Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for the Design of Roadway Improvements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Direction for Strategic Growth
MEETING DATE: October 20, 2015
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Gary Graham, PE, PTOE, CIP and Transportation Engineering Manager
Abri Sterlacci, Contracts Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution approves a list of qualified firms to provide professional engineering services for the design of roadway improvements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The City of McKinney utilizes consultants to provide professional engineering services for the design of roadway improvements.
• These services typically include engineering design services for new alignment, widening, intersection improvements, and/or reconstruction of roadways.
• Topographical and property survey, right-of-way and easement exhibits, environmental documentation, engineering plans and specifications, limited construction administration, and other related services may be included within the scope of individual projects.
• The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (RFQ 15-38) for professional engineering services for the design of roadway improvements in June of 2015.
• Fifty-five (55) professional engineering firms submitted statements of qualification in response to the RFQ.
• A committee of four staff members from the Engineering department reviewed and ranked the statements of qualifications based on the following criteria:
o Project Team
o Project Approach
o Similar Project Experience
o Client Satisfaction
o Submittal Quality
• Of the 55 firms that submitted statements of qualification, the following ten firms were determined to be the most qualified by the review committee:
o Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
o Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc.
o CH2M Hill, Inc.
o Civil Consulting Group, PLLC
o Freese and Nichols, Inc.
o Garver, LLC
o Halff Associates, Inc.
o Kennedy Consulting, Inc.
o Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
o Teague Nall & Perkins, Inc.
• When professional engineering services are required for a specific project, staff members from the Engineering department will interview one or more firms from this list to determine the most qualified firm for that specific project.
• A fee proposal will be negotiated with the most qualified firm in accordance with the professional services procedures provided by the approved City of McKinney Purchasing Policy.
• The firms listed herein will remain pre-qualified for the design of roadway improvements for a period of three years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Funding for individual contracts will be allocated through the City’s operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
• Contracts for the design of roadway improvements will be prepared and executed in accordance with the City of McKinney Purchasing Policy.
• Contracts in excess of $50,000 will be authorized by City Council.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A