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The City of Kenner (Kenner) is soliciting the submittal of Statement of Qualifications (SOQ’s) from persons or firms interested and qualified to provide professional mechanical and electrical engineering services for installation of a generator at the City of Kenner Food Bank.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The City of Kenner Food Bank located at 317 Oxley Street, Kenner, LA 70062 provides food and resources to those eligible individuals and families seeking assistance in the City of Kenner. The city applied and was awarded a grant, as a subgrantee of Jefferson Parish, through the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (hereinafter referred to as “GOHSEP”) to install a 250kw diesel generator with weather enclosure fuel tank and transfer switch.
 
Within the project site, there are two (2) exterior refrigeration units and an enclosed garbage receptacle area.
 
Persons or firms must be familiar with GOHSEP and/or FEMA rules and regulations, as Kenner will be receiving financial assistance from both agencies. Therefore, the project will be subject to all applicable Federal rules and regulations.
 
Plans and specifications will be subject to review and approval by GOHSEP, FEMA, Kenner’s Planning/Code Enforcement/Public Works Departments, and the State Fire Marshal’s Office and Kenner Fire Department.
 
Persons or firms selected will be required to prepare engineered designs, inclusive of conceptual plans/renditions with recommendations for the best approach to the installation of the generator to meet the City’s workflow, general public, and service delivery needs. Such rationale report is to be provided based on research of similar communities’ facilities and best practices. Rough estimated construction costs shall be provided for each conceptual plan/rendition provided.
 
Project may require environmental clearance documentation/services to meet GOHSEP and/or FEMA requirements.
 
Kenner will seek for recommendations for improvements to reduce the risks from damage from future disasters, incorporation of energy efficient components and modern information technology practices.
 
Current rough estimated total budget for the entire project is $157,000. Kenner reserves the right to reduce the scope of work of the project to accommodate available funding.
 
Kenner will only enter into an Agreement/Contract with a firm or person submitting a Statement of Qualifications as the prime firm/person/consultant for the project. Kenner will not be entering into an Agreement with sub-consultants specified in the Statement of Qualifications.

Sub-consultants do play a factor into the Evaluation Criteria of the Statement of Qualifications. Kenner reserves the right to select one or more persons or firms for this project.
Kenner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage small and minority owned firms and women's business enterprises to participate in this solicitation.
Agreements will only be executed after a funding source is established and proper approvals are received from entities involved with the financing of the project.

COMPENSATION

Compensation will be on an hourly rate basis or a fixed lump sum fee basis per individual work task, or a combination of both depending on scope and complexity of work. For hourly rate agreements and tasks, a maximum limitation amount shall be established in the agreement. Kenner reserves the right to dictate the method of payment.

For hourly rate agreements/tasks, the consultant shall be compensated on the basis of a reasonable certified and itemized salary cost plus an acceptable fee to cover overhead cost and profit. Kenner reserves the right to establish maximum direct and payable hourly rates based on personnel classifications.

For fixed fee work, the fee shall be negotiated with the firm by the appropriate Jefferson Parish Department and shall be mutually agreeable to both parties.

All fees shall be negotiated with the person/firm and shall be mutually agreeable to both parties.
In the event that Kenner and person/firm cannot reach an agreement on project (professional services) fees, Kenner reserves the right to select another person/firm for the project.
 
All costs associated with the project shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor, Kenner Council and any entities involved with the financing of the project.
 
“MINIMUM” REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTION
 
The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1) principal who is a licensed, registered professional engineer in the State of Louisiana.  A subcontractor may not be used to meet this requirement.

The persons or firms under consideration shall have a professional in charge of the Project who is a licensed, registered professional mechanical or electrical engineer in the State of Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience.  A subcontractor may not be used to meet this requirement. 

The persons or firms under consideration shall have one (1) employee who is a licensed, registered professional mechanical or electrical engineer in the State of Louisiana in the applicable discipline involved.  A subcontractor may meet this requirement only if the advertised Project involves more than one discipline
 
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

Upon selection for a particular project, successful firm(s) shall provide insurance certificates in accordance with Kenner's insurance requirements for professional service agreements, attached to this SOQ.
 
EVALUATION CRITERIA

The following criteria listed in order of importance will be used to evaluate each person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualifications:
 
Professional training and experience in relation to the type of work required, including experience with LA-OCD and/or HUD-funded projects, for mechanical or electrical engineering services.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 35).
 
Size of firm considering the number of professional and support personnel required to perform the type of mechanical or electrical engineering tasks, including project evaluation, project design, drafting of technical plans, development of technical specifications and construction administration.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 20).
 
Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors of type of mechanical or electrical engineering task, current unfinished workload, and person or firm’s available professional and support personnel.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 20).
 
Past Performance by person or firm on projects of or similar comparable size, scope, and scale.  Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior work completed for the City shall be evidenced by substantiating documentation provided by the requesting department.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 10).
 
Location of the principal office.  Preference shall be given to persons or firms with a principal business office as follows: (1) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 points); (2) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St. Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (3) Parishes other than the foregoing (10 Points); (4) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points).  (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).
 
Adversarial legal proceedings between the City and the person or firm performing professional services, in which the City prevailed or any ongoing adversarial legal procedures between the City and the person or firm performing professional services, excluding those instances or cases where the person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim.  In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed information regarding legal proceedings with the City, including the absence of legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 15 for the lack of any such adversarial proceedings as defined).
 
Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of the mechanical or electrical engineering services, as defined, for which firm has provided verifiable references.  (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).
 
Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at least seventy percent (70%) or greater, with their highest and lowest score not counted, of the total possible points for all categories to be assigned by the participating Evaluation Committee members shall be deemed qualified to perform these professional services, and shall be listed in alphabetical order in the meeting minutes.
 
All firms (including sub-consultants) must submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) in Professional Services Evaluation Committee Format. Interested firms must submit one (1) original, (5) copies and a digital copy on a flash drive for this Statement of Qualifications to the Office of Finance, City of Kenner, 1610 Reverend Richard Wilson Drive, Building D, Kenner, LA 70062 no later than JUNE 25, 2025 BY 10:00 A. M. Packets can also be submitted electronically via www.centralauctionhouse.com. No submittals will be accepted after this deadline. Any inquiries regarding this SOQ should be sent in writing to [email protected] no later than five (5) working days before deadline submission. Kenner reserves the right to reject any and all submissions.
 
Michael J. Glaser                                  Tamithia P. Shaw
Mayor                                                     Director, Office of Federal
City of Kenner                                        Program Compliance
                                                               City of Kenner
 
 
SOQ No. 25-6906
MAY 21, 28, AND JUNE 4, 2025
ADV. THE ADVOCATE