NOTICE FOR CONSULTING SERVICES
Notice is hereby given by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that consulting services will be utilized for six year inspection projects per the current National Bridge Inspection Standards and may include design plans for repairs, for the following projects:
1) Blennerhassett Island Bridge, Wood County, carrying US 50 over the Ohio River, Blennerhassett Island, Ohio Route 618, and CSX Railroad. The bridge consists of thirteen spans with an overall length of 4008’9”. There is one tied arch span at 878’6”, eleven continuous steel girder spans at 171’0”, 179’0”, 139’9”, 320’9”, 401’0”, 393’0”, 393’0”, 393’0”, 301’0”, 210’0”, and 195’0”, and one concrete span at 18’1”. The bridge has two 48’0” roadways separated by a 2’0” median barrier.
2) Williamstown-Marietta Interstate Bridge, Wood County, carrying Interstate 77 over the Ohio River, Wood County Route 1 and CSX Railroad. The bridge consists of eleven spans with an overall length of 2611’0”. There is one steel truss span at 651’0”, nine continuous steel girder spans at 199’0”, 205’0”, 205’0”, 231’0”, 205’0”. 205’0”, 202’0”, 193’6”, and 191’0”, and one simple span steel girder at 117’0”. The bridge has two 29’0” roadways separated by 4’0” of concrete barriers.
These structures are located on routes in urban and extremely high ADTT areas that will mandate traffic disruption. Progressive and innovative methods of inspection access will be considered in the selection process.
Firms interested in being considered for this project must submit a letter of interest and un-priced prospectus to Mr. Kyle Stollings, Director, Maintenance Division, West Virginia Division of Highways, Building Five, Room A-350, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 prior to 4:00 p.m., May 22, 2015.
As a minimum, the prospectus will include the following items for evaluation:
1) A completed copy of the Division’s Consultant Confidential Qualification Questionnaire, if not already on file, dated January 1, 2015 or later.
2) Overall capabilities to perform the work, including workforce available to assign to the project, personnel qualifications, and present workload.
3) Location of office in which the work will be performed.
4) Type of work anticipated to be sub-contracted or performed by a sub‑consultant.
5) Indication of whether a cost accounting system has been maintained and is in effect such that it is capable of segregating and identifying accumulating costs for each job that is performed under cost type projects.
6) A completed copy of the Division’s Short List Selection Criteria Technical Evaluation form limited to a single page of data. Cross-referencing on this form to other parts of the prospectus is not acceptable.
7) Indication of the project(s) for which the firm is submitting information for consideration. If the submission is for all projects, a statement to that effect shall be made and a detailed listing shall not be required.
Prior to entering into contract negotiations, the selected firm and any sub‑consultants shall submit a current audited overhead rate computation performed by a state or federal government agency or independent CPA firm. The submitted overhead audit shall contain a detailed exhibit of the computations with all applicable eliminations and references.
The audit shall be done in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and all eliminations required by the Federal Acquisitions Regulations will be made. This requirement will be waived for the selected firm or any sub-consultant when its portion of the fee for the project is less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). In such instances, a company computed overhead rate may be utilized.
A single letter of interest and un-priced prospectus is required regardless of the number of projects requested by the firm for consideration.
It is the policy of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that disadvantaged and women-owned business enterprises shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with federal funds.