STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure, and Sustainability
AGENDA DATE: September 22, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 2, 14
DEPARTMENT: Department of Transportation
EXECUTIVE: Majed Al-Ghafry
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a professional engineering services contract to design a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to Interstate Highway 345 - Criado & Associates, Inc., most qualified proposer of two - Not to exceed $740,204.44 - Financing: General Fund ($678,940.44) and Street and Transportation Improvements Fund (2006 General Obligation Bond Fund) ($61,264.00)
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BACKGROUND
The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) awarded $3,836,092.00 for the construction of a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to Interstate Highway (IH) 345 through their Transportation Alternatives Program approximately 1.8 miles long. This grant program is intended to promote on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, shared-use paths, and related pedestrian and bicycle safety countermeasures. This program requires local funding for engineering design and environmental review.
If approved, this action will authorize a professional engineering services contract with Criado & Associates, Inc. to design a shared use path along Ross Avenue from Greenville Avenue to IH 345. There will be opportunities for project stakeholders and the public-at-large to provide input to the City early in the design process. This feedback will be incorporated into the project design.
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
Begin Design November 2021
Complete Design January 2023
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
On May 27, 2020, City Council authorized the support of applications for funding for eleven candidate projects to the North Central Texas Council of Governments through the Transportation Alternatives Program for cost reimbursement in the Active Transportation and Safe Routes to School (SRTS) categories for the Zaragoza, Rosemont, and Elam SRTS improvements; Ross Avenue Shared Use Path, Southern Design District Mobility Connection Projects, Dallas Executive Airport Streetscape Enhancements Phase 1 (Ledbetter), Lemmon Avenue Streetscape Enhancements, Coombs Creek and Five Mile Creek Trails and the Uptown Pedestrian Link, Uptown Pedestrian Link, and Northaven Trail Phase 1B by Resolution No. 20-0824.
FISCAL INFORMATION
|
Fund |
FY 2021 |
FY 2022 |
Future Years |
|
General Fund |
$678,940.44 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
|
Street and Transportation Improvements Fund (2006 General Obligation Bond Fund) |
$ 61,264.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
|
Total |
$740,204.44 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
Up to $3,836,092.00 in grant funds will be used to fund the construction of the shared use path on Ross Avenue. Receipt of these grant funds and the award of a construction contract will be brought back to City Council for consideration at a future date. There is no maintenance funding commitment at this time.
Council District Amount
2 $ 444,122.66
14 $ 296,081.78
Total $ 740,204.44
M/WBE INFORMATION
In accordance with the City’s Business Inclusion and Development Policy adopted on September 23, 2020, by Resolution No. 20-1430, as amended, the M/WBE participation on this contract is as follows:
|
Contract Amount |
Procurement Category |
DBE Goal |
DBE % |
DBE $ |
|
$740,204.44 |
Professional Services Architecture & Engineering |
17.00% |
56.00% |
$414,514.49 |
|
• This contract exceeds the DBE goal. |
|
• Criado & Associates, Inc. - Local; Workforce - 100% Local |
Criado & Associates, Inc., is the prime consultant and is listed as a local M/W/DBE and will be performing approximately 56% of the contract work.
PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
In May 2021, the Department of Transportation requested proposals from the five previously short-listed transportation consulting firms: BGE, Inc., Criado & Associates, Inc., Freese and Nichols, HDR, Inc., and Lee Engineering, LLC.
A three-member committee of professional engineers and planners from the following departments reviewed and evaluated the proposals:
Department of Transportation (2)
Department of Public Works (1)
The successful proposer was selected by the committee based upon demonstrated competence and qualifications under the following advertised criteria:
Firm's Approach to the Project............. 30 points
Project Team & Org Structure............... 15 points
Project Team's Technical Expertise....... 25 points
Quality Control Approach..................... 10 points
Recent City Experience......................... 20 points
Proposals were received from Criado & Associates, Inc., and from Lee Engineering, LLC. While both firms were deemed qualified to perform the work, Criado & Associates, Inc., was determined to be most qualified.
The following two proposals were received by the May 5, 2021, deadline:
*Denotes most qualified proposer
Proposer Score
*Criado & Associates, Inc. 85
4100 Spring Valley Road, Suite 1001
Dallas, Texas 75244
Lee Engineering, LLC 83
OWNER
Criado & Associates, Inc.
Cristina Criado, PE, Chief Executive Officer/President
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