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Award of Contract and Professional Services Agreement With McKim and Creed, Inc., for Engineering Services for Gretna and Hexam Water Treatment Systems Improvement Project (Contract No. 25-RFQ00955/AP; Amount: $2,944,448.80)
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BRIEF OVERVIEW
The Procurement Department issued Request for Qualifications (RFQ) No. 25-RFQ00955/AP on April 2nd, 2025, at the request of the Hernando County Utilities Department for Engineering Services for Improvements to Gretna and Hexam Water Treatment Systems.
The Procurement Department placed the legal advertisement in the Hernando Sun on April 4th, 2025, and the OpenGov website on April 2nd, 2025. The solicitation was sent to four thousand thirty-three (4,033) matching vendor/contractors from the website. The solicitation document was downloaded by forty-nine (49) vendor/contractors and three (3) submissions were received.
The Procurement Department reviewed and evaluated submissions to determine if submissions were responsive and responsible. The Procurement Selection Committee (PSC) met on May 28th, 2025, to evaluate the proposals. The committee included Landis Legg, Utility Plant Supervisor; Charles Turner, Senior Project Manager; Jason Hurd, Utilities Modeler; David Simmons, Water Distribution Foreman; and, Chris Linsbeck, Community Services Director. The PSC consensus scoring evaluation resulted in the following scores:
Firm Total Score (Max Score: 100)
McKim and Creed, Inc. 90.8
CHA Consulting, Inc. 79.0
Goodwyn Mills Cawood 73.2
Staff entered into negotiations with the top-ranked firm and successfully completed contract negotiations on October 29th, 2025.
A Notice of Intent to Award the contract to McKim and Creed, Inc., dated November 12, 2025, was posted to the OpenGov website. The award of this agreement is through project completion. No challenges to the Notice of Intent to Award were received.
The Chief Procurement Officer has reviewed this requirement for conformance to Procurement Ordinance an...
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