Firm Selection for Prescott Park Master Plan Sample Clauses

Firm Selection for Prescott Park Master Plan. At its meeting on March 14, 2016, the Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on the Prescott Park Master Plan recommended I enter into negotiations with its first choice firm for the Master Planning engagement, Weston & Xxxxxxx Engineers, Inc. At this time, the City will be contracting for these professional services, which will cost $80,000. Fifty percent ($40,000) of the total cost will be funded with Urban Development Action Grant Funds and the other 50% ($40,000) will be funded with contingency funds. This selection process began with the issuance of a Request for Qualifications to which nine firms responded; later, four firms were invited to submit proposals. Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx was recommended following an interview with City staff and representatives from the Blue Ribbon Committee. Weston & Xxxxxxx is a highly-respected engineering firm with a number of successful landscape architecture and engineering engagements in Portsmouth. In addition, Weston & Xxxxxxx brings extensive experience working across New England on municipally-owned public parks, including those in waterfront settings. Attached is additional information about the firm’s relevant past experience and project team. The firm’s work on this project will begin very shortly. City staff, in coordination with the Blue Ribbon Committee on the Prescott Park Master Plan, will be carrying out this work. Updates about the project timeline, major milestones, public input opportunities and other information about the project will be forthcoming.