Notice of Consulting Services

1. State Project S205-2/23-0.00, Ohio River Bridge Crossing. Work shall consist of the proposed Ohio River Bridge and associated approach roadway connecting WV 2 in Brooke County in the Wellsburg vicinity with Ohio 7 in Jefferson County in the Brilliant vicinity; development of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation and related initial, preliminary and applicable final design studies, which work is anticipated to require an Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact environmental document.

The consultant will perform all related environmental surveys and documentation required to complete NEPA documentation and allow for the selection of an alignment. Surveys and documentation will comply with West Virginia and Ohio state environmental regulations and federal regulations including, but not limited to, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act, and Section 4(f). Upon completion and submission of the work stipulated above and selection of an alignment, the consultant shall study, design, and prepare construction contract plans and related documents. This bridge shall replace the existing Market Street Bridge near Follansbee.

2. Replacement of the existing Richard “Dick” Henderson Memorial Bridge 20-25SPUR-0.05 (1341), which crosses the Kanawha River and connects US 60 in the city of St. Albans with WV 25 in the city of Nitro in Kanawha County.

The existing structure is about 1,365' in length. Work shall consist of development of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation and related initial, preliminary and applicable final design studies, which work is anticipated to require an Environmental Assessment/Finding of No Significant Impact environmental document. The consultant will perform all related environmental surveys and documentation required to complete NEPA documentation and allow for the selection of an alignment. Surveys and documentation will comply with West Virginia state environmental regulations and federal regulations including, but not limited to, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, Endangered Species Act, and Section 4(f).

The above projects are currently scheduled for work to begin early 2006.

Single or multiple assignments may be made for this work. Method of payment shall be cost plus fixed fee or lump sum to be determined by the Department.

Firms interested in being considered for any or all of these projects must submit a letter of interest and unpriced prospectus to Mr. Michael D. Epperly, Section Head, Consultant Services Section, Engineering Division, Division of Highways, Building 5, Room A-437, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0430 prior to 4:00 p.m., Friday, December 2, 2005.

As a minimum, the prospectus will include the following items for evaluation:

1. Overall capabilities for performing the work.

2. Work force available to assign to the project.

3. Personnel qualifications.

4. Present workload.

5. Location of office in which the work will be performed.

6. Type of work anticipated to be subcontracted or performed by a subconsultant. The firm must provide a written commitment if it intends to utilize a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise registered with the Division of Highway’s Contract Administration Division’s EEO Section to perform a portion of the work and shall identify the firm to be utilized and the work to be performed or, as a minimum, identify the work to be performed by such a firm. Such commitment shall be individually given for each project shown above. It is the Department’s goal to utilize Disadvantaged Business Enterprises to the fullest extent practical on these projects.

In addition to the above evaluation factors, the prospectus shall include, as a minimum, the following items:

1. A completed copy of the Division’s Consultant Confidential Qualification Questionnaire, if not already on file, dated January 1, 2005, or later.

2. Indication of whether a cost accounting system has been maintained and is in effect such that it is capable of segregating and identifying accumulating costs for each job that is performed under cost type projects.

3. A completed copy of the Division's Short List Selection Criteria Technical Evaluation form limited to a single page of data. Cross referencing on this form to other parts of the prospectus is not acceptable.

4. Indication of the project or projects for which the firm is submitting information for consideration. If the submission is for all projects, a statement to that effect shall be made and a detailed listing shall not be required.

A single letter of interest and unpriced prospectus is required regardless of the number of projects requested by the firm for consideration. All evaluation factors will be given equal consideration in the selection process.

Prior to entering into contract negotiations, the selected firm and any subconsultants shall submit a current audited overhead rate computation performed by a State or Federal government agency or independent CPA firm. The submitted overhead audit shall contain a detailed exhibit of the computations with all applicable eliminations and references. The audit shall be done in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and all eliminations required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations will be made. This requirement will be waived for the selected firm or any subconsultant when its portion of the fee for the project is less than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). In such instances, a company computed overhead rate may be utilized.

It is the policy of the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, that Disadvantaged and Women-owned Business Enterprises shall have the maximum opportunity to participate in the performance of contracts financed in whole or in part with Federal funds.