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City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Marine and Coastal Professional Engineering Consulting Services (CCNA) | RFQ No. 18‐02‐01 Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc. 15 01C032018D features identifying all project components that may have a significant impact on project execution, permitting, and costs. The third phase in the design process, the Final Design Phase, includes development of construction plans and specifications. Marine and coastal engineering project plans will include existing site surveys, structural plan views, cross‐sections, and structural details. The structural details provide vital information to marine contractors to minimize Requests for Information (RFIs), Change Orders, and project delays. The plans will also include information related to site access, staging areas, and other information required for construction of the waterfront project. The plans will incorporate information concerning site survey control, which may be used for constructing the waterfront project. The plans and specifications for the construction of the waterfront projects will be prepared for bidding for construction. APTIM staff will coordinate with the City to ensure that the technical specifications will incorporate any requirements from the City for the bidding process. The specifications will provide sections addressing general conditions, technical provisions, and environmental protection. Specifications will also incorporate all permit documents requiring contractor compliance with permits through reference. Also incorporated into the documents will be any geotechnical information for the contractor’s use. Our plans and specifications will provide detail required by the marine construction contractors to competently bid and construct the project. Construction Cost Estimates and Bidding Assistance APTIM has a thorough understanding of marine construction and has established long‐standing relationships with marine contractors across the State of Florida. APTIM continuously monitors the Florida Department of Transportation published pricing data for current unit prices on heavy construction projects. APTIM uses this information to assemble an Opinion of Construction Cost for each project to assist with budgeting. The cost estimate generally includes mobilization/demobilization cost, material cost per unit, and bond costs for the waterfront project. APTIM will contact potential marine construction contractors to evaluate project costs based on recently bid projects, construction contractor and equipment availability, material location, and additional construction requirements. For each project, we will assist the City with preparations to bid the project for construction. We will obtain the City’s "boiler plate" contract documents for incorporation into a complete package to bid the project. The bidding documents will include the City’s front end documents, the specifications (including General Conditions, Technical Specifications, and Environmental Provisions), and the project plans. We will coordinate with the Purchasing Department of the City to implement the bidding of the project. We will provide the Purchasing Department names of qualified marine construction firms for waterfront structures to ensure that capable contractors are aware of the project. Because of our extensive past experience of managing successful marine and coastal protection construction projects, we are very familiar with the contractors capable of constructing such specialized work. APTIM will prepare for, and attend, the pre‐bid meeting for the project to discuss the project and clarify particular aspects of the project. If necessary, following the pre‐bid meeting, APTIM will prepare addenda to the plans and specifications for review by the City. If acceptable, the addenda will be sent to all registered bidders and will become part of the bid package and subsequent contract documents. We will review the bids presented to the City for the proposed work. In addition to cost factors, the bids will be reviewed for technical completeness, contractor experience, work plan, schedule, and other parameters deemed important. As appropriate, APTIM will contact the contractors’ references and make a final recommendation to the City on the award to the lowest cost, qualified, and capable bidder.