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CONTRACT K-1920-104: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $413,665 TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CONSTITUTION STREET 2019 TRANSPORTATION BOND PROJECT FROM JENKINS AVENUE TO CLASSEN BOULEVARD.
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BACKGROUND: On April 2, 2019, the citizens of Norman voted in favor of a $72 million transportation bond issue, which includes nineteen (19) projects. With the anticipated $67 million in federal dollars being leveraged for these projects, approximately $139 million is budgeted for the nineteen (19) projects. Please see the attached project list and map showing the approved projects.
On August 19, 2019, City staff advertised Request for Proposal RFP 1920-16 to solicit Consulting Engineering Services for the fourteen (14) bond projects still requiring design. This RFP was written to select a group of approximately five (5) consultants to complete the design on the remaining 2019 Transportation Bond Projects that will be completed over the next ten (10) years. Twenty-two (22) proposals were received by the 4:00 pm deadline on September 12, 2019. The selection committee consisting of three (3) City staff (Scott Sturtz- City Engineer, Tim Miles-Capital Projects Engineer, and Paul D'Andrea- Capital Projects Engineer) and two (2) citizens (Luis Malave- ODOT Purcell Resident Engineer and Brent Everett- OU Assistant Director of Architectural & Engineering Services) shortlisted nine (9) consultant teams for interviews held on October 2, 2019. The five (5) consultant teams selected after interviews to complete the design on these projects are:
* Cabbiness Engineering, Norman
* Cowan Group, Oklahoma City
* Freese and Nichols, Oklahoma City
* MacArthur Associated Consultants, Oklahoma City
* Olsson Associates, Oklahoma City
These consultants will be assigned the various projects by City staff based on capacity, performance on their current projects and capabilities of t...
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