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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
DATE: April 2, 2013
TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board
FROM: Jeff Littrell
SUBJECT: OCWS Engineering Consultants RFQ & Review Committee
DEPARTMENT: Water and Sewer
BCC DISTRICT: All
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: OCWS and Purchasing staff requests permission to move forward
with a qualifications based selection process for contracts on professional engineering services.
BACKGROUND: OCWS currently has contracts with 4 professional engineering firms: CHE
(formerly CH2M Hill), Constantine Engineering, HDR Engineering, and Polyengineering. Each
contract serves as a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to obtain professional engineering
services on specific Task Orders, which are authorized per project or scope of work required.
Professional engineering services may include but not be limited to:
1. General engineering planning, consulting, and surveying.
2. The study, permitting, design, services during construction, construction
observation/inspection services, project startup services for evaluating, modifying existing,
or constructing new water storage tanks, water wells, water supplies and resources, water
and fire pumping stations, water distribution or transmission systems, water and wastewater
treatment facilities, wastewater collection and transmission systems, wastewater pumping
stations, odor control facilities, reclaimed water systems, administration and maintenance
facilities, and warehouse and storage facilities.
3. Performing environmental assessments, developing supervisory control and data
acquisition (SCADA) systems, line locating, mapping, and geographic information systems
(GIS).
The above-mentioned contracts were executed in early 2005. Through multiple
renewals/extensions, the contracts all expire on 9/30/2013. OCWS and Purchasing staff would
now like to begin the process of obtaining new engineering contracts via the formal
qualifications based selection process. If authorized by the Board, OCWS staff will work with
Purchasing staff to formulate a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to begin the formal selection
process. In the State of Florida per the Competitive Consultants Negotiations Act (CCNA), the
selection criteria for the award of engineering contracts are qualifications based.
Staff also recommends the following Review Committee to evaluate the statements of
qualifications received and bring back a recommendation to the Board, regarding which firms to
enter contracts with:
Richard Brannon - Purchasing Director
Jeff Littrell - Water & Sewer Director
Mark Wise - Water & Sewer Engineering Manager/Interim Deputy Director
Jason Autrey - Public Works, County Engineer
Commissioner - if desired
OPTIONS: Approve or deny.
RECOMMENDATIONS: Staff requests BCC approval to move forward with the qualifications
based selection process (via a RFQ) for professional engineering services contracts and approval
of the above-mentioned review committee. A recommendation of award will be brought back to
the BCC at a later date.
RECOMMENDED BY:
APPROVED BY:
James D. Curry, County Administrator