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Consent Agenda Item <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY.,FLORIDA <br />DEPARTMENT OF UTILITY SERVICES <br />Date: October 12,2O17 <br />To: Jason E.Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Vincent Burke, P.E.,Director ofUtility Services <br />Through: Richard B. Szpyrka,P.E,Public Works Director <br />H|manshuMeta, P.E,Solids Waste Managing Director <br />Prepared By: ArjunaVVera8oda,P.E'Capital Projects Manager <br />Subject: Extension of Indian River County Continuing Contract Agreement for Professional <br />Services <br />DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: <br />On November 15, 2011, the Board wfCounty Commissioners (BCC) approved fourteen (14) firms, and on <br />December 6, 2011, BCC approved two additional (2) firms for a total of sixteen (16) firms currently selected for <br />the Continuing Contract Agreement for Professional Services with Indian River County. On November 4, 2014, <br />the 8[C approved three-year extension and amendment to the Continuing Contract Agreement for <br />Professional Services to provide certain professional services, which is set to expire November 16, 2017, Those <br />services are for Public Works, Solid Waste, Utilities -Major and Utilities -Minor. <br />Staff, with assistance from the Purchasing and Legal Departments, drafted a new Request for Qualifications <br />(RFC) in compliance with Florida Statue 207.055 for professional engineering firms in regard to various <br />continuing engineering services. Due to Hurricane Irma, the advertisement of RFQ 2018008 was delayed by <br />two weeks. Currently, RFQ 2018008 is advertised, and proposals are to be submitted by October 24, 2017. <br />' <br />Purchasing has received interest from many en8ineerin� firms with regard toRFQZD1OOO8. Once aselection <br />committee has been approved by the County Administrator, given the anticipated number of proposals, staff <br />anticipates the review tm take three to four weeks. Once the committee has short-listed firms then per the <br />Purchasing Manual guidelines and Florida Statue 287.055, discussions must be conducted with the short-listed <br />firms in order to come up with the final rankings. Therefore, staff anticipates the entire process to take 60 to <br />90 days. <br />The current continuing services agreement for professional services has been utilized by the Department of <br />Community Development, Public Works, Solid Waste and Utilities for various projects. The existing list <br />comprises firms that have a satisfactory track record in performing civil engineering projects |nthe field of <br />water, sewer, roadways, traffic analysis, structural, solid waste management, water resources and master <br />planning. Therefore, county staff is proposing, subject to approval by the BCC, to extend the agreements for <br />anotherthree'monthtermthatvvou|dexpineFebruoryl5,ZO1O.Staffhasne8ctiatedstandavdfeeschedu|es <br />with each individual firm on the selection list. The fee schedules reflect fair and competitive rates for <br />comparable professional services and tasks. These fees will be the basis for individual projects, work orders <br />and purchase orders. <br />C:\Users\legistar\AppData\Local\Temp\BCL Tech no1ogies\easyPDF8\@BCL@ <br />