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City of Sunny Isles Beach | RFQ No. 20-07-01 | Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) Please reference SF330 for the following information: • SF330 Section E - Resumes of Key Personnel's experience • SF330 Section F - Projects for CGA's project experience Past Record CGA has extensive experience in providing consulting services on a continuing basis to municipal clients. We are currently under contract with over 60 governmental entities - many for over 20 years - demonstrating that we continually provide sustainable high quality services. Client satisfaction remains our underlying theme and is the most important part of any statement on past performance. CGA has assisted the City with a number of projects in recent years, including Construction Administration of the Newport Beach Pier, Design and Construction Services for the North Bay Road Pedestrian Bridge, evaluation of the this pump station, 174th Street Roadway Improvements, lighting studies at 174th Street and throughout the Golden Shores Neighborhood, city-wide speed studies, traffic engineering services, and engineering plan review services. Financial Stability CGA is a financially stable company with the resources to ensure continued operations throughout the duration of the contract. Size of Work Force CGA maintains a workforce of over 370 professional staff. The workforce proposed for this project is identified in the organization chart and resumes in the SF330 form included at the end of this section. Availability of Personnel CGA has sufficient staff to support the projects under this contract because we serve as municipal staff, and in keeping with our reputation of being promptly responsive, we ensure that availability of our staff never goes below 40 percent for our senior staff and 30 percent for our technical support staff, amending our staffing needs as necessary. This is a strategy that we maintain to allow us to meet the impromptu and unexpected demands of all of our clients without sacrificing the needs of others. CGA guarantees that we will have the necessary staff to meet all the needs no matter what they are. Local Permitting Experience CGA has extensive experience and knowledge in all applicable federal, state and local codes, laws and regulations. In our capacity for providing engineering services to many local agencies in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, our experience and familiarity with regulatory agencies plays a major role during the project approach, design, and permitting phases to allow for a more well-coordinated and smoother permitting process. CGA has been responsible for ensuring that all codes are met and addressed prior to permit submittal, which leads to a reduction of agency comments and limits any project schedule interruption. We have been a part of countless projects and continuous communication efforts with regulatory agencies for all aspects of design. Our familiarity with permitting related to infrastructure projects, specifically in Miami-Dade County, can be demonstrated by listing the applicable regulatory agencies and pertinent codes/criteria which are anticipated to be encountered during the permitting phase of services. • City of Sunny Isles Beach Building Department - Dry Run during design • South Florida Water Management District - Dewatering Permit and Environmental Resource Permits • Army Corps of Engineers - Environmental Resource Permit (if work in the intracoastal is needed) • Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission • Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) • Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Underground Injection Control Well Permit • Miami-Dade Public Works Department of Transportation (MDPWDOT) • Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASA) • Miami-Dade Transit (MDT) Performance Records CGA has an exemplary record of performance with each of its contracts. Company-wide, CGA has never had a contract terminated or canceled for cause. The key to effective performance is assigning the right person for the job. The CGA Team represents a highly qualified and experienced professional staff with almost every required discipline in one location. In order to maximize employee utilization and therefore performance, CGA utilizes an accounting software, Ajera, to track not only project budgets, but also employee workloads. In an effort to maintain the highest standards, our team receives continuing education to stay on top of the latest industry standards and processes. Through formal training, seminars and in-house technical sharing sessions our staff is kept abreast of ever-changing methods and technology. 24