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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Ranking Consulting Firms And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Negotiate And Execute An Agreement On A Rotating Basis With The Four (4) Highest Ranked Firms To Provide Professional Services For Surveying And Mapping Services Projects.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
It is in the best interest of the City to enter into an agreement with multiple consultants to provide surveying and mapping services that are required to implement future projects in an expeditious fashion. Services to be accomplished under this contract will include, but not limited to, various, but not as yet identified design surveys, construction layouts, boundary surveys, preparation of sketches and legal descriptions, mapping, AutoCAD drafting, calculations and other related survey and mapping projects.
Consulting services will be requested on an "as needed-when needed" basis and the initial term of the continuing contract will be for three (3) years with the right to renew the contract for two (2) subsequent one-year terms based on satisfactory performance and mutual agreement. The City has followed the procedures established in the Florida Statutes, Section 287.055, Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act, to procure services from such a consulting firm. In accordance with the Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act, the City advertised for professional services from surveying and mapping consulting firms, and a Statement of Qualifications was received from thirteen (13) firms.
Upon review of the Statement of Qualifications, the firms were ranked based upon specific selection criteria, and an Evaluation Committee, comprised of in-house professionals, more specifically; the City Engineer from the Department of Development Services, one (1) Senior Project Manager from the Community Redevelopment Agency and one (1) Project Manager from the Department of Public Works, conducted oral interviews with the following (7) highest ranked firms:
1. Cardno, Inc.
2. F.R. Aleman Surveyors
3. Biscayne Engineering Company, Inc.
4. Gibbs Land Surveyors
5. Craven Thompson & Associates, Inc.
6. Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc.
7. Atkins North America, Inc.
Two (2) firms are local business: Gibbs Land Surveyors and Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc. and both firm received the maximum points in the local business category. It was the recommendation of the Evaluation Committee to rank the four (4) firms in the following order for consideration:
1) Gibbs Land Surveyors
2) Calvin, Giordano & Associates, Inc.
3) Atkins North America, Inc.
4) Craven Thompson & Associates, Inc.
All four (4) firms are responsible and it is in the best interest of the City to select on a rotating basis one firm as needed. The cumulative amount of fees to be paid for services provided by each consultant under each continuing contract shall not exceed $350,000.00.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Dr. Wazir Ishmael, City Manager
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager for Sustainable Development
Thomas Barnett, Director, Development Services
Luis Lopez, City Engineer