Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-12-08 regular agenda — reading text

Title Page ter.,_ MacDonald Hatch Mott MacDonald 120 Beckrich Road, Suite 180 Panama City Beach, FL 32407 Telephone: 850. 236. 5831 Contact: Bill Perry, PE January 15, 2008 Request for Proposals For Engineering Services for the Wastewater Treatment Evaluation For the City of Fort Walton Beach RFP# 08 -109 Wastewater Treatment Evaluation For The City ofFort Walton Beach TWWBM January 15, 2008 City Clerk City of Fort Walton Beach P. O. Box 4009 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 RE: Response to RFP —Wastewater Treatment Evaluation for the City of Fort Walton Beach Dear City Clerk: Hatch Mott MacDonald ( HMM) is pleased to submit this Letter of Interest, along with our enclosed proposal, for providing Professional Consulting Engineering Services to the City of Fort Walton Beach for the Wastewater Treatment Evaluation. The proposed Project Team has a good understanding of the objectives of this Study and has worked together successfully on similar assignments. HMM combines the award winning track records of two international engineering consulting firms, Hatch Associates and Mott MacDonald, with combined staff of over 16, 000 worldwide. HMM is a multi -discipline design firm with a broad range of expertise. Our Southeast Division performs civil and environmental engineering, architecture, structural engineering, land planning, landscape architecture, construction engineering and inspection, and surveying. We have over 300 employees in our southeast division with the southeast corporate office in Pensacola and branch offices in Pace, Panama City, Tallahassee, Bonifay, Crestview, and Mobile, Alabama. We serve many municipal clients throughout the Panhandle of Florida including Pensacola, Mary Esther, Panama City, Tallahassee, Marianna and others. This project will be managed and performed out of our Panama City office; however, we will have assistance from professionals from our Pensacola Office as well. Our Project Manager, John Goin, PE brings over 39 years of professional civil engineering experience to this project. His specialties include design and evaluation of water and sewage systems, soil mechanics, and pavement design and evaluation. Mr. Goin will be supported by both Charles Carlan, PE, ( President, Pensacola office, Telephone 850 -484 -6011) and Bill Perry, PE, ( Senior Vice President, Panama City office, Telephone 850 -236 -5831) who both have the assigned role as Principal -in- Charge. Both bring countless years of experience with professional engineering. The City of Ft. Walton Beach has the full commitment of its Principals -in Charge to provide the resources necessary to successfully engage and complete this important Study. Teaming up with HMM on this project will be Public Resource Management Group (PRMG). PRMG was incorporated in the State of Florida in April 1994 and has fourteen full and part-time employees dedicated solely to providing financial, rate, and management consulting services to the public utility sector. Since incorporation, the firm has provided consulting services on behalf of over 150 Florida clients including municipal, cooperative and county -owned utility systems, community development and special purpose districts, and not -for -profit utility corporations. The services PRMG provides to public water, wastewater, reclaimed water, stormwater, solid waste, electric, and natural gas utilities spans a broad spectrum of utility rate, financial, economic and management services. PRMG services include: Rate and Cost of Service Studies Bulk Service Rate Studies and Agreements Capital Facility Charges and Municipal Impact Fees Bond Feasibility Studies Valuation and Acquisition Studies, including transitional activities due to the utility transfer Contract Negotiations, Developer /Effluent Extension Agreements Litigation Services and Expert Testimony Strategic Business and Facility Resource Planning Services  Hatch Mott Wastewater Treatment Evaluation MacDonald For the City ofFort Walton Beach Page 2 Capital Financing and Feasibility Studies Customer and Sales Forecasting Operational and Management Studies As mentioned, our proposed Team has a good understanding of the objective of this Study and has, in fact, worked together on similar recent projects in Marianna and Bay County. We welcome the opportunity to submit our proposal to the City and look forward to meeting with the Selection Committee to present our approach to confidently assist the City in the execution of this important project. Should you have any questions concerning the enclosed information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, HATCH MOTT MACDONALD Charles H. Carlan, PE, PLS President  Hatch Mott Table of Contents MacDonald Title Page Table of Contents Letter of Transmittal Section 1 - General Information ........................ .............................. 1 Section 2 - Capabilities of Firm ........................ .............................. 3 Section 3 - Past Performance ............................ .............................. 6 Section 4 - Willing to Work Within Budget & Time Constraints ....... 10 Section 5 - Ability to Furnish Services .............. ............................. 12 Section 6 - Experience with Regard to Municipal Type Services...... 14 Section 7 - Minority Business Enterprise ( MBE) . ............................. 22 Section 8 - Location of Firm ............................. ............................. 23 Section 9 - Approach/ Methods to be Employed on this Contract ... 24 Section 10 - Demonstrated Understanding of Requirements .......... 26 Appendix A - Additional Information, Attachments & Resumes Appendix B - Required Documents Proposers Certification Addendum Page Reference Page Public Entity of Crimes Drug Free Workplace Wastewater Treatment Evaluation For The City ofFort Walton Beach TWWOPUB001  Huth Motu Wastewater Treatment Evaluation MacDonald For the City ofFort Walton Beach Page 2 We welcome the opportunity to submit our proposal to the City and look forward to meeting with the Selection Committee to present our approach to confidently assist the City in the execution of this important project. Should you have any questions concerning the enclosed information, please do not hesitate to contact us. Sincerely, HATCH MOTT MACDONALD Chris M. Spearing Executive Vice President Southeast Unit Manager  Latch Mott General Information MacDonald Section 1 - General Information Name of business: Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) Mailing address, phone, fax, 120 Beckrich Road, Suite 180 web site, email address: Panama City Beach, FL 32407 Telephone: 850. 236. 5831 Fax: 850.234. 1952 www.hatchmott.com john.goin@hatchmott. com Names of persons to be Same as above contacted for information of services if different from name of person in charge: Business hours: Monday —Friday 8: 00 AM to 5: 00 PM CST State if business is local, Hatch Mott MacDonald is local with an office in Panama City national, or international and five other Florida offices. HMM has a total of 54 offices and indicate the business throughout North America. HMM is a Limited Liability legal status ( corporation, Corporation. etc.: Give the date business was 6/ 29/ 1970 Florida organized and /or incorporated and where: Give the location of the Panama City, FL office from which the work is 17 professional staff to be done and the number of professional staff at that office: Indicate whether the No business is a parent of subsidiary in a group of firms: State if business is licensed, HMM is licensed to do business in the State of Florida and the permitted and /or certified to engineering license number is 155. ( see attachment) do business in the State of Florida and attach copies of all such licenses issued to us: If submitting as joint N/A venture, submit a copy of the joint agreement: Wastewater Treatment Evaluation For The City ofFort Walton Beach TWWOPUB001  Hatch Mott General Information MacDonald Engineering License V r , of la J Hatch 17 4- 71. AVk,/4?,! CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORIZATION NUMBER: 155 AUDIT NO.: 0709- 001871 EXPIRATION: 28- FEB-09 DISPLAY AS REQUIRED BY LAW Wastewater Treatment Evaluation 2 For The City ofFort Walton Beach TWWOPUB001  Hatch Mott Capabilities of Firm MacDonald the completion of many successful architectural and engineering projects for Hatch Mott MacDonald. Section 2 - Capabilities of Firm Also in the position of Principal -in- Charge will be Bill Perry, PE. Mr. Perry is a project engineer whose Overview primary duties include project management of a multidiscipline team on