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Approve selection committee's recommendation to authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with WSP USA and Kimley-Horn and Associates for professional engineering services for drainage and sidewalk improvements-Wahneta projects. (No fiscal impact)
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Roads and Drainage requested Procurement to solicit proposals from qualified firms to provide professional engineering services for drainage and sidewalk improvement projects in Wahneta: North Rifle Range Road Drainage & Sidewalk Improvements and Inwood: Ave E NW @ Lake Deer Dr W @ 34th Street NW Drainage Improvements. The services include design, permitting, subsurface utility exploration, and bidding and construction administration services.
A Community Development Block Grant will fund the projects with Wahneta receiving $250,000.00 for FY 2023-2024 with an amendment in September 2024 to extend the existing contracting to include $1,000,000.00 for FY 2024-2025 and Inwood receiving $150,000.00. These funds provide for the development, establishment, and administration of projects to benefit low- and moderate-income families, aid in elimination of slums and blight or meet an urgent community development need.
Request for Proposal (RFP) 24-383, Professional Engineering Services for North Rifle Range Road Drainage & Sidewalk Improvements-Wahneta Projects was issued, and five vendors submitted proposals. The selection committee met on July 2, 2024, to evaluate and score the proposals and 3 vendors were elevated for interviews. On July 24, 2024, the selection committee conducted interviews and received presentations from all three vendors. After the interviews, the consensus of the selection committee was to request the Board authorize staff to enter into contract negotiations with all proposers, beginning with the two highest ranked proposers, WSP USA (Wahneta Project) and Kimley-Horn and Associates (Inwood Project).
The following is a listing of the firms and their rankings:
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