The Transportation Agency released a Request for Qualifications for on-call consultants for engineering services on September 15, 2016 and received a total of eighteen (18) statements of qualifications. A review committee comprising of Agency staff reviewed and ranked the statements of qualifications. The submittals were evaluated based on the qualifications of the firm and proposed staff, relevant project experience, state and federal highway experience, local knowledge, and references. Based upon the criteria established in the Request for Qualifications, staff is recommending that the following seven firms be placed on the list of pre-qualified consultants for TAMC engineering services:
- Alta Planning + Design
- HDR
- Kimley-Horn
- Omni-Means,
- Psomas,
- Wallace Group
- Wood Rodgers
The recommended firms are well-qualified for the types of engineering services described in the scope of work, including preliminary engineering support; conceptual design for active transportation plan projects; preparation of grant applications and project cost estimates and analysis; and related transportation support services. TAMC plans to utilize this list to select a consultant to design and develop cost estimates for the highest priority bicycle and/or pedestrian projects identified in the latest Active Transportation Plan; design complete street/multimodal type improvements in the region; and evaluate potential intersection control/roundabout type roadway improvements.
Consistent with TAMC's Caltrans-approved Procurement Policies and Procedures, the selected firms will be placed on a pre-qualified list for a two-year period and the fee schedules included in the submittals will be fixed during this time period. Individual contracts for engineering services will be awarded on an as-needed, project by project basis. When the Agency requires engineering services they will issue a Request for Proposals to the consultants on the pre-qualified list, describing the project and proposed scope of services to be provided by the consultants. The interested consultants will respond with proposals to the Agency, including a not-to-exceed cost estimate based on the fixed fees. The Agency will review and rank the proposals received based on the criteria established in the request for proposals to determine the top ranked firm. The selected consultant will perform the requested services under a standard Agency contract. This process as described follows the Agency's adopted procurement policies.
Attachment 1 is the list of consultant firms who submitted proposals, with the seven recommended firms at the top.