ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Director of Public Works with a Request to APPROVE the Selection Process and Approve an AGREEMENT with MILLENNIA PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, in the Amount Not to Exceed $770,885.92, for Phase 3 Engineering Services for the NORTH UNIVERSITY STREET PROJECT (From PIONEER PARKWAY to TOWNLINE ROAD). (Council District 5)
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BACKGROUND: The City has received approximately $2 million in funding from an Economic Development Program (EDP) grant and approximately $2 million in funding from an Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to fund the project. The EDA requires a project specific Request for Qualifications to select the engineering team.
A Request for Statements of Interest and Qualifications for the proposed project was advertised in the Peoria Journal Star and on the City of Peoria web site on January 12, 2018 and January 13, 2018. Submittals were accepted February 2nd, 2018 with four (4) companies submitting. The teams submitting were Farnsworth Group, Maurer- Stutz; Midwest Engineering Associates, Inc.; and Millennia Professional Services.
The selection team included the Public Works Director, Traffic Engineer, and a Civil Engineer II. The selection criteria included:
25% Technical Approach
10% Firm Experience
25% Staff Capabilities
10% Work Load Capacity
20% Past Performance
10% Other-EEO and local presence
The selection team met to discuss the results and, after deliberation, the selection committee agreed by consensus that the best team would be Millennia Professional Services. City staff has negotiated scope of services with Millennia in order to provide the best possible engineering service contract for this project.
Millennia is a minority business enterprise (MBE) and they will be subcontracting with TERRA Engineering, a women business enterprise (WBE), for 5-10% of the work for the contract and Infrastructure Engineering, a m...
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