and approval for the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) to negotiate and execute contracts, and all subsequent renewals, for Continuing Contracts with the top five (5) ranked firms, GTC Engineering Corporation, CDM Smith, Inc., RS&H Inc., E Sciences, Incorporated, and AVCON, Inc., subject to the review and approval of the City Attorney;s Office.  Authorize the CPO to execute Service Authorizations up to an amount of $200,000.00 per authorization. 
Contact:David Billingsley


ATTACHMENTS:
File NameDescriptionType
1st_Committee_Mtg_pkg.pdf1st Advisory Committee MtgBackup Material
1st_Mtg_Ind_Scoring_Ranking_(1).pdf1st Mtg Scoring Ranking (1)Backup Material
1st_Mtg_Ind_Scoring_Ranking_(2).pdf1st Mtg Scoring Ranking (2)Backup Material
2nd_Mtg_Minutes_pkg.pdf2nd Advisory Committee MtgBackup Material
RQS15-0293_Proposed_Utilization_of_MWBE_Subconsultants.pdfRFQ15-0293 Proposed Utilization of MWBE SubconsultantsBackup Material
RQS15-0293_MWBE_Bid_Summary_Sheet_Final.pdfRQS15-0293 MWBE Bid Summary SheetBackup Material

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