CONSULTANT SERVICES

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CONSULTANT SERVICES AND THE GEORGIA DOT
Ben Buchan, P.E. State Consultant Design
Engineer April 2002
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• Ben Buchan
• Wayne Mote
• Michael Haithcock
• Tom Cox
• Helen Cox
• Ann Willis
• Margaret Griffin

• Babs Abubakari
• Tom Hodges
• Rick Reasons
• Joe Wheeler
• Robert Reid
• Ted Cashin
• Otis Clark

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GDOT and Consultant Services

• Increased Project Volume
• Response to Program Priorities
• Specialized expertise

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Consultant use has increased
DESIGN OFFICES
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Why?

• Availability of Additional Funding

• Reduced Staff

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THE CONSULTANT PROCESS
Must conform to federal and state laws.
The guiding principle is...
Qualifications Based Selection
(Price can not be considered)
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CONSULTANT SELECTION

• Procurement of architectural and engineering
  consultant services is governed by the Official
  Code of Georgia Annotated (O.C.G.A.) Title 50,
  Section 22, entitled Managerial Control over
  Acquisition of Professional Services.
• An architectural or engineering firm may not
  account for more than 10 of the total executed
  contractual amount by GDOT in a three-year
  period.
• In emergencies, the requirements of O.C.G.A.
  50-22 may be waived to allow procurement of
  professional services by the most expeditious
  means.

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CONSULTANT SELECTION
Sometimes we wish it was this easy...
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TYPICAL CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCESS

• Request Authorization
• Advertise
• Selection Committee Reviews SOQs
• Consultant Review Panel
• Proposal Prepared and Scope Negotiated
• Contract Prepared

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REQUEST AUTHORIZATION

• May come from several offices
• Insufficient manpower in-house
• Specialized Expertise
• Authorization request goes to Chief Engineer

DBE Participation

• Federal-Aid projects have 11 DBE goals
• 144 consultant firms are certified as DBE

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ADVERTISE

• Requests for Statements of Qualifications
• SOQs requests are posted on the DOAS web site
• http//procurement.state.ga.us/index.jsp

Selection Committee Reviews SOQs

• Selection Committee made up of at least 3
  reviewers
• May have more that review just specialty work
• Ranking of qualified firms is prepared

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Consultant Review Panel

• Ranking is sent to Consultant Review Panel
• Notify all firms of the final results

Contract Preparation

• Consultant submits detailed scope and fee
  proposal
• Fee Negotiations
• Pre-award audit
• Contract is executed
• NOTICE TO PROCEED ISSUED

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CONSULTANT SELECTION
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Urban Design Road Design Bridge Design Right of
Way Environment Location Consultant Design
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OFFICE OF CONSULTANT DESIGN
On-Call work orders
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Multi-Bridge work orders
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Design-Build
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Statewide Safety Turn-Lane projects
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OFFICE OF CONSULTANT DESIGN
The Office of Consultant Design is assigned
several roles
New-start consultant projects
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OFFICE OF CONSULTANT DESIGN
On-Call work orders
Multi-Bridge work orders
Design-Build
Statewide Turn-Lane projects
New-start consultant projects
Consultant Prequalification
Post all GDOT Request for Qualifications/ Request
for Proposals on DOAS Procurement website
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Is that all?
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MAINTENANCE
PLANNING
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TRAFFIC OPERATIONS
ENGINEERING SERVICES
MATERIALS RESEARCH
EEO
CONSTRUCTION
COMMUNICATIONS
INTERMODAL
UTILITIES
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GDOT/ Consultant Partnership

• GDOT/ ACECGA Meetings
• GQI
• Joint training
• Joint committees
• ASHE, ITE, ASCE

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OCD WEBSITE
http//www.dot.state.ga.us/ dot/preconstruction/co
nsultantdesign/index.htm
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DOAS PROCUREMENT WEBSITE
http//procurement.state.ga.us/index.jsp
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SUMMARY
Consultant Utilization in GDOT

• 1990 - Less than 5 of project workload.
• 1999 - Approximately 33 of the project
  workload.
• Resulted from increase in funding and decrease
  of staff.
• Consultant services used in 17 GDOT offices.
• 450 Million dollars in consultant contracts
  over last 3 years.
• 2010 - Projected to be 65 of project workload.

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QUESTIONS?