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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 21, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-f <br /> SUBJECT: Contract Award for Engineering and Environmental Services with Draper Aden <br /> Associates, Inc. <br /> DEPARTMENT: Solid Waste Management <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> John Roberts, 919-245-2318 <br /> 1. Draft Agreement Gayle Wilson, 919-968-2885 <br /> 2. Request for Qualifications <br /> 3. Statement of Qualifications <br /> PURPOSE: To approve a new agreement for general engineering and environmental services <br /> between the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department and Draper Aden Associates, <br /> Inc. (DAA) of Coats, North Carolina for consulting services for a five (5) year period. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Solid Waste Management Department has an on-going need for consulting <br /> services for work that goes beyond the Department's capacities. The Department's existing <br /> engineering consulting contracts are about to expire, so Request for Qualifications (RFQ) number <br /> 5225 was issued to solicit qualifications from consulting firms with experience in the solid waste <br /> field. <br /> Statements of Qualification were received from eight (8) firms on December 7, 2016 and were <br /> reviewed by a departmental staff team pursuant to review criteria included in the Request for <br /> Qualifications. <br /> DAA has been providing quality services to the County since 1993. The company's intimate <br /> knowledge of the groundwater monitoring program is a great asset to the County. <br /> Anticipated ongoing services to be provided may include: <br /> 1. The preparation of two (2) semiannual detection monitoring reports summarizing the <br /> chemical analysis of the groundwater. The reports cover groundwater at both the closed <br /> Municipal Solid Waste and Construction and Demolition landfills. These reports are <br /> forwarded to the Division of Solid Waste Management. <br /> 2. Assistance in maintaining regulatory compliance, including assessment and <br /> implementation of corrective measures for any possible groundwater and/or landfill gas <br /> issues. <br /> 3. Assistance in preparing scope of work request for proposals, review of technical <br /> proposals, preparation of designs and bid documents for department projects, <br /> attendance at meetings, assistance with review of bid documents and proposals. <br />