Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for Traffic Engineering
Summary
MEETING DATE: August 4, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Gary Graham, P.E., PTOE, CIP & Transportation Engineering Manager
Matt Sneed, P.E., PTOE, Traffic Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
· Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
· This Resolution approves a list of qualified firms to provide professional engineering services for traffic engineering.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
· The City of McKinney utilizes consultants to provide professional engineering services for traffic engineering design and analysis.
· These services typically include design and/or analysis for roadway illumination, traffic signals, intelligent transportation systems, and various traffic studies.
· The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (RFQ 14-31) for professional engineering services for traffic engineering in June 2014.
· Thirteen (13) 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 Past Experience
o Firm and Project Team Qualifications
o Project Approach
o Past Project Record
o Submittal Quality
o QA/QC Procedures
· Of the 13 firms that submitted statements of qualification, four firms were determined to be the most qualified by the review committee for the following work categories:
o Roadway Illumination
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Lee Engineering
o Signal Timing
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Lee Engineering
o Signal Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Lee Engineering
o Intelligent Transportation System Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Walter P. Moore
o Traffic Studies
§ Freese and Nichols
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Lee Engineering
· 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 traffic engineering services for a period of one year with an option to be retained for two additional years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
· Funding for individual contracts will be allocated through the City's operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
· Contacts for traffic engineering services 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