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CONTRACT K-1920-116: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND COWAN GROUP ENGINEERING IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $526,600 TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE JAMES GARNER AVENUE WIDENING 2019 BOND PROJECT FROM ACRES STREET TO DUFFY STREET AS PART OF THE 2019 BOND PROJECTS.
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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.
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) short-listed 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 their firm to complete a specific project.
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