NOTICE
TO CONSULTANT
ENGINEERING/PLANNING
FIRMS
REGARDING
A REQUEST
FOR
LETTERS OF INTEREST
January
22, 2012
The
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer, is seeking to retain the services of professional
engineering/planning firms. These
services include, but are not exclusive to, needs assessments, multimodal
transportation planning reports, context sensitive design reports, road safety
audit reviews, Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) inventory, safety
analysis and traffic studies on a continuing contractual basis. Contracts of four-year (4) duration will be
awarded for the work. The method of
payment shall be cost plus net fee or lump sum.
Evaluation
proceedings will be conducted within the established guidelines regarding equal
employment opportunity and nondiscriminatory action based upon the grounds of
race, color, religion, national origin, sex, creed, age, and disability. Interested certified Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) firms as well as other minority- and/or women-owned firms are
encouraged to respond to all advertisements by TDOT. For more information on DBE certification,
please contact the Civil Rights Office Small Business Development Program at
(615) 741-3681. Details and instructions
for DBE certification can be found at the following website:
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/civil%2Drights/smallbusiness/.
Firms
wishing consideration for these services may submit a letter of interest to Mr.
Steve Allen, Transportation Director, Project Planning Division, Suite 1000,
James K. Polk Building, 505 Deaderick Street,
Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0334. All
letters of interest must be received by the Project Planning Division on or
before 4:00 p.m. (CST) Wednesday February 29, 2012. There is a “Letter of
Interest” form for submittal to the Project Planning Division at the following
internet address
http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/ConsultantInfo/LetterofInterest2006.doc. The letter of interest
shall indicate the scope of services anticipated to be completed by any
subconsultant. The subconsultant shall
be one that is prequalified by TDOT to perform the specific tasks
required. Any questions concerning TDOT
prequalification procedures may be mailed, faxed (615-532-0383), or sent
directly by email to Agatha McCollum at (615-741-1664) or
(Agatha.McCollum@tn.gov) or Chris Armstrong at (615-741-3216) or
(Christopher.Armstrong@tn.gov ) (include contact person & phone number
& email address).
The
Department will evaluate the current prequalification statements on file for
those submitting letters of interest and choose several firms who would make
viable candidates from which to invite proposals and/or presentations. Please
note: New or updated prequalification forms must be received before deadline
for letters of interest.
The
factors that will be considered in evaluation of proposals are:
a. Ability and relevant expertise of the
firm’s personnel to be used in performing the service.
b. Past experience in the required
disciplines with TDOT and/or other clients.
c. Qualification and availability of
staff.
d. Demonstrated ability to meet schedules
without compromising sound engineering practice.
e. Evaluations on prior TDOT projects, if
available.
f. Size of project and limited or unlimitied
prequalification status.
g. Amount of work under contract with
TDOT.
h. Whether the consultant can perform the
work efficiently without compromising sound engineering practice.
Additional
information regarding prequalification procedures, prequalification forms and
current “Standard Procurement Policy for Engineering and Technical Services”
can be found at the following website:
www.tdot.state.tn.us/consultantinfo.htm.
Interested firms without Internet access may obtain this information by
calling (615)741-4460.
John
C. Schroer
Commissioner
JCS/SA/CBA