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Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) Request for Qualifications No. 20-07-01 Section D – Page | 2 • Local Knowledge: Our professionals are local and have knowledge of topographical, geological, and environmental conditions. They have expertise in permit requirements and have working relationships with the permit regulators. They are also knowledgeable of local utility companies and their representatives. • Responsiveness: Our contracts are directly supervised by our firm’s principals who understand that repeat business is the key to our success and as such recognize the need to satisfy our clients. • Innovative: RJ Behar has incorporated sustainable designs and planning into our list of services. Our project team includes a group of savvy and experienced designers. They are constantly bringing innovative design solutions to our projects. • Cost effective: Our management approach is tailored to develop designs that are within the scope and within the funding constraints. The main issue to meet this goal is a very good understanding of the scope and what is the product the client is looking for. MANAGEMENT RJ Behar has 13 Professional Engineers and 32 employees available to assist the City of Sunny Isles Beach. Please refer to our team organization chart. During the early stages of project development, RJ Behar will seek to obtain input from the City’s Staff and end users. Regardless of the goals, input during early development will ensure that a quality product is delivered to the City. RJ Behar will also seek to define the cost of all the goals identified and provide the City a preliminary cost estimate to validate programmed funding within the City’s budget process. RJ Behar understands the need to provide accurate cost estimates for the development of capital improvement budgeting. WORK PLAN IMPLEMENTATION The work plans for the various projects and task orders under consideration may vary greatly. RJ Behar believes that a project will be successful if it is well-organized to begin with; people are properly informed as to their responsibilities, schedules, and budgets. Therefore, RJ Behar places a large emphasis upon the initial steps of the project on its first tasks: T ASK 1 – K ICK-OFF M EETING: This task includes a kick-off meeting with all the relevant team members to discuss the scope, work plan, and schedules. It serves to ensure that all team members are in consonance and working towards the same goal. Project coordination will continue with meetings at the major milestones for the project. T ASK 2 – D ATA C OLLECTION: This is an important phase of any project. Information for the planning area and infrastructure data will be gathered and mapped. Of course, the following will be modified appropriately for the specific task order. All information and gathered data will be provided to the City in electronic format. T ASK 3 – F IELD R EVIEWS: RJ Behar will schedule a field review with the City’s Staff, if necessary. These may include the City’s Manager and other City Departments. Discussions will be aimed at reviewing the background of the project and any important issues, problems, or requirements. Other agencies, as deemed appropriate, may be invited. The RJ Behar Team will assess the scope of the proposed improvements. In order to facilitate our team in the scope assessment, we will have a “Project Checklist” available at our field review. We will prepare minutes of the field review to define our scope of work. In the event that the City’s representative is unavailable for the site meeting, RJ Behar will furnish photographs and videos of the project to point out areas of concern. This task may also include a review of the permit agency requirements and preliminary meeting to ensure that the alternatives developed in subsequent phases High Qualifications Cost Effective InnovativeResponsiveness Local Knowledge