Title
Resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement with CTI and Associates, Incorporated for Material Testing Services for the Riverview Drive/Dover Place Sanitary Sewer and Water Main Extension Project ($45,431.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution to approve a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with CTI and Associates, Incorporated (CTI) in the amount of $45,431.00 for material testing services for the subject project.
In January of 2018, the City received proposals in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 18-02 from six material testing firms for the purposes of issuing PSAs for the material testing services in the 2018 and 2019 construction season. 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 material testing work for each project in these construction seasons. The firms were evaluated and scored on several criteria:
* Professional Qualifications (15%)
* Proposed Work Plan (25%)
* Past Performance (40%)
* Fee Proposal (20%)
After reviewing and scoring the proposals, staff ranked the responding firms in the following order:
1. Materials Testing Consultants
2. Professional Services Industries
3. Testing Engineers & Consultants
4. CTI & Associates
5. TTL Associates
6. Tyme Consulting Engineering
Based on the amount of work available, the size of the firms, and the similarity of the firm qualifications and fee schedules, the selection committee decided that the top five firms were qualified to perform the work, and the projects for the 2018 and 2019 construction season were divided between the five firms, with CTI & Associates being selected to perform the testing on the Riverview Drive/Dover Place Sanitary Sewer and Wa...
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