PUR 7776 - JMT Inc.pdf

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DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED

SINGLE SOURCE PURCHASE

(PUR 7776)

AGENCY: Florida Department of Environmental Protection

TITLE: Choctawhatchee Basin Unpaved Roads Project Short description of the commodity or service desired: Choctawhatchee Basin Unpaved Roads Project

CONTACT

Name: Kimberly Bowling Address: 3800 Commonwealth Blvd, Carr Bldg, Tallahassee, FL 32399 Telephone: 850-245-2361 Email: Kimberly.Bowling@FloridaDEP.gov

Internal tracking number, if any: 2025SS004 (SS-10551)

Date posted: 10/7/2024 Last day for receipt of information: 10/25/2024

This description of commodities or contractual services intended for purchase from a single source is posted in accordance with Sections 120.57(3) and 287.057(3), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and will remain posted for a period of at least 15 business days.

Commodity or Contractual Service Required (commodity or United National Standard Products and Services Code (UNSPSC), manufacturer, model, and description, as appropriate):

77101700 - Environmental advisory services

Quantity or Term (as appropriate):

Thirty-six (36) months

Requestor (division, bureau, office, individual, as appropriate):

DEP/Water Restoration Assistance/Deepwater Horizon Program

Performance and/or Design Requirements (e.g. intended use, function or application, compatibility, requirements; reference to policy, rule, statute or other act of the Legislature, etc., as appropriate):

The Department of Environmental Department (DEP), Division of Water Restoration Assistance, Deepwater Horizon Program, is requesting authority to enter into a single source contract with Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. (JMT) for engineering services for post design services of the thirteen (13) unpaved road-stream crossings along twelve roadways in Washington and Holmes Counties, Florida. The post design services required are to include:

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Review and update, as needed, the original 100% plans prepared by JMT, dated May 3, 2021, of the thirteen (13) unpaved road-stream crossings. The elements that will be reviewed through site visits, surveys, and updated to current standards include:

• Plans

• General Notes

• Roadway Cross-Sections

• Typical Section Details

• Specifications

• Construction Cost Estimates

• Coordination with Utilities located within the construction areas

Pre-construction activities shall also include:

• Attendance at pre-bid meeting

• Assistance in responses to questions from potential bidders during bid process

• Attendance at pre-construction meeting

• Review of pre-construction submittals

Post construction phase activities provided by JMT shall include:

• Responding to Requests for Information (RFIs) concerning the contract plans and

• documents during construction

• Perform field visits, as requested by the Department, to review contractor

• proposed field changes or to respond with a recommended solution to remedy

• particular field situations not covered by the plans and specifications.

• Prepare plan revisions to remedy issues or respond to changes in field situations

• not covered by the plans and specifications.

• Attending substantial completion inspection to determine construction in

• accordance with the plans and specifications.

• Preparation of the Record Drawings based upon location information provided by the construction contractor

Intended Single Source:

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.

400 Colonial Center Parkway, Suite 100 Lake Mary, FL 32746

Estimated Dollar Amount:

$770,000

Justification for single source acquisition (what is necessary and unique about the product, service or source; steps taken to confirm unavailability of competition, as appropriate):

JMT is uniquely qualified to provide DEP with the professional engineering services needed during the post design and construction phases of this project because under a separate agreement that was funded through National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and implemented by

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DEP, JMT assessed and prioritized the unpaved road-stream crossings in Holmes and Washington County, developed the 100% plans, technical specifications, and obtained the necessary permits for the Project. Their overall familiarity with the specifics of the design requirements and stakeholder’s desires is crucial for the success of the project.

JMT has the specific expertise needed to provide DEP with engineering expertise and environmental services for construction of improvements of the thirteen (13) road-river crossings in the Choctawhatchee River Basin in Washington and Holmes Counties in order to complete the plans for the Choctawhatchee Unpaved Roads Project originally procured under DEP Contract

RM162.

In review of the criteria necessary, for the unpaved roads final plans, re-permitting, and CEI services, originally set forth in DEP Contract RM162, DEP has determined these services can only be attained from JMT as the methodology developed to estimate sediment contributions to basin-wide sources was novel for this project and cannot be duplicated. The prioritization process also required JMT’s project team personnel to become intimately knowledgeable with the prioritized sites and road-stream crossings, thus enabling them to create appropriate designs for improving the reduction in sediment run-off into the receiving waterways. Therefore, sultant were to pick-up where JMT’s designs have left off and re-apply for permits, update and /or revise the plans for construction, and assume responsibility for the plans would basically require the new consultant to start over the process of design, permitting and accepting the prioritizing process/methodology.

Approved By (names & titles, as appropriate, e.g., requestor, requestor management, information systems, budget, purchasing):

Adam Blalock, Deputy Secretary of Ecosystem Restoration Angela Knecht, Director of Water Restoration Sarah Ketron, Environmental Administrator Pearce Barrett, Construction Projects Consultant Kimberly Bowling, Purchasing Specialist Supervisor

Prospective vendors are requested to provide information regarding their ability to supply the commodities or contractual services described. If it is determined in writing by the agency, after reviewing any information received from prospective vendors, that the commodities or contractual services are available only from a single source, the agency shall provide notice of its intended decision to enter a single-source purchase contract in the manner specified in Rule 60A-1.045, Florida Administrative Code, and section 120.57(3), F.S.