Site work for a bridge / tunnel in Camden, New Jersey. Conceptual plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel.

The DRPA hereby invites interested professional consulting engineering firms to submit a Statement of Qualification ( SOQ ) for Construction Monitoring Services in connection with Contract No. 10-K, PATCO Replacement of Electrical Cables and Subway Structure Renovation. This public advertisement constitutes the DRPA s formal solicitation to determine the interest of qualified firms in the Project. The DRPA intends to replace the electrical cables and perform structural repairs to the Pennsylvania side of the PATCO Subway Tunnel (the Electrical Cables Project ). The scope of construction monitoring services the Authority requires in connection with the Electrical Cables Project shall include, but not be limited to, inspection of all work to ensure that it is done in compliance with the contract plans and specifications, inspection of construction materials and work procedures to be used on site to ensure compliance with the contract plans and specifications, and all such other services as may be required to furnish complete construction monitoring services of the highest quality. The scope shall also include the review of project schedules, payments, document control, staging and recommend alternate solutions whenever conflicts appear. The consulting engineering firm shall work with the contractor to address and resolve conflicts with minimal impact to the contract and PATCO operations. The firm shall exhibit professional staff knowledgeable in traction power substations, microprocessor-based signaling, electrical cabling, subway structural steel repairs, subway structural concrete repairs, temporary shoring and industry requirements and recommendations as well as other applicable federal, state, and local requirements. The consulting engineering firm will be expected to provide fully developed methodologies for accomplishing all the above-mentioned work. A. Firm Profile and Experience 1.) Indicate the date your firm was established. 2.) Provide general background information about the firm and a summary of its qualifications and experience, with a special focus on the qualifications of key personnel and any subconsultants. 3.) Provide the proposed project management team and staffing and submit resumes of key personnel (resumes of key personnel will not count toward the five (5) page submission limit). 4.) Briefly describe similar assignments successfully completed in the last five (5) years by the firm and the key personnel. 5.) Briefly describe the participation of women and minorities in your firm. Please note the number of women and minority senior staff and other professional staff and indicate the percentage of your firm that is owned by women and by minorities. 6.) Provide the firm s current workload. 7.) Location of the office to which this Project would be assigned. Firms should ensure that they can access and upload files in Ariba prior to the submission deadline. It is the respondent s responsibility to ensure submission of its SOQ to the proper place at the proper time. Absent an emergency or unanticipated event that interrupts normal Authority processes so that SOQs cannot be received via Ariba by the exact time specified in the SOQ, the Authority will not extend the submission deadline for an interested firm due to its technical difficulties. The DRPA has established a Single Point of Contact for this SOQ. From the issue date of this advertisement, the Single Point of Contact shall be the Contracting Officer whose name and contact information appears below. Please refer all inquiries related to the to the Contracting Officer. Any violation of this condition (excluding any Ariba supplier registration questions, which should be addressed by e-mailing vendors@drpa.org) may be cause for the Authority to reject the offending firm. Respondents agree not to distribute any part of their SOQ beyond the Authority s Contract Administration Department. A Respondent that shares information contained in its SOQ with other Authority personnel may be disqualified and its SOQ may be rejected. The Single Point of Contact for this Project is: Siata Sheriff, Contract Administrator sfsheriff@drpa.org 856-968-2086 EVALUATION OF SOQs All SOQs will be reviewed to determine responsiveness. The Authority may reject non-responsive SOQs without evaluation but may waive minor non-compliance. All SOQs will be reviewed by an Evaluation Committee who will make recommendations regarding which respondents the Committee believes to be qualified. The evaluation team will evaluate and rank each SOQ considering the following factors; the order of factors should not be considered determinative of importance: A. Understanding and Approach B. Qualifications and Experience C. Overall Completeness and Quality of SOQ D. MBE/WBE Participation E. Maintenance of a local office The Authority will establish a short list of consultants to receive an RFP and to engage a consultant for this Project. The final determination will be based on the Authority s evaluation, in its sole judgment, of which SOQs best meet the needs of the Authority. This SOQ does not commit the Authority to awarding a Contract. Respondents shall bear all costs incurred in the preparation of the SOQs and participating in the SOQ process. The Authority reserves the right to reject any and all SOQs, the right in its sole discretion to accept the SOQs it considers most favorable to the Authority s interests, and the right to waive minor irregularities. The Authority further reserves the right to reject all SOQs and seek new SOQs when such procedure is reasonable and in the best interests of the Authority. In addition, the Authority may at any time revoke this SOQ in its sole discretion and without assuming any liability in connection with its issuance and/or revocation. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY The DRPA is firmly committed to providing full and equal business opportunities to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, civil union and domestic partnership status, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breast feeding, military services, veteran status, national origin, ancestry, age, non-job related disability, genetic information or testing results, income level, limited English proficiency ( LEP ) or other protected group characteristic. In that regard, the Authority will affirmatively assure that minority and female-owned business enterprises are afforded equal opportunities to submit bids and/or proposals for consideration for all purchases and contracts issued in connection with this Project. Prospective proposers should understand that the participation of certified MBEs and WBEs is a matter of great interest to the Authority. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time