THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) established a County Business Enterprise participation goal of 25% for this project. The OESBD determined that this project is not subject to the Workforce Investment Program (Exhibit 2).
The purpose of this solicitation is to engage the services of a professional engineering firm (consultant) to provide engineering services for the design, permitting, bidding and award during the construction of the North County Reclaimed Water System Expansion, which will serve to expand the County's reclaimed water distribution system. The scope of work will be deliberately phased with planned amendments for subsequent phases.
The Request for Proposals (RFP) method of procurement was selected for this project to best serve the County with additional evaluation criteria. The RFP method provides for a predefined evaluation criteria for ranking firms based upon the required specialized technical expertise. Due to the requirements of Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act, this RFP will not use price as an evaluation criterion. Therefore, proposers are required to determine the best method to accomplish the specialized services as outlined in the RFP.
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