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Bubdi n f ou2 3 <br /> Instructions to Firms Submitting Qualifications <br /> for the Upper Neuse River Basin Association (UNRBA) <br /> Nutrient Credit Study and Credit Tool Development Project <br /> Thank you for agreeing to submit qualifications for the UNRBA's Nutrient Credit Study and Credit Tool Development <br /> Project. The UNRBA plans to supplement the work of the Jordan Lake Nutrient Science Advisory Board regarding credit <br /> development in order to provide communities subject to nutrient management strategies an expanded list of Best <br /> Management Practices (BMPs),or tools,to achieve their respective reduction goals. At this time,the UNRBA's technical <br /> steering committee,the Path Forward Committee,is seeking qualifications from environmental engineering firms to <br /> perform this work. <br /> The UNRBA's technical steering committee is seeking short qualifications packages from selected firms identified by our <br /> member governments. The technical steering committee will recommend to the UNRBA Board the development of a <br /> contract to one firm, or team, to perform the desired tasks. Qualifications packages will be ranked based on the <br /> experience and expertise of the key staff members and that of the firm or team. <br /> At this point in the project development,a specific project scope is unavailable. Therefore,we are unable to provide you <br /> with the detailed information to develop a comprehensive project proposal,schedule or definitive project cost. However, <br /> the technical steering committee will be developing cost and schedule information in order to establish a definitive project <br /> scope and,in consultation with the selected service provider,the contractual conditions necessary to complete this work. <br /> Firms are being asked to develop preliminary, screening level cost estimates and schedules indicating a prospective upper <br /> and lower bounds of these components to complete the two project tasks. These estimates do not need to be exact and, if <br /> you are awarded the contract,you will not be held to these cost estimates when a contract is developed. <br /> This Qualifications package should contain the following information: <br /> 1. Cover Letter <br /> 2. Project Leader and key project staff in an organization chart. This chart should identify the location and firm of <br /> each key staff member. <br /> 3. Resumes of Key Staff,with relevant experience,highlighting your team's background in review and synthesis of <br /> research literature, and development of statistics on that info; BMP design; BMP monitoring and evaluation for <br /> nutrient performance; and development of engineering methods, formulas,modeling to describe BMP nutrient <br /> performance. Resumes should include the percent of time the proposed staff member is available for this project. <br /> Individual resumes should not exceed 1 page. <br /> 4. Firm and Team Experience with structural BMP design,management,performance, and installation.Please <br /> include the Firm's background relative to nutrient reductions associated with structural and non-structural BMPs, <br /> and developing regulatory credits for BMPs. <br /> 5. Preliminary Cost Estimates and Schedules for the following hypothetical tasks: <br /> a. Credit Development <br /> b. Credit Accounting Tool Development <br /> Each section of the qualifications package should be numbered similar to the outline. The entire qualifications package, <br /> including the preliminary cost estimates and schedules,should not exceed 15 pages. Brief outlines of your approach <br /> to developing the preliminary cost estimates and schedules should be included. Specific instructions for the preliminary <br /> cost estimates and schedules are provided as an attachment. <br /> Submittal instructions: <br /> Qualifications are due at noon on Friday,June 7,2013. Qualifications should be emailed to the UNRBA Executive <br /> Director,Mr. Forrest Westall(forrest westall a)unrba org and forrest westallLcc)mcgillengincers.com), and Ms. Michelle <br /> Woolfolk, the UNRBA Path Forward Committee Chairperson(michelle.woolfolkLadurhamnc.gov). All packages should <br /> be in Portable Document Format(PDF). The Executive Director may contact the firm or team with follow-up questions. <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />