City of Gainesville - File #: 110502.

• File #: 110502.
• Version: 0
• Name: Annual Services Contract for Professional Engineering Services FY2012 (B)
• Type: Staff Recommendation
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/1/2011
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 12/1/2011
• Title: Annual Services Contract for Professional Engineering Services FY2012 (B) This is a request for the City Commission to approve staff's recommended ranking of the Engineering Services firms.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/1/2011	0	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass

Title

Annual Services Contract for Professional Engineering Services FY2012 (B)  

This is a request for the City Commission to approve staff's recommended ranking of the Engineering Services firms.

Explanation

On August 11, 2011, the City's Purchasing Division solicited statements of qualifications for professional engineering services in the following disciplines:  Transportation/Planning, Civil and Water Resource.  Thirteen (13) firms submitted responses on September 12, 2011.  Staff reviewed the submittals and invited four (4) firms per discipline to present their qualifications on October 25-26, 2011. Following the presentations, Staff evaluated the firms and provided final rankings and recommendations for award as follows:

Transportation/Planning

1^st - Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.      (Recommended for award)      

2^nd - Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc. (Recommended for award)

3^rd - The LPA Group

4^th - Brown & Cullen, Inc.

Civil

1^st - Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc. (Recommended for award)

2^nd - Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc. (Recommended for award)

3^rd - Brown & Cullen, Inc. (Recommended for award)

4^th - The LPA Group

Water Resource

1^st - Geosyntec Consultants (Recommended for award)

2^nd - Jones Edmunds & Associates (Recommended for award)

3^rd - Comprehensive Engineering Services, Inc.

4^th - The LPA Group

Fiscal Note

As services are identified, funding sources will be identified in the Public Works Department FY 2011 operating budget and the City's Capital Improvement Plan capital project accounts.

Recommendation

The City Commission:  1) approve staff's final ranking and recommendations for award; and 2) authorize the City Manager to negotiate in accordance with the Consultants' Competitive Negotiations Act (CCNA) and execute contracts and any related documents, subject to approval from the City Attorney as to form and legality, for Engineering Services.