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RFP 26-21 A&I Dept. of Roads & Bridges Engineering Design Services for Bridge 125

SCOPE

The County, on behalf of the Department of Assets & Infrastructure, Division of Roads & Bridges, is seeking a qualified engineering firm to perform the required engineering, environmental permitting and construction consultation for the replacement of County Bridge No. 125, Swamp Pike over Hartenstine Creek in Limerick Township. The existing bridge, built in 1931, is a single span reinforced concrete slab bridge. The bridge has a span of 26 feet with a curb-to-curb width of 38.7 feet.

REQUIREMENTS

It is expected that the selected firm will work with the Division to provide the County with the necessary plans, environmental permitting, and bid documents to advertise this bridge project for construction. The County plans on utilizing the $5.00 vehicle registration fee. The consultant will be responsible for obtaining Structural Adequacy Approval from PennDOT District 6-0.

The response to the evaluation criteria shall be limited to five (5) 8 ½ x 11 pages, typed using 12 font size or larger. The SOI should clearly identify the approach to the project. In addition, an organization chart is to be provided with no more than five (5) resumes.

QUALIFICATIONS

The County seeks PennDOT pre-qualified engineering firms with specific experience in the design of municipal bridges (no less than five completed in the last five years).

CONTRACT PERIOD WITH OPTION TO EXTEND

The duration of the engineering and environmental permitting phase shall be thirty-six (36) months commencing on date of Notice-to-Proceed. Construction consultation will be for the duration of the construction phase. If the engineering and environmental permitting phase is not completed within this time frame, the selected firm must request a time extension that includes a description of why the request is needed and a detailed schedule showing the anticipated completion date. Construction consultation will last for the duration of the construction phase.

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The following tasks are required to complete this project. All required subtasks must be included within these tasks. A full scope of work needs to be provided to be considered for this project. Any missing tasks will disqualify the proposer.

1: Project Management/Administration 2: Topographic Survey & Base mapping 3: Environmental Studies 4: Environmental Permitting 5: Roadway Design – submissions are expected at 30%, 60% and 90% complete.

6: Erosion Control Plans 7: Geotechnical Engineering 8: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis 9: Structural Design – TS&L and Final Structure Plans are required to be submitted.

10: Right-of-Way Property Plots – expected to be submitted with the 60% submission.

11: Traffic Control Plan 12: Signing and Pavement Marking Plan 13: Utility Coordination 14: Agency Coordination and Meetings 15: Plans, Specifications and Estimate 16: Construction Consultation

COST PROPOSAL

The format of the cost proposal shall be a not-to-exceed price with a detailed line-item breakdown of the cost associated with each task. The cost proposal should contain all costs both direct and indirect, including all out-of-pocket expenses.

COMPANY PROFILE AND PROVIDER INFORMATION

The proposal to this request must contain the following:

· Brief (one or two paragraphs) description of the provider’s business, its history and future plans.

· Provider identification (EIN)

· State of Incorporation

· Corporate name

· Corporate address

· Telephone numbers

· Contact person(s)

· Vendor size

· Vendor stability

· Organization chart of the Project team for this contract

· Resumes of key personnel for this contract

· List of past or current projects of similar scope or size, including contact information for the recipient of service.

PROPOSAL EVALUATION

All proposals received by the specified date shall be subject to evaluation by a review committee. The following criteria will be used to evaluate offers:

This is a “Best Value” solicitation. The County will award a contract to the responsible offeror who can accomplish the requirements set forth in the RFP. The County will select the proposal that represents the best value to the County based on the comparative analysis and an integrated assessment of proposals against all evaluation criteria in the solicitation.

The County’s primary goal is achieving the most advantageous balance between technical merit (“quality”) and cost (i.e. price). All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are more important than cost or price. However, the importance of price could become greater depending upon the equality of the technical proposals. If competing technical proposals are determined to be essentially equal, price could become the determining factor. The County may award a contract to other than the lowest priced cost proposal or other than the highest evaluated technical proposal.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

· Project team must discuss their overall approach to delivering the project. This discussion shall include the team’s commitment to project delivery and meeting schedules. (40%)

· Project Manager’s experience with similar projects. (25%)

· Discuss the staffing for this project and how they will pursue project delivery in relation to developing and/or meeting design and construction project schedules. (20%)

· Discuss how the project team will design an effective construction plan while minimizing future maintenance (15%)

CONTACTS & SUBMISSIONS

1. All questions are to be submitted via the Messages / Opportunity Q&A section for this solicitation in the Bonfire portal and all answers will be provided for public review.

2. All final Proposal submissions must be made electronically via the County’s procurement submission portal - https://montcopa.bonfirehub.com/portal - by the posted submission deadline.

3. Bidders are strongly encouraged to complete a site visit to fully familiarize themselves with the site constraints.