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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-00-0603J-00-607 7/10/00 RESOLUTION NO. 00 603 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING A. AURORA BADIA, P.E., A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMPETITIVE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE SUBMITTALS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WHICH SOLICITED RESPONSES FOR THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES TO ASSESS THE EXISTING CITY-WIDE 800 MHZ TRUNKED COMMUNICATIONS RADIO SYSTEM AND CURRENT MARKET TECHNOLOGY AND TO DEVELOP AN IMMEDIATE AND, FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO REPAIR, MODIFY, AND MODERNIZE SAID SYSTEM FOR THE DEPARTMENTS OF GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, POLICE AND FIRE - RESCUE. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 00-549, adopted June 27, 1999, the City Commission authorized the City Manager to issue a Request for Proposals ("RFP") to solicit professional technical consulting services to inspect, evaluate, and assess the existing City-wide 800 MHZ trunked communications radio system and current market technology and develop an immediate and five-year plan to repair, modify and modernize the existing system for the Departments of General Services Administration, Police and Fire - Rescue; and WHEREAS, the RFP was issued on July 3, 2000; and CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF J U 1 2 q 2000 Resolution No. Uri- WHEREAS, provisions contained in Section 18-81 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, require that the City Manager appoint a competitive selection committee ("Committee") which shall be comprised of no less than six members as follows: 1. one representative of the administrative department charged with overall project responsibility; 2. one representative of each administrative department which shall be identified by the City Manager as being the principal user of the project, with a maximum of three such representatives; 3. the Director of the Planning, Building and Zoning Department or designee; 4. the Director of Finance or designee; 5. the City Manager or designee; 6. one or more professionals in the field of endeavor or practice involved; and 7. the members of the City Commission are eligible to serve ex officio; and WHEREAS, Section 18-81 further provides that the City Commission shall appoint as chairperson of the Committee, either the member representing the department, or the member representing the principal user of the project, and who developed criteria for the selection of the consultant;" and WHEREAS, upon evaluation of the qualifications by the Committee, the Committee shall identify the most qualified professionals, in rank order, to the City Manager, who after review of the Committee's findings, shall submit a resolution to Page 2 of 4Ch -3 the City Commission to approve the names of the most qualified providers, in rank order, and authorize the City Manager to enter into negotiations; and WHEREAS, the City Manager recommends that A. Aurora Badia, P.E., a representative of the Department of Public Works, be appointed as Chairperson of the Committee; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are hereby adopted by reference thereto and incorporated herein as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. The City Commission hereby appoints A. Aurora Badia, P.E., a representative from the Department of Public Works, as Chairperson of the Competitive Selection Committee to evaluate the submittals received in response to a Request for Proposals, which solicited proposals for the provision of technical consulting services to assess the existing City-wide 800 MHZ Trunked Communications Radio Systems and current market technology and to develop an immediate and five-year plan to repair, modify, and modernize said system for the Departments of General Services Administration, Police and Fire -Rescue. Page 3 of 4 "`VJ 0 1 1 Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature.of the Mayor'/. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of July , 2000. JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR In accordance with Miami Code Sec. 2-36, since the Mayor did not indicate approval of this legislation by signing it in the designated pi a provided, said le tion now becomes effective with the elapse of ten (10) 8-0 , H — date of C sion action regarding same, without the M yor exercis}� ATTEST: WALTER J. FOEMAN CITY CLERK APPRO A TYFORM AND ORRECTNESS:t� J RO VTLARELL I ATTORNEY 4525:BSS , City Clark �i If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. Page 4 of 4 r';� rb U u �- 0 0 CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA CA=12 INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM The Honorable Mayor and Members XN 3 o 2000. TO: of the City Commission FROM:r ManageCity RECOMMENDATION DATE: Proposed Resolution FILE: SUBJECT: Appointing a Competitive Selection Committee for the RFQ Radio Communication REFERENCES: System. ENCLOSURES: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the City Manager to appoint a six member Competitive Selection Committee to list the qualified candidates in rank order and to present said list to the City Commission for consideration and appointing an individual as Chairperson of the Competitive Selection Committee for the RFQ Radio Communication System. BACKGROUND The Department of General Services Administration, in conjunction with the Department of Public Works, desires to initiate the Request for Qualification process for the procurement of professional counsel and consultant services for the City of Miami's citywide 800 MHz trunked communications system, for the purpose of providing the City with a comprehensive program for: 1) the immediate, demonstratable improvement of all voice quality transmissions and reception; 2) the investigation, analysis, study and reporting of recommended actions for the minimization and elimination of anomalies which occur on the radio system; and 3) the assessment and study of the existing radio system and current market technology to develop an immediate and a five-year plan for modernizing the system. The Department of Public Works does not have sufficient professional engineering staff to accomplish all of the necessary project work and must issue a Request for Qualifications seeking professional counsel and consultant services. The Competitive Selection Committee shall be comprised of no less than six members as follows: 1. One representative of the administrative department charged with overall project responsibility; 2. One representative from the Police Department; 3. One representative from the GSA Department; 4. Director of the Planning, Building and Zoning Department or designee; 5. Director of Finance or designee; 10 "Ch -003