CEI Services for Manasota Road Bascule Bridge Rehabilitation

The County is requesting Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) Services for the Manasota Road-Bascule Bridge Rehabilitation Project (the Project). Services to include verification testing services which are required for inspection, and materials sampling and testing.

Consultant shall provide CEI services which may include, but are not limited to:

A. Project Oversight and Management:

i. Provide inspection services and services deemed necessary for the successful completion and closure of the work performed by the contractor and their subcontractors on the County construction contract.

ii. Provide the required level of surveillance of contractor activities and work to determine the progress and quality of work.

iii. Identify discrepancies and note any significant omissions, substitutions, defects, or deficiencies in the work of the contractor. Inform and consult with the County on the best course of actions to resolve such omissions, substitutions, defects, or deficiencies. Direct and monitor the contractor to resolve the corrective actions. Document and report all details of each corrective action and its associated resolution to the County.

iv. Maintain complete and accurate records of all activities and events relating to the construction project and properly document all project changes.

v. Maintain complete and accurate records of the contractor's daily operations and of significant events that affect the work for activities both on-site and at the asphalt plant.

vi. Lead all project meetings including providing agenda and meeting minutes. Meeting minutes shall be distributed within 3 business days after the meeting.

vii. Interpret plans, specifications, and special provisions for the construction contract(s) associated with this project.

viii. Inspect materials intended for incorporation into the work for compliance with the plans, specifications, and special provisions for the construction contract to determine if the project is being constructed in accordance with those documents.

ix. Process and review shop-drawings for construction project.

x. Process Requests for Information (RFI) or Requests for Modification (RFM).

xi. Process Claim Analysis and extra work cost-estimations.

xii. Conduct baseline project schedule analysis and provide written response within 15 calendar days of receipt.

xiii. Conduct monthly project schedule update analysis and provide written response within 7 calendar days of receipt.

xiv. Perform verification of contractors monthly pay estimates, resolve any disputed quantities, and provide final concurrence within three days after the monthly cut-off.

xv. Perform coordination with utility companies, and adjacent property owners.

xvi. Prepare one Daily Report of Construction for each inspector(s) assigned to the project, for every calendar day of the project. Each Daily Report shall have a minimum of four photographs attached showing construction operations of the work reported in the associated Daily Report.

xvii. Consultant shall provide grant assistance, as requested by the County for applicable funding sources, which may include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.

xviii. Consultant shall comply with all applicable federal grant requirements during all phases of the Project. Applicable HUD Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grant terms and conditions, incorporated by reference and made a part of this Scope of Services. Such services may include performing compliance verification of all grants requirements and provisions related to construction, including Davis Bacon Compliance.

xix. Provide drone services.

B. On-site Inspection:

i. Monitor and inspect contractors work zone traffic control plan and review modifications to the work zone traffic control plan, including alternate work zone traffic control plan, in accordance with the Countys procedures. Consultant employees performing such services shall be qualified in accordance with the Florida Department of Transportations (FDOT) procedures.

ii. Monitor and inspect contractors installation of sheet piling and concrete bulkheads. Directional boring and electrical enhancements. Waterway excavation and placement of Marine Mattress. Movable Bridge Machinery and Casting Rehabilitation along with structural steel repair, coating and other pertinent bridge construction inspections.

C. Off-site Inspection:

i. Monitor contractor's construction activities off-site (casting yards, borrow pits, manufacturers facilities) as directed and inspect materials being used in the work to ensure accordance with the plans, specifications, and special provisions of the construction contract.

ii. Perform the inspection and verification of materials on hand at the contractor or fabricator yard. Consultant employee shall verify the quantities of stored materials to the quantities provided by contractor.

D. Sampling and Testing:

i. Perform sampling and testing of component materials and completed work in accordance with the contract documents listed in the construction contract. The minimum sampling frequencies set out in the FDOT's Materials Sampling, Testing and Reporting Guide (the Guide) shall be met. In complying with the Guide, provide daily surveillance of the contractor's quality control activities and perform the sampling and testing of materials and completed work items for verification and acceptance.

ii. Determine the acceptability of all materials and completed work items based on either test results or verification of a certification.

iii. The County may monitor the effectiveness of Consultant's testing procedures through observation and independent assurance testing.

i. Sampling, testing and laboratory methods shall be as required by the Countys and FDOT's Standard Specifications, Supplemental Specifications or as modified by the Special Provisions of the construction contract.

E. Certifications

iv. The Proposer must maintain the certifications they submit in their proposal among its team for the life of the resulting contract.

i. Consultants staff preparing the Certified Final Estimate shall be Construction Training qualifications Programs Final Estimates Level II certified.

F. Close-out

i. Submit project documents electronically into the Countys Project Management Information System and file in accordance with County procedures and Consultants approved Quality Assurance Plan.

ii. Project documents shall be uploaded on a continuous, real-time basis and shall be completed within 15 calendar days of Final Acceptance of the construction contract. Examples of closeout documents are asbuilts, project photographs, field books, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Inspections, Earthwork Density Logs, Change Orders/Interim Field Change Agreements, Plan sheet revisions, shop drawings, mix designs, claims, manual, warranties, and general correspondence.