6City of South Miami
PUBLIC WORKS & ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
4795 SW 75 th Avenue
Miami, FL 33155
Tel. (305) 663-6350 Fax (305) 668-7208
TO: Steven Alexander, City Manager
FROM: Jorge L. Vera, Capital Improvement Project Manager
DATE: June 4,2012
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Resolution: A Resolution of the City of South Miami, Florida, authorizing the City Manager to negotiate
hourly rates and to execute a professional service agreement provided under the Florida
Statute 287 .055 (Consultant's Competitive Negotiation Act) "CCNA", for Architecture,
Landscape Architecture, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Traffic and Transportation
Engineering professional services.
Background: On April 26, 2013, the City received 33 solicitations in response for the request for
qualifications RFQ#PW-S2013-04 for Architecture, Landscape Architecture,
Civil/Environmental Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Engineering professional
services .
The intent of the CCNA is to select professional services based on the qualifications of the
firm, without considering the price of those services until after the firms have been ranked .
Ranking is based on qualifications and negotiations have begun with the top ranked firm .
Professional design services are defined under this law to include engineering, surveying &
mapping, landscape architecture, and architecture. Numerous studies have shown that
selection based on qualifications provides the owner with optimum services, whereas selection
based on low price only assures the owner of the least expensive initial design or study cost,
not necessarily the best or most cost-effective over the life of the project. Public agencies that
use qualifications based selection under the CCNA to procure engineering services are
better able to control construction costs and achieve a consistently high degree of project
satisfaction than those using other procurement methods. Therefore, the selection of firms
will be based on qualifications and once firms are selected, then competitive negotiations
for fees will occur.
Further, the intent of the CCNA legislation has always been to preclude "price consideration"
from entering into the selection process. The Florida Legislature clarified the statute in 1988 to
state that an "agency may request, accept, and consider proposals for the compensation to be
paid under the contract only during the competitive negotiation ."
In accordance with Florida Statute 287.055 (Consultant's Competitive Negotiation Act)
"CCNA", the review committee ranked the firms within the categories of Architecture,
Landscape Architecture, Civil/Environmental Engineering , Traffic and Transportation
Engineering . The top 5 firms for each category are listed below in order of their ranking .
Civil
1. EAC CONSULTING, INC
2. CIVil WORKS INC
3. A.DA ENGINEERING, INC
4. SRS ENGINEERING, INC
5. R.J BEHAR & COMPANY INC ENGINEERS, PLANNERS
Traffic & Transportation
·1. TY LIN INTERNATIONALlHJ ROSS
2 . THE CORRADINO GROUP
3. MARLIN ENGINEERING
4 . C H PEREZ CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC .
5. URS
Architecture
1 MCHARRY ASSOCIATES
2 BERMEllO AJAMll & PARTNERS
3 SOL-ARCH, INC
4 R.E. CHISHOLM ARCHITECTS, INC
5 INDIGO SERVICE CORPORATION
Environmental
1. R.J BEHAR & COMPANY INC ENGINEERS, PLANNERS
2. MILIAN SWAIN AND ASSOCIATES
3. STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC
4. BALJET ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
5. lANGAN ENGINEERING
Structural
1. SRS ENGINEERING, INC
2. G BATISTA & ASSOCIATES
3. STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC
landscape
1. O'lEARY RICHARDS DESIGN & ASSOCIATES
2. BERMEllO AJAMll & PARTNERS
3 . ROSENBERG GARDNER DESIGN
4 . CURTIS + ROGERS DESIGN STUDIO, INC
5. KIMlEY HORN & ASSOCIATES
City staff will be submitting , at a future regular Commission meeting, the completed
Professional General Services Agreements for Commission approval, for each ranked firm,
which will include negotiated hourly rates .
The execution of these Professional General Service agreements does not commit the City
to any maximum amount of fees nor guarantee any work. Upon selection of the firms, the
City will negotiate hourly rates that are acceptable to the City and within industry standards.
Upon the City and firm negotiating a cost to perform the required scope of a project, a
resolution will be brought before the City Commission for approval of the service
agreement.
Attachments: Proposed Resolution
Evaluation selection sheet
Standard professional service agreement
1 RESOLUTION NO.: _____ _
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4 A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate hourly rates and to execute a
5 professional service agreement provided under the Florida Statute 287.055 Consultant's
6 Competitive Negotiation Act "CCNA", for the following professional services: Architecture,
7 Landscape Architecture, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Traffic and Transportation
8 Engineering.
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1 0 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desires to enter into service agreements for professional
11 services for the following categories : Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Traffic
12 and Transportation Engineering; and
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14 WHEREAS, on April 26, 2013 a request for qualification RFQ #PW-S2013 -04 was released by the City for
15 these services; and
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17 WHEREAS, the City received solicitation from thirty-three (33) firms ; and
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19 WHEREAS, pursuant to Florida Statute 287 .055 for CCNA, the City review committee conducted
20 thorough reviews of the firm's qualifications, and upon evaluation the firms were ranked ; and
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22 WHEREAS, the City selected a five (5) qualified firms for each category to provide the professional
23 services to the City as follows; and
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Civil
1. EAC CONSULTING, INC
2. CIVIL WORKS INC
3. A.DA ENGINEERING , INC
4 . SRS ENGINEERING, INC
5. RJ BEHAR & COMPANY INC
ENGINEERS, PLANNERS
Traffic & Transportation
1. TY LIN INTERNATIONALlHJ ROSS
2 . THE CORRADINO GROUP
3. MARLIN ENGINEERING
4. C H PEREZ CONSULTING
ENGINEERS, INC .
5 . URS
Architecture
1 MCHARRY ASSOCIATES
2 BERMELLO AJAMIL & PARTNERS
3 SOL-ARCH, INC
4 RE. CHISHOLM ARCHITECTS , INC
5 INDIGO SERVICE CORPORATION
Environmental
1. RJ BEHAR & COMPANY INC
ENGINEERS, PLANNERS
2 . MILIAN SWAIN AND ASSOCIATES
3. STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC
4 . BALJET ENVIRONMENTAL, INC .
5. LANGAN ENGINEERING
Structural
1. SRS ENGINEERING, INC
2 . G BATISTA & ASSOCIATES
3. STANLEY CONSULTANTS, INC
Landscape
1. O'LEARY RICHARDS DESIGN &
ASSOCIATES
2 . BERMELLO AJAMIL & PARTNERS
3. ROSENBERG GARDNER DESIGN
4 . CURTIS + ROGERS DESIGN
STUDIO , INC
5. KIMLEY HORN & ASSOCIATES
25 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission desires to authorize the City Manager to negotiate hourly
26 rates and execute a service agreement with the highest ranked firm.
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28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
29 SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA THAT:
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31 Section 1: The City Manager is hereby authorized to negotiate hourly rates and execute a professional
32 service agreement in the same form as published in RFQ #PW-S2013-04 in accordance with the procedure set
33 forth in Florida Statute 287.055 (Consultant's Competitive Negotiation Act).
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Section 2: The agreements shall be approved by resolution prior to being signed by the City
Manager.
Section 3: If any section clause, sentence, or phrase of this resolution is for any reason held invalid or
unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this resolution.
Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption .
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of ______ , 2013 .
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND EXECUTION
THEREOF
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED :
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Liebman
Commissioner Newman :
Commissioner Harris :
Commissioner Welsh: