Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1. Selected Responder will provide owner project management services that are consistent with such industry skill and care to ensure the orderly progress of the Project and completion within the specified timeline, budget, and program requirements. This includes the development of a comprehensive Project Management Plan that will be reviewed and approved by MnDOT and stakeholders, and that will be updated monthly to reflect the current project status. 2. Selected Responder will facilitate required services between MnDOT, the Architect/Engineer (A/E) design team, other MnDOT consultants, and the construction manager as necessary related to the design and/or construction of the Project. Selected Responder will report to MnDOT’s Project Manager and, as authorized, act on behalf of MnDOT. Selected Responder is a consultant and not a MnDOT or State of Minnesota employee. Selected Responder has no authority to enter into any contracts or otherwise legally obligate the State of Minnesota or MnDOT. All approval and signature authority for expenditure of funds rests with MnDOT and its duly authorized designee(s). Selected Responder can review and make recommendations but any decisions impacting the project are made by the MnDOT Project Manager. 3. Selected Responder will provide a Project Budget Control and Tracking System. This System will track all Project related budgets, estimates, encumbrances, contracts and amendments, change orders, purchase orders, invoices and payments, and contingencies. The System and reporting will include a one-page executive summary to be submitted to MnDOT’s Project Manager no less than once a month. 4. Selected Responder will facilitate timely action on invoices, applications for payment and other financial correspondence. 5. Selected Responder will strive to obtain satisfactory performance from each consultant and contractor involved in the Project. Selected Responder will recommend a course of action to MnDOT when requirements of the contracts are not being met. 6. Selected Responder will advise MnDOT’s consultants and contractors of the requirement for performing their work within the framework of the Project Schedule and that progress of the Work being performed will be monitored for the need of corrective action. Selected Responder will make recommendations to MnDOT on alternative courses of action in an effort to achieve completion of all activities, tasks, actions, and deliverables. 7. Selected Responder will participate in training, when provided by MnDOT or the State of Minnesota, to stay current with MnDOT’s regulatory requirements and project management practices. 8. Selected Responder will coordinate major elements of design and/or construction with the facility operations, schedules, and activities to minimize disruptions. 9. Selected Responder will review and have a working knowledge of MnDOT’s standard contract agreements, exhibits/attachments, and supplement agreement documents and processes. 10. Selected Responder will adhere to MnDOT’s purchasing parameters and endeavor to provide open and competitive procurement processes, taking into account any procurement targets for supplier diversity. 11. Selected Responder will participate in any dispute resolution process if one arises. 12. Selected Responder will facilitate the completion and documentation of the Minnesota State B3/SB2030 Guidelines on behalf of MnDOT.
