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NORTHSTAH <br /> <br />Agenda Item #2a <br /> <br />Executive Committee: <br /> <br />Betsy Wergin, NCDA Chair <br />Sherbume County <br /> <br />Paul Ostrow, NCDA Vice Chair <br />City of Minneapolis Councilmember <br /> <br />Paul McCarron <br />Anoka County <br /> <br />Mark Stenglein <br />Hennepin County Regional Railroad <br />Authority <br /> <br />Steve Billings <br />City of Fddley <br /> <br />Lewis Stark <br />Haven Township <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />March 30, 2000 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Executive Committee <br /> <br />Administrative Team <br /> <br />Selection of Technical Services for Track and Railway <br />Engineering <br /> <br />At its February 3, 2000 meeting, the NCDA authorized the <br />Administrative Team to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for <br />preliminary engineering of track and railroad improvements and <br />authorized the Executive Committee to select the consultant at the <br />March 16, 2000 Executive Committee meeting. <br /> <br />Three firms responded to the RFP: Parsons Transportation Group, <br />Parsons Brinckerhoff, and TKDA. All three firms were interviewed. <br />NCDA Vice-Chair Paul Ostrow served on the interviewing team. <br /> <br />After careful consideration of the proposals and the interviews, the <br />selection committee recommended TKDA as the firm best meeting the <br />needs of the NCDA in the preliminary engineering of track and railroad <br />improvements. TKDA has an appropriate level of experience in dealing <br />with BNSF and the Minneapolis to Rice corridor in particular. TKDA <br />knows BNSF's construction standards, mapping requirements, and <br />CADD standards, and it chose Twin City Signal to team with on this <br />project. Twin City Signal is well respected in its field, and signal design <br />is a significant and technically sophisticated element of this project. In <br />addition, a review of TKDA's cost breakdown reflects the most accurate <br />project and allocation of costs to tasks for the three proposals. Note, <br />however, that TKDA did not include any DBE participation in its <br />proposal. <br /> <br />At its meeting on March 16, 2000, the Executive Committee selected <br />TKDA to provide preliminary engineering of track and railroad <br />improvements and directed staff to negotiate a contract with TKDA, <br />including DBE participation, for the consideration of the NCDA at its next <br />meeting. TKDA has agreed to substitute a DBE firm for the <br />subcontractor to perform surveying services in its original proposal. The <br />proposed contract term is from May 1, 2000 to December 31,2000. The <br />scope of Services is attached. The contract maximum is $845,900. <br /> <br /> Northstar Corridor Development Authority <br />2100 3,0 Avenue, Anoka, Minnesota 55303-2265 (612) 323-5700 Fax: (612) 323-5682 <br /> <br /> <br />