Engineering Services for City Hall Emergency Power Generator Design

Agency:	City of Pasadena
State:	Texas
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541330 - Engineering Services
Posted Date:	Aug 12, 2020
Due Date:	Aug 31, 2020
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CITY OF PASADENA

Request for Qualifications No. 20-021

ENGINEERING SERVICES

for

Federally Funded Pasadena City Hall Emergency Power Generator

Design and Evaluations and Projects as Authorized by the City of

Pasadena, Texas

RFQ SCHEDULE SUMMARY

August 12, 2020

August 19, 2020

August 27, 2020 at noon

August 31, 2020 by 4pm

September 1, 2020 at 3pm

To be Determined

RFQ documents released

Legal Advertising for RFQ

Last day for inquiries and clarifications

RFQ Due Date

Qualifications opened at 1149 Ellsworth, 1st Floor, Pre-

Council Conference Room

Notify short-listed firms

Interviews

City Approval of selected Engineer

* This schedule is preliminary and may be modified at the discretion of the owner.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. PROJECT INFORMATION

II. ADVERTISEMENT

III. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

IV. SELECTION PROCESS

V. GENERAL INFORMATION

VI. PROTESTS

VII. FORMS

 Form 1 – Submittal Cover/Signature Sheet

 Form 2 – Submittal Checklist (Table of Contents)

 Form 3 – Acknowledgement of Addenda

 Form 4 – General Questionnaire

 Form 5 – Felony Conviction Notification

 Form 6 – Conflict of Interest Questionnaire

VIII. ATTACHMENTS

 Attachment A – Grant Terms and Conditions

 Attachment B – Draft Agreement for Professional Services

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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

The City of Pasadena, Texas is seeking Engineering Services to provide preliminary and

final design phase services, construction phase services, and other related services and

assistance for Federally Funded City Hall Emergency Power Generator and other projects

as may be determined by the City of Pasadena. The scope of services is further described in

the attached Draft Agreement for Professional Services attached hereto as “Exhibit B”.

I. PROJECT INFORMATION

A. Scope of Work

I. Engineering:

Scope of design and project management services for the construction

of The City of Pasadena City Hall Emergency Power Generator

federally funded by the Texas Division of Emergency Management

(TDEM) through FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (see

attached “Exhibit A” - Grant Terms and Conditions). The Program

requires time sensitive design of power requirements, site development

and drainage and site restoration to allow automatic power generation

at the Pasadena City Hall-1149 Ellsworth Drive under current

conditions. The proposer will meet all FEMA Grant Reimbursement

requirements and provisions per 2 CFR, 24 CFR and M/WBE

Government codes for their work and provide a dedicated team for

evaluation of proposed generator improvements to standards set by the

City of Pasadena, FEMA and TDEM. Provide final design within 24

weeks and gain approval for plans to provide the desired power

requirements. The proposer must show their historical ability to

achieve design accuracy with critical timelines for the following:

 Provide general site layout with improvements to minimize impact

to the City Hall campus.

 Provide electrical layout with actuated connection and properly

sized generator for competitive bid.

 Provide project support through design, bid and construction

phases.

The proposer shall submit their Additional Services team for Survey

and Geotechnical Services as follows:

A. Survey: (Without 10% markup for firms that are co-owned by

the Engineering Provider/Proposer)

 Provide survey files with NAD83 horizontal (Texas State Plane,

South Central Zone 4204) – provide meta data (CORS station and

EPOCH) combined scale factor (Grid to Surface)

 NAVD88 (2001 Adj.)Vertical - provide meta data (TSARP RM

used)

 Provide point data in asci format (point number, northing, easting,

elevation, point description)

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 Provide TIN (surface model) in LANDXML format.

 Call 811 located surface indication of utilities marked: CenterPoint

gas & electric – request maps also-Verizon – request maps also-

AT&T – request maps also-Cable – request maps also

 Pipelines - Include owner, product, size, & natural ground shot with

depth of cover at marker with contact number

 Locate all feature within site footprint and 5 feet outside the

property line:

 Edge of pavement, Top of curb / Gutter, Crown of pavement,

Driveways, Natural ground at ROW, Natural ground outside

pavement, Top of Bank, Toe of Slope, CL / FL of ditch, driveways,

structures, etc.

 Storm Sewer-Inlets, MHs, type & size of pipe (including culverts),

FLs, etc.

 Existing Topography -Mailboxes, street signs, meters, power poles,

traffic lights & pedestals

 Provide sketch of measure downs for above

 Provide cad file showing above with surface lines connected and

measure downs annotated, provide symbol legend and point codes

used.

B. Geotechnical: (Without 10% markup for firms that are co-

owned by the Engineering Provider/Proposer)

Provide Log of Boring with appropriate recommendation report for

design of structural foundation slab and site restoration as follows:

 Perform Logs of soil borings with water levels

 Laboratory tests to evaluate the engineering properties of the soils

 Incorporating the laboratory test data into an engineering analysis

 Provide structural slab fill/placement criteria

 Provide minimum design parameters for current design

 Provide recommendations to eliminate or minimize foreseeable

construction problems

 Incorporating all of the above into an engineering report.

 Provide singular borings as requested and approved by the City of

Pasadena.

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II. ADVERTISEMENT

NOTICE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

RFQ NO. 20-021

The City of Pasadena, Texas invites you to submit a sealed Statement of Qualifications

for:

Engineering Services

For

Federally Funded Pasadena City Hall Emergency Power Generator

Design and Evaluations and other projects by the City

Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Pasadena, Texas on or before 4:00 p.m.

on Monday, August 31, 2020 in the Office of the City Secretary, 1149 Ellsworth Drive,

2nd Floor; Pasadena, Texas 77506. Statements of Qualification will be publicly opened

and the name of the firm will be read aloud on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.

at City Hall, 1149 Ellsworth Drive, 1st Floor, Pre-Council Conference Room.

RFQ documents may be obtained via the Internet by contacting DemandStar.com or

from the City of Pasadena Purchasing Department web page at www.pasadenatx.gov. If

you do not have Internet access, you may obtain the documents by contacting the Public

Works Department at 1149 Ellsworth Drive, 5th Floor, Pasadena, Texas, 77506, (713)

475-7835, or Engineering@pasadenatx.gov.

Statement of Qualifications may be either mailed or hand delivered to the City

Secretary’s Office, 1149 Ellsworth Drive, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, TX 77506. Any Statement

of Qualifications received after the above stated time will be returned to the proposer

unopened.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, or accept any

combination of statements of qualification deemed advantageous to it.

The City of Pasadena is soliciting qualifications for the herein described services for the

purpose defined in this document. By responding to this request, the proposer agrees to

perform in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this document in the

event that the response is selected for contract award.

The City reserves the right to waive any informality in submittals received, deemed to be

in the best interest of the City. No officer or employee of the City of Pasadena shall have

a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any contract with the City of Pasadena.

Published in the Pasadena Citizen & on the City of Pasadena Website

Publish August 12, 2020 and August 19, 2020

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bid#	bid name	release date	due date
20-021	Engineering Services for City Hall Emergency Power Generator Design	8/12/2020	8/31/2020

Engineering Services for City Hall Emergency Power Generator Design

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