Title
Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Wolverine Engineers and Surveyors, Incorporated for Construction Inspection Services for the Riverview Drive/Dover Place Sanitary Sewer and Water Main Extension Project ($112,000.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Wolverine Engineers and Surveyors, Incorporated (Wolverine) in the amount of $112,000.00 for construction inspection services for the subject project.
Engineering Unit staff have reviewed the scheduled capital improvement projects for 2019 in comparison to existing construction inspection staffing, and have determined that using outside forces to perform the inspection on several projects, including this one, is necessary. While an outside firm will be used for the construction inspection, Engineering staff will manage the project, respond to Contractor inquiries, interact with the public, and provide all needed engineering tasks associated with the project.
Anticipating this need for additional resources for construction inspection, in January of this 2018 the City received proposals in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 17-19 from seven engineering firms for the purposes of issuing PSAs for supplemental construction inspection services for the 2018 and 2019 construction seasons. The RFP required each consultant to submit a statement of qualifications, fee schedule, and resumes of personnel that it proposed were qualified and available to work on City projects. A selection committee comprised of Engineering staff reviewed the proposals and determined which firms were most qualified to perform the needed services. The firms were evaluated and scored on several criteria:
* Professional Qualifications (30%)
* Past Involvement with Similar Work (25%)
* Proposed Work Plan (25%)
* Fee Proposal (20%)
After reviewing and scoring the proposals, staff ranked the seven responding firm...
Click here for full text