Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for Traffic Engineering
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2B: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: February 2, 2021
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Thuan Huynh, P.E., Transportation Engineering Manager
Gary Graham, P.E., PTOE, Director of Engineering
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 traffic signals, traffic signal timing, roundabouts, roadway illumination, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), and various traffic studies.
• The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (21-19RFQ) for professional engineering services for traffic engineering in November 2020.
• Twenty-eight (28) 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 Past Experience of Firm and Team Members on Comparable Projects
o Qualification of Firm and Project Team Members
o Project Approach for Each Category
o Quality Assurance / Quality Control (QA/QC)
o Past Project Record with City of McKinney
o Responsiveness of Qualifications
o Firm Office Location within City of McKinney limits
• Of the twenty-eight (28) firms that submitted statements of qualification, ten (10) firms were determined to be the most qualified by the review committee for the following work categories:
o Traffic Signal Timing
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ BGE, Inc.
§ Lee Engineering, LLC
§ WSB & Associates, Inc.
o Traffic Signal Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Halff Associates, Inc.
§ WSB & Associates, Inc.
o Roundabout Design Services
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Teague Nall and Perkins, Inc.
§ BGE, Inc.
o Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Iteris, Inc.
§ Halff Associates, Inc.
o Traffic Studies
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Lee Engineering, LLC
§ Maldonado-Burkett Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLP
§ WSB & Associates, Inc.
§ HDR Engineering, Inc.
§ Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers, 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 traffic engineering services for a period of at least three (3) years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Funding for individual contracts will be allocated through the City’s operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
• Contracts for traffic engineering services will be prepared and executed in accordance with the City of McKinney Purchasing Policy.
• Contracts in excess of $100,000 will be authorized by City Council.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A