PUBLIC NOTICE SOQ 25-016 The Parish of Jefferson authorized by Resolution No. 146214 is hereby soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Professional Services Questionnaire) from additional persons or firms interested in providing professional traffic engineering services for the Department of Public Works on an as-needed basis for the remainder of the (2) year period who are not one of the fourteen (14) firms approved by Resolution No. 143868, dated March 27, 2024, with maximum allowable fees of $500,000.00 per year. Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., June 24, 2025 General The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which they expect to use to provide professional services, and submit a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish TEC Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant firm. (Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928). With regard to the questionnaire, Principal means the sole proprietor of the firm, or one who shares an ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not limited to, a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a limited liability corporation. Compensation The cost of these traffic engineering services will be negotiated by the Jefferson Parish Department of Engineering. As determined by the Engineering Department, services will be paid for on a lump sum fee basis or on the basis of the person or firm’s certified and itemized salary costs plus a fee to cover overhead cost and profit in accordance with guidelines established in Attachment “A” to the Standard Professional Services Agreement for Jefferson Parish. Copy of Attachment “A” may be obtained by calling the Jefferson Parish Engineering Department at (504) 736-6505. Minimum Requirements for Selection 1. one principal who is a professional civil engineer who shall be registered as such in Louisiana 2. a professional in charge of the project who is a professional civil engineer who shall be registered as such in Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the disciplines involved 3. one employee who is a professional civil engineer registered as such in Louisiana in the field or fields of expertise required for the project (A sub-consultant may meet the requirement only if the advertised project involves more than one discipline.) Evaluation Criteria The following criteria will be used to evaluate the statement of the firms submitting: 1) Professional training and experience in relation to the type of work required for the traffic engineering services - 35 points. 2) Size of firm, considering the number of professional and support personnel required to perform traffic engineering tasks, including project evaluation, traffic counting, project design, drafting of technical plans, development of technical specifications, and construction administration – 10 points. 3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors of type of engineering task, current unfinished workload, and person or firm’s available professional and support personnel - 20 points. 4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of similar or comparable size, scope, and scale - 10 points (Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior work completed for the Parish shall be evidenced by substantiating documentation provided by the Director of Public Works for the requesting department or the Director of Engineering and received by the Chairman of the Evaluation Committee a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date of the Technical Evaluation Committee Meeting.)
