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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . En9ineering Services for Government Infrastructure RFQ No. 07-03-01 - >)l'llY/$~ -~ 1.0 UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT & PROJECT REQUIREMENTS Marlin Engineering, Inc. (MEI) is pleased to respond to the City of Sunny Isles Beach Request for Qualifications No. 07- 0:3-01, Engineering Services for Government Infrastructure. We believe that we are uniquely qualified to assist the City with the production of the work anticipated. We have teamed with very qualified subconsultants, Beiswenger Hoch and Associates ( Structural Design) Milian, Swain & Associates (Drainage and Environmental Permitting) and Tierra, Inc. (Geotechnical). This full service team has been carefully selected to provide a variety of specialized services. We are committed to engineering excellence and client satisfaction. We strive to attain these two very important goals through the quality and experience of our staff, our friendly attitude, and our will to survive through hard honest work. In the following sections of this RFP, you will find that our Project Manager and Task Managers are very experienced in the design of transportation infrastructure. You will also find that our scheduling, coordination, quality control and cost control strategies are extremely effective in giving the client the best for their money. Finally, you will discover that our staff is available and at the disposition of the City. 1.1 Project Understanding and the Scope of Services Marlin Engineering, Inc (MEI) understands that the purpose of this contract is to provide professional design services to support the City of Sunny Isles Beach for the design of the North Bay Road Pedestrian and Emergency Vehicles Bridge, and the Town Center Park Observation Deck and Boardwalk. Working in that capacity we will function basically as an extension of the City's staff and, as such, we need to be prepared at all times to respond to any request from the City throughout the life of the project in the following areas: Design, Permitting, Post Design Services, Bid Administration, and Construction Management (CEI). It is critical for the consultant to have a team comprised of professionals with sufficient expertise and sufficient numbers to respond to any request from the City, such as the one assembled for this RFQ. As documented in the "Knowledge of Past Experience on Similar Projects" section, Marlin Engineering has extensive experience providing professional design, construction management, and post design services to municipalities and other public sector clients. MEI attended the pre-bid meeting held April 11, 2007 performed various site visits, met with the City's staff to gain a better understanding of the specific issues related to these two projects. Based on our experience, interviews with the City representatives and close study of the Scope of Services, we have a good understanding of the project requirements and are confident of our ability to support the City in a manner that meets its expectations. 1.2 Understanding the Project and Related Issues General Location Description: The project area lies within a finger canal, along the western (Intracoastal Waterway) side of the City of Sunny Isles, Florida. The finger canal lies just south of 174th Street and north of 172nd Street. The mouth of the canal is located approximately 2.5 miles north of Baker's Haulover Inlet and 2,500 feet north of Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve. It lies approximately 1,400 feet east of the center line of the Intracoastal Waterway. The proposed project includes the canal area to the east of North Bay Road. Project Area Description: The finger canal itself is a man-made canal, 1100 ft long and 130 ft wide with an average depth of 6 ft at its center. The northern boundary of the canal is a seawall, the southern boundary is a mangrove dominated littoral zone that is approximately 850 ft long and 75 ft wide on average. This littoral zone encompasses the eastward portion of the canal. The remaining 250 ft, lying westward of the project area is bounded by a seawall. Land Use: Land use on the north and south side of the canal is primarily residential, containing multiple story condominium buildings, with the exception of the shopping plaza, which lies just east of the northern section of North Bay Road, and a small yacht club located at the mouth of the canal. Town Center Park, owned by the City of Sunny Isles bounds the canal to the east. Land Ownership: According to the Miami-Dade County tax appraisal database, upland ownership adjacent to the project area consists of the Winston Towers Condominium, the Winston Yacht Club, and the Unicenter Shopping Plaza to the north, and Salem House Condominium and Porto Bellagio Condominium to the south. North Bay Road lies between the Unicenter Shopping Plaza and the ~~~~,