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Approve the new four-year Engineer of Record (EOR) Professional Services Agreements, as listed, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
In accordance with Florida Statute 287.055 - Consultants Competitive Negotiation Act, on March 14, 2019, Request for Qualifications (RFQ 26-19) was released soliciting responses from area consulting firms to provide professional engineering services under a continuing services agreement, or Engineer of Record (EOR).
A selection committee of staff from Engineering, Public Utilities, General Services, and Parks and Recreation Departments reviewed 54 responses received on April 18, 2019. The committee selected 16 new firms and chose to retain 27 incumbent firms. Evaluations are based on the firm’s municipal experience and qualifications; approach for meeting project timelines and construction budget; familiarity with the City Ordinance, codes, procurement, contract specifications and standards; and quality management approach.
The EOR Professional Services Agreements shall be for a four-year term with the City reserving the right to implement a mid-term qualification solicitation based upon the needs of the City.
The incumbent EOR’s retained are:
Advanced Engineering & Design Inc., Aecom Technical Services Inc., Ardurra Group Inc. DBA King Engineering, Atkins North America Inc., Biller Reinhart Engineering Group Inc., Brown and Caldwell, Cardno Inc., Compass Engineering & Surveying Inc. DBA Deuel & Associates, Cribb Philbeck Weaver Group Inc., Cumbey & Fair Inc., Driggers Engineering Services Inc., Erickson Consulting Services Inc., Geosyntec Consultants Inc., GHD Services Inc., HW Lochner Inc., Jones Edmunds & Associates Inc., Kisinger Campo & Associates Corp., McKim & Creed Inc., Metzger + Willard Inc., Pennoni Associates Inc./McCarthy and Associates, Reiss Engineering Inc., Reuben Clarson Consulting, Taylor Engineering Inc., Terracon Consultants Inc., Tetra Tech Inc., Bill Woods Consulting Inc., WSP USA Inc.
The new EOR’s selected are:
Advanced Systems Engineering Inc., Arcadis US Inc., AREHNA Engineering Inc., Black & Veatch Corp., Carollo Engineers Inc., Genesis Halff Inc., George F Young Inc., Hazen and Sawyer, KPI Engineering Inc., Long & Associates Architects/Engineers Inc., Mead and Hunt Inc., Patrick Engineering Inc., Stantec Consulting Services Inc., Tierra Inc., Wantman Group Inc., Wright-Pierce Inc.
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