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1 <br />SOQ Evaluation Report <br /> <br />I. Introduction <br />This report provides an outline and summary of the methodology and criteria utilized by the <br />Evaluation Team to evaluate and score the six (6) Statements of Qualifications (“SOQs”) received in <br />response to the Request for Qualifications, dated July 14, 2016 (as amended), issued for the Diversion <br />Channel and Associated Infrastructure Work Package (“Project”) of the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. At the end of this report, the Evaluation Team has provided a <br />recommendation of which Respondents it believes should be short-listed by the Metro Flood Diversion <br />Authority (the “Authority”) for the Request for Proposals (“RFP”) phase. <br /> <br />II. Evaluation Guidance and the RFQ <br />Prior to the receipt and evaluation of the SOQs by the Evaluation Team, the advisors of the <br />Evaluation Team (the “Advisors”) circulated copies of the RFQ and the draft Evaluation Guidance to <br />the Evaluation Team. The Evaluation Guidance was finalized prior to the Evaluation Team receiving <br />any SOQ. The purpose of this circulation was to allow the Evaluation Team to familiarize themselves with the process and criteria for evaluating and scoring the SOQs prior to any introduction of the actual <br />SOQs. The Advisors believed this process would support an environment whereby the Evaluation <br />Team began its assessment and assessed each SOQ against the neutral Evaluation Criteria instead of <br />assessing each SOQ against the other SOQs, making the process the most fair. <br /> <br />III. Procedural Timing <br />The Authority issued the Request for Qualifications on July 14, 2016, issued an Addendum to <br />the Request for Qualifications on August 19, 2016, and set the submittal deadline date for September <br />14, 2016. On or before September 14, 2016, the Authority received six (6) SOQs from Respondents, and the Authority shortly thereafter provided hard copies of each SOQ to Evaluation Team members. <br />Each member of the Evaluation Team then individually reviewed the SOQs over the next fourteen (14) <br />days. The Evaluation Team met for two days, on September 29 and 30, 2016, to evaluate the SOQs <br />and to prepare consensus notes and then interviewed Respondents on October 4 and 6, 2016. The <br />Evaluation Team held its final evaluation session on the afternoon of October 6, 2016. <br />IV. Evaluation Criteria <br /> <br />The Evaluation Team evaluated the SOQs against seven (7) Evaluation Criteria, including: <br />Organization and Management, Technical Experience, Technical Capacity, Safety, Project Understanding, Financing Experience, and Financing Capacity. Each Evaluation Criteria was assigned <br />a maximum number of points possible, with scoring values set in poor, good, and excellent point <br />ranges. Collectively, a Respondent could score a maximum one hundred (100) points during the <br />evaluation across all Evaluation Criteria. Provided below is a list of each Evaluation Criteria, the focus <br />of each, and the applicable point ranges: <br />1. Organization and Management: The Evaluation Team evaluated each Respondent’s <br />organization and management based on the extent to which the proposed organization and <br />management structure demonstrated the ability to successfully coordinate and deliver the Project,