The Luray-Page County Airport Authority requests proposals fromengineering fi rms to provide professional engineering services at the LurayCaverns Airport, Page County, Virginia.The engineering services will be for airport improvement projects over the next fi ve (5) years. The contract shall be for a one-year term, with anticipated annual renewals for four additional one-year terms by the Authority at its option and shall include, but not be limited to design services for grading, paving, drainage, building site preparation, land acquisition services, terminal building and apron design and construction, corporate hangar/ apron design and environmental assessment services. More complete and detailed information may be obtained from the Secretary-Treasurer, Edwin P. Markowitz, 270 Circle View Road, Luray, Virginia 22835, 540-454-1706.
Scope of Work
The services to be performed shall be as follows:
a. The consultant will be called upon to provide the necessary expertise
and technical advice for which the services of a consulting specialist
are required.
b. The consultant will be responsible to prepare applications for state
and federal funds, engineering, design, bid documents, preparation of
grant pay requests and project supervision in compliance with federal
and state regulations.
Content of Proposals
It is requested that proposals contain the following items:
a. Summary of projects accomplished in the last three years involving
planning and construction projects at similar airports.
b. List of airport sponsors including the name(s) and phone number(s) of
contact person(s) and a statement of the scope of work performed.
c. Firm's overall qualifi cations and experience and key personnel who
will be assigned to the projects.
d. List of current projects indicating the location, general scope, and
scheduled completion date of each.
e. Summary of experience working with the Federal Aviation
Administration Washington Airports District Offi ce and the Virginia
Department of Aviation.
f. Other information relative to the fi rm and its ability to provide services
to the Airport Authority.
Respondent Evaluation
The factors to be used in evaluating the proposals and the criteria and relative
priority ranking upon which each respondent will be evaluated shall include
items "a" through "e" above and the following criteria:
a. Prior experience with planning and construction projects at similar
airports
b. Qualifi cations of project managers and teams
c. Overall qualifi cations and experience of the fi rm
d. Ability of the fi rm to allocate suffi cient personnel and resources
to projects that may be included in the work the request for proposals
encompasses
e. Experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration and the
Virginia Department of Aviation airport engineers in a productive
manner
f. Experience with the Virginia Procurement Act
Selection Process
A select number of fi rms deemed most qualifi ed, based on the above criteria,
will be interviewed and the Authority will rank in order of preference offerors
deemed to be most qualifi ed.
Firms submitting will be ranked based on the above criteria. Depending on
the rankings, a fi rm may be selected or two or more fi rms may be interviewed.
Firms will then be assessed based on both the proposal and interview.
Negotiations will then be conducted beginning with the offeror ranked fi rst. If
a contract satisfactory and advantageous to the Authority can be negotiated
that is considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that
offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the offeror ranked fi rst will be formally
terminated and negotiations with the offeror ranked second will proceed, and
so on until such contract can be negotiated.
Should the Authority determine, in writing and in its sole discretion that
only one offeror is fully qualifi ed or that one offeror is clearly more highly
qualifi ed and suitable than the others under consideration, a contract may be
negotiated and awarded to that offeror.
Offerors that are mailing proposals should allow for normal mail delivery time
to ensure timely receipt by the Secretary-Treasurer for the Airport Authority.
Offerors assume the risk for method of delivery chosen. The Luray-Page
County Airport Authority assumes no responsibility for delays or failure of any
delivery service to meet the submission deadline or failure to deliver to the
designated recipient. Submittals may not be faxed or otherwise electronically
submitted.
The Luray-Page county Airport Authority has the right to reject any or all
proposals.
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