Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for the Design of Major Utility Improvements
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 5, 2013
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Paul Tucker, P.E., Senior Utility Engineer
Erin Boddie, CPPB, 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 major utility improvements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
· The City of McKinney utilizes consultants to provide professional engineering services for the design of major utility improvements.
· These services typically include engineering design services for ground storage tanks, elevated storage tanks, pump station improvements and lift station improvements.
· 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 13-10) for professional engineering services for the design of major utility improvements in November 2012.
· Ten (10) professional engineering firms submitted statements of qualification in response to the RFQ.
· A committee of three staff members from the Engineering Department reviewed and ranked the statements of qualifications based on the following criteria:
o Project Understanding & Approach
o Similar Experience
o Client Satisfaction
o Service Quality
o Submittal Quality
· Of the 10 firms that submitted statements of qualification, the following four firms were determined to be the most qualified by the review committee
o Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, LLC
o Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
o Freese and Nichols, Inc.
o Kimley-Horn and Associates, 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 major utility improvements for a period of two years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
· Funding for individual contracts will be allocated though the City's operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
· Contracts for the design of major utility 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