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Committee finalizes rankings for Ruskin pipeline design proposals; McKim & Creed tops list
Summary
A Hillsborough County procurement committee finalized consensus scores for firms bidding on design work for the Ruskin reclaimed and potable water pipelines. McKim & Creed led with 103 points; Kennedy Jenks scored 99 and Chen Moore 95. Ashley Ruggiero confirmed the cone of silence and next protest period.
A Hillsborough County committee confirmed final evaluation scores on the proposals for professional services related to the Ruskin reclaimed water and Ruskin potable water pipelines. Ashley Ruggiero, the county's senior buyer, read the totals and said the committee agreed to the rankings that will be memorialized in a memo from the committee chair.
"For Chen Moore and Associates... that brings their total to 95," Ruggiero said, reading the tabulation. "The next firm is Kennedy Jenks Consultants... that brings their new total to 99. The next firm is McKim and Creed Inc... and that brings their total to 103." Ruggiero asked if everyone agreed and the committee affirmed the results.
The committee's scoring adjustments included a small increase to Kennedy Jenks' score on the evaluation of the team's ability (criteria 1) and an equalization of schedule-and-budget points (criteria 3) across the three firms, narrowing the point spread. Justin Fox, who identified himself as a project manager and engineer with Hillsborough County Water Resources, led the discussion of per-criterion scores and proposed the modest adjustments after hearing presentations.
Ruggiero said the committee chair will prepare and provide a memo listing the firms in rank order. She also reminded members that "the cone of silence remains in effect until the notice of intent to recommend award and the subsequent 5 day protest period has ended," and instructed that questions or communications be directed to her during that period. The procurement described in the meeting was identified as the Ruskin pipelines RPS; the exact RPS identifier was unclear in the transcript.
