Utilities Augmented Staffing - Professional Engineering Services

The Pinellas County Utilities (County) seeks Professional Engineering Services to perform Integrated Program Management as the Project Manager to provide general support for the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) projects identified in the County’s six-year plan. The County is seeking proposals from qualified management teams to provide these services on an as needed basis. Project delivery methods to be used include project management at risk (PMAR), design bid build (DBB), construction management at risk (CMAR) (for projects not federally funded), design build (DB), and progressive design build (PDB) (for projects not federally funded). The Project Manager will provide project experience and qualifications demonstrating experience in managing large infrastructure programs for public utilities of a similar size. This experience should be demonstrated in recent similar project experience and in a technical approach to be provided in the response to this RFP that describes how Integrated Program Management will be applied to similar projects and programs described below.

Some of the Project Manager’s work may be for projects funded by State and/or Federal funds such as Resilient Florida grants, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), or others to be determined. The Project Manager will provide invoices in accordance with the Federal requirements and Uniform Guidance that pertain to the fund for which they are working. The Project Manager must therefore adhere to the Uniform Guidance specified in the Code of Federal Regulations when working on the Federally funded projects and invoice accordingly.

Additionally, some projects may be funded through bonds or borrowing. These projects are likely to be combined into a program that will require timely execution, enhanced tracking and performance reporting. Commitment to meeting required deadlines is a priority.

The Project Manager will assist in tasks such as overseeing and coordinating the work of other firms by developing requests for proposals (RFPs), managing related projects, including studies, design, construction and other related projects. The Project Manager will have a broad knowledge of engineering principles, financial expertise in project evaluations of net present value for capital budgeting recommendations, preparation of presentations to the Board of County Commissioners (BCC), developing project management, large infrastructure programs, funding, construction oversight, public outreach, federal, state, and local rules, and regulations affecting the County’s operation of the water, wastewater, and reclaimed water infrastructure. The Project Manager will provide consultation to the County, engineering staff and other county departments including, but not limited to Legal, Purchasing, Public Works, Risk and Real Property. The Project Manager will serve as a representative of the County and may be required to engage with customers, citizens, regulatory agencies and other entities as necessary to manage the project. Demonstrate experience using SharePoint-based Business Intelligence dashboards for managing performance metrics, and experience and success in grant pursuits. The Project Manager will perform their duties with the County’s strategic goals, sustainability, resiliency, sea-level rise and triple bottom line goals and mission on all projects.

Pinellas County is located on the west coast of Florida and boasts the most densely populated county in Florida. Pinellas County is a mostly built-out urban county, and the majority of the County’s wastewater is collected and treated by a regional wastewater collection system. Opportunities have become available to expedite infrastructure renewal projects including grant funding and new policies to reduce Infiltration and Inflow and eliminate Sanitary Sewer Overflows. The Project Manager will help to expedite implementation of these programs and projects in the 6-year Capital Improvement Plan with annual budgets of approximately $100 million combined for wastewater and water infrastructure.

The contract budget is estimated at $8 million for the five-year contract.