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CONTRACT K-1920-39: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY AND CABBINESS ENGINEERING, L.L.C., IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $95,700 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE ANDREWS PARK SKATEPARK PROJECT.
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BACKGROUND: On October 13, 2015, Norman citizens passed the Norman Forward Initiative; which will fund various projects through a 1/2% sales tax increase over 15 years. Included in the Norman Forward Initiative is a project to make improvements to Andrews Park. The majority of that project is to build a new skate park. Recently, a contract was approved with American Ramp Company (ARC) to provide turnkey construction services for the new skate park, excluding the site engineering services. Those services include site survey, geotechnical investigation, site grading, drainage design beyond the footprint of the skate park, any necessary electrical, plumbing, and associated utility engineering solutions. To provide such service, we now propose to hire a local firm to work with ARC throughout the design and construction phases of the project to complete the work in the most efficient manner possible.
DISCUSSION: In July, 2019, Request for Proposal RFP-1920-09 for Engineering Services for the Andrews Park Skatepark Project, was advertised in the Norman Transcript. The RFP was sent to several local engineering firms, advertised in Bid News, e-plan, CMD Construction Reporting, and Dodge Report. Completed proposals were received from three firms.
After reviewing the proposals, our review committee has recommended engaging the services of Cabbiness Engineering, LLC (Cabbiness) for this project. The committee felt the experience of the Cabbiness team with the type of work called for in this project makes them a good fit. In particular, they have experience with the process of obtaining floodplain permits in Norman, which is likely to be required for the new skate park. Also, they proposed to work on a "Not-To-Exceed" d...
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