The Delaware River Port Authority ("Authority" or "DRPA") is a bi-state corporate instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The DRPA owns and operates four major toll bridge crossings of the Delaware River; the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, the Walt Whitman Bridge, the Commodore Barry Bridge, and the Betsy Ross Bridge. Each bridge facility includes office buildings, maintenance shops, garages, and other buildings and structures. In addition, the DRPA owns real property in the vicinity of the bridges. The Authority's transit subsidiary, PATCO, operates a rapid transit line providing public transport service between Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. The Authority hereby invites interested professional consulting engineering firms to submit a Statement of Qualifications ("SOQ") for Construction Monitoring Services for Contract No. BR-23-2019, Betsy Ross Bridge Painting Thru Truss and PA Approach (the "Project"). This public advertisement constitutes the Authority's formal solicitation to determine the interest of qualified firms in the aforementioned project. The scope of services the Authority requires shall include all construction monitoring services including but not limited to, inspection of all work and materials to ensure that the work is done and the materials comply with the contract plans and specifications. The scope shall include any other services as may be required to furnish complete construction monitoring services of the highest quality. The scope shall also include review of project schedules, contractor's invoice payments, change orders, requests for information, and project closure activities. The firm shall exhibit professional staff knowledgeable in providing construction monitoring services on long span bridge painting projects involving lead abatement and structural steel repairs. The consulting engineering firm will be expected to provide fully developed methodologies for accomplishing all the above mentioned work. It is expected that the term of engagement for the Project will be approximately Forty-Four months, which shall commence as of the date of execution of an Agreement following the RFP process. 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 ten (10) 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 firms current workload.
7.) Location of the office to which this Project would be assigned.
B. Information regarding any prior work on behalf of the Authority by the firm or any individual who is listed in the SOQ.
C. Additional Submission Requirement: U.S. Government Forms SF330 (the SF330 Forms will not count toward the ten (10) page submission limit). The Delaware River Port Authority 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.
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