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From:Julie Trude To:City of Mounds View 4/12/95 at 20:45:15 <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: City Council <br /> Fm: Julie Trude <br /> Date: April 12, 1995 <br /> Re: Interview Panel Decision on Ped. Bridge Engineering <br /> The interview panel (Mary Saarion, Jim Hess, Joyce Pruitt, Mike Ulrich and <br /> myself) has completed interviewing the 6 engineering/design firms who submitted <br /> proposals. We eliminated two firms after interviews and then conducted reference <br /> checks on the remaining four firms. The panel then consulted with our MN/DOT <br /> representative regarding the remaining candidates. <br /> We recommend the City Council authorize staff to enter into a contract with <br /> BRW, Inc. BRW will provide us with high quality architectural, design and project <br /> management services at a cost significantly below all other qualified candidates. <br /> Reference checks were done on many of their projects and they have a fine <br /> reputation. Some of their recent work includes the access ramps at the Mall of <br /> America, Victoria St. bridge over 694 and Centennial Lakes bridge in Edina. <br /> Mary and I met with Sabri Ayaz, bridge engineer and a principal with BRW, <br /> on April 10 to fine tune their cost proposal. Mr. Ayaz explained that because his <br /> firm would really like to have a project like this in their portfolio their proposal does <br /> not recover all of their actual costs. In discussing potential add-ons, Mr. Ayaz <br /> stated that mileage, photocopies, a public rendering of the final design, architectural <br /> services in working with our public task force, landscape plans, preparation of the <br /> federal paperwork, etc. are included in their proposal. This was not the case with <br /> some of the other firms. With the addition of preparation of the project <br /> memoranda to the RFP, their proposal for design& construction inspection is <br /> $62,780. (The second ranked firm was OSM at $63,093. SEH's proposal was <br /> $83,000 and did not include soil borings or a drawing for public display, etc.) <br /> Mr. Ayaz is a former Mounds View resident and would like to personally <br /> stay involved in all public aspects of this project which occur during evening hours, <br /> (he would be here on his own time). <br />