In accordance with the Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act (“CCNA”), Section 287.055, Florida Statutes, the Florida Governmental Utility Authority, a legal entity and public body created by interlocal agreement pursuant to Section 163.01, Florida Statutes, (“FGUA”), is seeking the services of qualified firms or individuals to provide continuing professional engineering services for the FGUA’s water and wastewater utility systems and potential future acquisitions. Engineering firms and individuals who are currently under contract with the FGUA are required to submit a statement of qualifications at this time. The scope of professional services includes the following:
1. Architectural and Engineering Services – Perform preliminary design, final design, specifications, bid documents, bid analysis, services during construction, permitting, regulatory agency liaison services, and inspection services related to rehabilitation, modification, expansion and/or repair of the above referenced facilities.
2. General Engineering Studies and Acquisition Services – Develop master plans, capacity studies, rate studies, acquisition studies, operations reports, financial analysis and revenue studies and other studies pertaining to any utility facility operation or acquisition required by the FGUA and perform any needed acquisition engineering due diligence requested by the FGUA.
3. Construction Services – Construction and inspection/management services as requested by the FGUA.
4. Construction Feasibility Reviews – Provide an independent and detailed review of design drawings and construction documents related to the rehabilitation, modification, expansion and/or repair of existing and proposed FGUA owned or operated buildings, facilities, wastewater treatment plants, water treatment plants, pumping facilities, water storage facilities, water distribution facilities and wastewater collection facilities.
5. Construction Scheduling – Evaluate scheduling requirements related to rehabilitation, modification, expansion and/or repair of the above referenced facilities.
6. Value Analysis – Provide an independent review of design drawings and/or construction cost estimates of projects at various stages of design related to rehabilitation, modification, expansion and/or repair of the above referenced facilities.
7. Training – Provide training sessions, workshops, meeting and reports related to rehabilitation, modification, expansion and/or repair of the above referenced facilities when said service is not provided by the project lead design firm.
8. Other – Attend various FGUA Board of Director, community, regulatory agency and staff meetings on issues related to the above work.
The FGUA anticipates selecting at least three firms that will be required to execute the FGUA’s standard consulting services agreement for professional services within thirty (30) days of selection. Task assignments will be subject to scope definition and fee negotiation on a case-by-case basis. The FGUA may choose to select another firm or use in-house staff to perform any of the above services in whole or in part. No minimum amount of professional services or compensation is guaranteed to the selected firms.
Proposals must be mailed or delivered in a sealed envelope marked “Continuing Professional Engineering Services SOQ” to the FGUA’s Operations office, 280 Wekiva Springs Road, Suite 2000, Longwood, Florida 32779, by 2:00 p.m. (Local Time), August 15, 2008. Interested parties should submit an original and six (6) copies of a letter of interest and qualifications package for consideration. Any proposal received after this advertised deadline will not be considered.
Proposals must include: 1. Letter of interest; 2. Name and address of applicant and location of the office from which the work is to be performed; 3. Detailed listing and examples of relevant experience and qualifications for the requested services; 4. Listing of key personnel to be assigned for these services. Resumes for individual team members must indicate position, number of years with the submitting firm, amount of relevant experience, education, and professional qualifications; 5. Information on three (3) similar projects completed within the past five (5) years, including a project description, location, name of project manager, project time line, scheduled and actual completion date, cost of the project and a client reference; 6. Proof of professional liability insurance and business insurance coverage; 7. Recent, current and projected workload of the submitting firm; 8. Supporting statements indicating that the firm has an Affirmative Action Program and a completed Drug Free Workplace form and Public Entity Crime Statement; 9. Statement of litigation that the firm or staff is currently involved in or has been involved in as a plaintiff or defendant in the past five (5) years; and 10. Any other information that the applicant believes is essential to performance of the above services.
Failure to provide the required copies and information shall result in the proposal being deemed nonresponsive. The FGUA reserves the right to reject all proposals, waive any informalities and to request additional information from the applicant is necessary. The evaluation of all proposals and awarding of contracts will be done in accordance with the CCNA. The FGUA anticipates issuing invitations to negotiate at its September Board of Director’s meeting.
Proposers may contact Mr. Tarek Fahmy, at the address below, to receive a copy of the FGUA’s evaluation criteria, a copy of the proposed standard contract and a copy of the FGUA procurement policy. Questions regarding this SOQ must be in writing and submitted to:
Tarek M. Fahmy, PE, CGC
FGUA Director of Operations
280 Wekiva Springs Road, Suite 2000
Longwood, FL 32779
(407)629-6900 – telephone
(407)629-6963 – facsimile
tfahmy@govmserv.com