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Committee clears authorization to solicit up to five-year on-call engineering contract
Summary
The Finance Committee recommended to the full council authorization to issue an RFP for on-call engineering services allowing contracts of up to five years; members discussed firms on the current roster, evaluation criteria, and RFP timing.
The Gardner City Council Finance Committee on April 16 recommended that the full City Council authorize issuance of a request-for-proposals for on-call engineering services with a possible term of up to five years.
The committee heard from the mayor and purchasing staff about the procurement approach, current firms on the roster, and the mechanics of the RFP process. The mayor told the committee that the city currently works with two on-call firms in practice — identified in discussion as Tye and Van (traffic/infrastructure) and Fuss & O'Neill (construction-related work) — and that the RFP is an open process that may attract additional firms that will be evaluated primarily on their technical proposals rather than…
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