Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for Traffic Engineering
Summary
MEETING DATE: January 16, 2018
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Matt Tilke, 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, and various traffic studies.
• The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (RFQ 18-02) for professional engineering services for traffic engineering in October 2017.
• Seventeen (17) 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 Firm and Project Team Qualifications
o Project Approach
o Similar Project Experience
o Client Satisfaction
o Submittal Quality
• Of the 17 firms that submitted statements of qualification, eleven (11) 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.
§ Lee Engineering, LLC
§ Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
o Traffic Signal Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Halff Associates, Inc.
§ Othon, Inc.
o Roundabout Design Services
§ MSA Professional Services, Inc.
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Halff Associates, Inc.
o Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Design
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates
§ Walter P. Moore and Associates, Inc.
§ Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
o Traffic Studies
§ Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.
§ Moldanado-Burkett Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLP
§ Dunaway Associates, L.P.
§ Alliance Transportation Group, Inc.
§ Binkley & Barfield, Inc.
§ Lee Engineering, LLC
• 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 three 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