Evaluation_for_Committee_Members_-drodriguez.pdf

Evaluator - Danny Rodriguez

RFP NO- BPM003384

1 OFFEROR - CARDNO

Experience - This company offers over 20 years of localized experience in Arizona. CARDNO provided 18 projects related to the scope of work required by our Department.

Expertise - This company’s staff has an extensive and diverse background and education in various criteria related to our Departments scope of work. Their experience in various projects alleviates the need to consult too many subcontractors within that field. They do utilize subcontractors for specific projects, but their list wasn’t that long.

Approach - Their approach is directed in phases depending on the staff assigned to the project.

Their wide range of staff positions would allow them to focus on their specific target. They work together in achieving an end goal and would communicate with the Department. They are very detailed as it shows in their proposal.

2 OFFEROR - JE Fuller

Experience - This company has about 28 employees that provide well over 400 years of experience. In their proposal they provided 8 example projects related to the scope of work required. Another pro is the fact they are localized, which aids our Department for face to face discussions on projects.

Expertise - This company has diversity and provided good detail for each staff member. Their staff’s educational background is solid and the proposal demonstrated that. They could use more marine project experience.

Approach - In their proposal they do cover how they would approach our projects. They could have used more detail about the project implementation.

3 OFFEROR - Natural Channel Design

Experience - This company offers over 20 years of experience in project management that focuses on hydrology. Within their company they have completed 11 projects that fall within our scope of work required. The only drawback is that they focus on hydrology primarily, which is only a part of our requirements. They do have experience working with our department on various projects. Their inexperience with marine project management as well as dam construction limits their experience.

Expertise - This company’s staff members offer well over 100 years of experience in various disciplines of hydrology engineering. They are a local company with various certifications within their ranks. They do have a limited amount of experience in dams and marine projects.

Approach - This company provided a solid proposal that was clear and concise with their approach to a project. Within their project design they reference what the project issues may be, importance of communication, as well as their plan of action. They do not mention how they would address dams and marine projects.

4 OFFEROR - NextGen

Experience - New company based out of Tucson that has completed 22 projects related to our scope of work. Within this company, is a total of 6 employees that oversee their projects. They do not offer any dam or marine project experience.

Expertise - The company does offer plenty of experience in hydrology, but that is it.

Approach - Proposal overall wasn’t in depth as other’s, but they still provide important details about their approach with projects. They mention working with local partners as a component to their project, which is an important piece.

5. OFFEROR- Tetratech

Experience - This company offers an extraordinary amount of experience overall that expands worldwide. Overall it totals about 40 years of experience this company has been in business for and have completed multiple projects that coincide with our required scope of work. Their company, despite their local 33 employees, is a worldwide contractor, which may vary the level of our project prioritization.

Expertise - Overall, their local employees have a very wide array of skills geared towards our project needs. Their proposal goes into detail with their certifications as well as experience.

Approach - They list the key components of a project design and list how they would make it successful. Within their plan, they mention how communication is a component as well as a budgetary constraint

6. OFFEROR - DOWL

Experience - This company offers well over 60 years of experience within various disciples that fall within our scope of work required. A majority of their experience is in the Northwest with a few projects in Arizona. Within this company houses 400 employees that have specialized skills and certifications.

This company’s project experience involves multiple projects that revolve around hydrology, dams, and docks.

This company provided a detailed structure of how the project coordination will line out.

Expertise - The company provided an extensive description of their staff’s qualifications. Plenty of experience in dams and other hydrology projects, but limited dock experience listed.

Provided subcontractors information.

Approach - Tetratech used a simple approach in their proposal listing their philosophy, communication, and project planning ideas. They could have provided more information.

7. OFFEROR - J2 Design

Experience - This company has been in business about 19 years and has listed a total of 36 professionals within their structure. They do not list any experience with marine projects.

However they are prepared to work on them based on their proposal. The have plenty of experience with hydrology projects as well as working with our agency.

Expertise - Their experience ranges from a few years to well over 10 with each of them providing some certification or permit to operate within the scope of work we require.

Approach - Their approach, albeit limited, has listed a process by which they would achieve their end goal. They outline each discipline listed in our required scope of work.

8. OFFEROR - Stantec

Experience - Another global contractor with a large resume of employees qualified within the disciplines of our required scope of work. They provided examples of hydrology and dam design projects as well as highlighting projects completed with our Department.

Expertise - With a total of 22,000 employees, they offer a very diverse range of expertise. WIthin this proposal they highlight staff members with multiple certifications and project backgrounds.

Did not list marine projects.

Approach - Their proposal lists the elements of which their project designs would include. They provide a straightforward approach to working within our scope of work. Being such as large company, the prioritization may vary.

9. OFFEROR - Wilson and FNI

Experience - This company has been offering services to Arizona for quite some time and has expanded across the nation. They do offer a local office in Phoenix that offers an extensive list of employees with skill sets that fall within our required scope of work. They do list various projects such as hydrology, dam, and boating facilities projects completed.

Expertise - Their employees assigned to this proposal offer a wide array of skills that fall within our scope of work. Their resumes reflect their overall qualifications.

Approach - The overall preparedness of their philosophy was not as in depth as others, but they do highlight that costs, scheduling, and work quality are important. They could of identified marine projects in their common problems.

1.3 RECOMMENDATION

Each of these proposals have enough qualified employees that may complete the job. Their expertise varies on different levels with the common denominator being lack of experience in marine projects with varying degrees of design implementations. Lack of dock designs or boating facilities don’t disqualify applicants, but it is a large part of boating access.

These applicants offer varying levels of experience within their project philosophies that don’t stray from what is important to them. Cost, communication, and project scheduling is critical to a successful applicant.

All but one applicant provided the required documents as needed by each applicant. Being able to provide a concise report reflects on the product a company will produce.