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Commissioners set special meeting to finish engineering selections and assign CEI for Dumajack Road
Summary
The board scheduled a special meeting for Jan. 23, 2025, to finalize scored rankings and begin negotiations with engineering firms; the board also authorized issuing a task order to All Day Howell as the CEI firm for Dumajack Road to keep that project on schedule.
Washington County commissioners agreed to finish the engineering-firm selection process at a special meeting and authorized a construction-engineering-inspection (CEI) assignment to avoid delaying a current road contract.
Why it matters: The county is in a multi-step selection process for continuing engineering services. State competitive-consultant rules and the county’s procurement policy require commissioners to score and rank firms and then negotiate fees and terms; the board paused final selections pending commissioners’ individual score sheets but set a date to complete the work.
County counsel and the administrator advised commissioners to complete individual score sheets (the RFP included scoring criteria such as experience and fees), return them to staff, and then tally results. The board set a special meeting for Jan. 23, 2025, at 9 a.m. to compile scores, decide how many firms to negotiate with, and begin price/term negotiations. Staff cautioned that the selection committee’s earlier nonprofit/private interviews were advisory; the board makes the final selection in a public decision.
To prevent schedule delays on the Dumajack Road project, commissioners approved issuing a CEI task order to All Day Howell (a firm already under contract rotation) so work can continue on the existing contract while the board completes broader selections.
Ending: Commissioners directed each member to complete the provided score sheet and return it to staff before the special meeting; staff will then coordinate negotiations and post-negotiation task orders for board approval.
