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DATE: June 20, 2016 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br />Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: John Anderson, Acting Public Works Director <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Engineering Pool, Request for Qualifications <br /> <br />Requested Action <br /> <br />Provide staff feedback on request for qualifications for engineering consultants. Recommend for <br />Approval at June 27, 2016 Council meeting. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City of Arden Hills established an engineering consultant pool in 2007 under the direction of <br />City of Roseville staff. Since that time the pool concept as it related to engineering consultants <br />has not been updated. Earlier this year the City Council discussed engineering consultant <br />selection and expressed an interest in reviving the consultant pool. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />Staff has prepared a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to be sent out to solicit interest in an <br />engineering consultant pool in a number of different types of work. The schedule for the RFQ is <br />as follows: <br /> <br />1. Issue Request for Proposal ................................................................................ June 29, 2016 <br />2. Questions due to city staff .................................................................................. July 14, 2016 <br />3. SOQs due ........................................................................................................... July 21, 2016 <br />4. City completes evaluation of SOQs .................................................................... July 28, 2016 <br />5. Council approval ............................................................................................. August 8, 2016 <br /> <br />The full RFQ is attached for your review. It is our intent to send a notice of this RFQ to about 20 <br />consultants that do work in these areas of expertise. In addition, staff plans to advertise this RFQ <br />on the League of Minnesota Cities website. <br /> <br />Attachments <br />Attachment A: Draft Request for Qualifications <br />AGENDA ITEM – 1F <br /> <br /> MEMORANDUM <br />