Explanation
BACKGROUND: The existing intake bar screens at the Dublin Road Water Plant Raw Water Intake have been in continuous service since 1951 and require replacement. As a part of programming services and investigation, the design professional will also make recommendations of new technology that would facilitate spontaneous leaf removal and establish a debris barrier, to greatly reduce the accumulation of leaves prior to entering the intake bar screens. The selected professional service firm will provide all office and field services necessary to prepare technical reports and design documents for construction bidding, and provide technical and administrative services and field project representation during construction to execute the bar screen replacement and installation of associated appurtenances while simultaneously maintaining an adequate flow of raw water into the treatment plant. The expenditure for construction administration services will be authorized by a future modification when the scope of services can be better defined.
A total of six (6) statements were received October 31, 2003 in response to the advertised Request for Statements of Qualifications (RFQ). None of the responses were from MBE/FBE firms, most of the firms had MBE/FBE firms as part of their project team. A five (5) member evaluation committee, in accordance with Section 329.13, evaluated the proposals and ranked the offerors based upon the evaluation criteria specified in the RFQ: qualifications of staff, specialized experience, professional qualifications, past performance, meeting schedules and budgets, and location of staff. Four (4) firms were selected to submit complete technical proposals, and to make presentations. Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. was selected based upon the quality and feasibility of their proposal. Malcolm-Pirnie, Inc. has MBE and FBE sub-consultants as part of their design team.
FISCAL IMPACT: This project is included in the 2004 CIB and $2,250,0...
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