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CONTRACT NO. K-1213-132: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY, AND COBB ENGINEERING, INC., TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENTS.
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BACKGROUND: The City of Norman utilizes various engineering firms for a variety of construction testing services. Construction testing services include soil density tests, concrete strength tests, asphalt material analyses, etc. Council previously approved annual testing contracts on June 5, 2009 with Cobb Engineering, but this contract has expired.
DISCUSSION: The Engineering Division of the Public Works Department prepared a Request for Proposal to solicit new annual contracts for construction testing services to be utilized as needed for City construction projects.
The Engineering Division received five (5) proposals in August 2012. The selection committee included three (3) staff members consisting of Josh Malwick, Capital Projects Engineer; Jim Speck, Capital Projects Engineer; Tim Adams, Construction Inspector; and two (2) private citizens including Don Carter with the University of Oklahoma Physical Plant and Tom Knotts, retired University architect. Each committee member independently scored each proposal on a point scale as defined in the Request for Proposal. The ranked proposals were reviewed and discussed by the selection committee and the top three (3) proposals were Engineering Services & Testing, Inc. (EST), Professional Service Industries, Inc. (PSI) and Cobb Engineering.
Staff has negotiated a contract Cobb Engineering which identifies the unit rates for a variety of tasks associated with construction testing. Cobb Engineering has signed the same contract that allows the City of Norman to utilize their services on an as-needed basis, pending availability of funds within each project. They have agreed to the same rates consistent with those charged to Ok...
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