The Washington State
Department of Transportation (WSDOT) solicits interest from
consulting firms who wish to be evaluated and considered for
future work for our Facilities Office, Architecture Branch
in 2000 through 2003. General
Description: Consultant work may include
the following: Evaluation and
Selection: The On-Call agreement amount
totals $400,000 over a three (3) year period. However, there
is no minimum amount of work guaranteed. Individual tasks
will be negotiated as stand-alone assignments terminating
when the task budget is exhausted or the task time frame has
expired. The Agreement shall be terminated when the
Agreement budget is exhausted or the Agreement time frame
has expired. Consultants will be evaluated
and ranked based on their submittal in the following
criteria areas: Note: All categories will be
rated on a scale of 0 to 10. These categories will be used
to create a ranking of consultants. If interviews are held,
the criteria for selection would be identified to those
consultants involved in the interviews. In the event of tied
rankings, selection shall be based on the discretion of the
contracting agency. Submittal
Requirements: Your submittal must be
accompanied by the newly required "Submittal Information
Packet" form, which you may obtain by visiting our web site
at: This form must be completed in
its entirety for the Prime and all sub-consultants or your
submittal will be deemed non-responsive and will not be
considered for this project. If you do not have access to
the Internet, you may obtain a form by calling
360-705-7104. There is a minimum twelve (12)
point font requirement for the basic text for the entire
RFQ. Any charts, graphs, table of organizations, etc., must
be of readable size. The maximum number of pages allowed is
twenty-five (25) 8.5 x 11 inch, typed, and single sided. The
page number limitation excludes the Submittal Information
Packet and cover letter. It does include the following:
table of contents, text, graphs, divider sheets, tab sheets,
index, and appendices. Federal Forms SF 254 and SF
255 are not required for this solicitation. If these forms
are included in the submittal, they will count towards the
maximum limitation of twenty-five (25) pages. Four (4)
copies of the submittals are due
no later than 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 16,
2000, to Mr. Michael B.
Rice, Director of Consultant Services, Washington State
Department of Transportation, Transportation Building, P.O.
Box 47323, Olympia, WA 98504-7323. Submittals may be
delivered by courier to Mr. Rice at 310 Maple Park Drive SE,
Room 3D6. Late submittals, or those delivered by facsimile,
electronic mail, or any other format other than bound paper
copies, will be deemed non-responsive and will not be
considered for the project. Questions regarding the
solicitation and selection process should be directed to Mr.
Michael B. Rice, Director of Consultant Services at
360-705-7102. Questions regarding the
technical aspect of this RFQ should be directed to Mr. Bill
Shisler, Principal Architect, at 360-705-7345. The department has an overall
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Goal of 14%. The DBE
goal for participation for this project will be obtained
through a combination race-neutral / race-conscience means
for federally funded tasks. The voluntary 10% Minority
Business Enterprise (MBE) Goal and 6% Women Business
Enterprise (WBE) Goal will be utilized for state funded
tasks. The department encourages disadvantaged, minority,
and women-owned consultant firms to respond. Persons with disabilities may
request this information be prepared and supplied in
alternate formats by calling collect 206-389-2839. Persons
with hearing impairments may call 1-800-833-6388 (Washington
State Telecommunications Relay Service) and ask for
206-515-3683. This advertisement may be
viewed electronically by visiting our web site: Dates of publication in the
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce: July 26, 2000, and August
2, 2000.
Department of Transportation
Notice to Consultants
2000/2003 Civil Engineering for Buildings and Related
Facilities
WDSOT intends to select a Civil Engineering consultant and
negotiate a Statewide On-Call agreement for Civil
Engineering services for buildings and related facilities
throughout Washington. The Consultants will be evaluated,
ranked and selected from the respondents to this notice. The
professional capabilities of consultants must include
Professional Registration as Civil Engineers in the State of
Washington.
The selection of consultants for projects or services will
be made from a list of qualified consultants responding to
this Request For Qualifications (RFQ.) All firms responding
will be evaluated and ranked based on the criteria listed
below. The top ranked firms may either be "short-listed" for
interviews, with the top firm being selected from the
interviews; or the consultant may be selected directly from
the written submittals. As specific projects are identified
for consultant services, top ranked firms will be selected
from the roster and provided with a series of tasks, within
the limits of the agreement
Consultants that submit proposals in response to this RFQ
must have the capability of providing the products and
services listed under the project description of this RFQ.
Joint ventures or sub-consultants may be used. WSDOT assumes
no obligation of any kind for expenses incurred by any
respondent to this solicitation. All submittals become the
property of WSDOT and will not be returned. The top
evaluated firms may be invited for an interview to allow the
WSDOT to rank the most qualified firms or WSDOT may elect to
select the top evaluated firms for the scored and ranked
roster. The RFQ shall meet the following requirements or
will be deemed non-responsive and will not be eligible for
consideration of this roster:http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/consulting/submittalinformationpack.htm
www.wsdot.wa.gov/consulting/
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Certified Technical
Consulting Services, Inc. |
CTS Engineers,
Inc. |
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Hedges Engineering
& Consulting, Inc. |
Infrastructure
Consulting Corporation (ICON) |
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KPFF Consulting
Engineers |
MacKay & Sposito,
Inc. |
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McAndrews Group, Ltd.,
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Olson Engineering,
Inc. |
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Otak, Inc. |
Pacific Surveying
& Engineering, Inc. |
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RoseWater Engineering,
Inc. |
Southwest Surveying,
Inc. |
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Symonds Consulting
Engineers, Inc. |
Wilson Engineering,
Inc. |
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Wyatt Engineering,
Inc. |
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Date: No interviews, top ranked firm selected. Location: |
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KPFF Consulting
Engineers |
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