NWR GEC (Fish Barrier) -- Composite Scoresheet

Interview Questions Question# 1 Question# 2 Question# 3 Question #4 Question# 5 Question# 6 Question# 7 Question #8

Panel Member Conultant

Firm

Engineering

Resource M anager

(30)

Fish Barrier

Experience

(30) Firm offers to deliver

(15)

Staff Augmentation

Plan

(20)

Firm's readiness

to start

(35)

Effective

communication

(20)

Staff turnover & approach to

maintain schedule

(20)

Project M anager

and key personnel

Availability

(20)

20

Total

(190 Max)

183Azim S. Taheri HNTB 30 28 15 20 35 20 15

Jacobs 25 28 15 15 25 15 15 17 155

Cameron Kukes HNTB 25 25 10 15 30 20 15 20 160

Jacobs 20 25 10 15 30 15 15 15 145

Jay Drye HNTB 28 22 15 18 30 18 16 18 165

Jacobs 20 16 8 10 12 14 14 10 104

Amir Rasaie HNTB 28 23 15 20 32 18 18 20 174

Jacobs 23 28 12 16 25 15 15 15 149

Kim Mueller HNTB 25 20 10 18 30 15 20 20 158

Jacobs 15 20 15 10 25 12 20 15 132

TOTAL HNTB 136 118 65 91 157 91 84 98 840

Jacobs 103 117 60 66 117 71 79 72 685

State of Washington

Department of Transportation

Northwest Region General Engineering Consulting Services

Interview Questions

Release for Interview Presentation:

1. Introduce and describe the qualifications ofyour team's Engineering Resource Manager and key personnel. Describe the team structure and your vision of how your team's roles apply to and benefit specific elements of the program. (Max. Pts. = 30)

2. Describe your team's background with fish passage project delivery. Describe specific challenges you have encountered on these projects, and how you responded to them. How will you address these challenges in order to successfully and efficiently deliver the fish passage work? (Max. Pts. = 30)

3. From your understanding of WSDOT's fish passage program, what does your team offer to ensure we can deliver on such an immense challenge? (Max. Pts. = 15)

4. How do you propose meeting the immediate need of staff augmentation that may include design team leaders, designers, biologists, permit coordinators, cultural resources, and landscape architects in the SnoKing as well as the Mt. Baker offices? (Max. Pts. = 20)

5. WSDOT is committed to delivering the large fish barrier program by preparing task orders to start the contract as soon as it is executed. What is your plan to hit the ground running as soon as you receive NTP? Please be specific including key components. (Max. Pts. = 35)

6. How will you maintain effective communication with the teams in separate locations (Mt. Baker Area & SnoKing)? Please describe how you plan to provide consistent, interactive communication between your firm and WSDOT engineers and management, while keeping costs down. This includes availability for meetings and site visits, reasonable on-call times for engineers, proximity to facilities and your firm 's office, etc. Describe how you plan to make personnel available to SnoKing and Mt. Baker Area on reasonably short notice, as needed to mitigate issues that arise unexpectedly. (Max. Pts. = 20)

7. Both private and public firms appear to be experiencing a high rate of staff turnover. Describe your approach to maintaining quality and schedule continuity of the project, integration of the project team, and maintaining WSDOT expectations when the WSDOT or Consultant team experiences turnover through the life of the project. Please specifically include your approach to staff retention and on-boarding. (Max. Pts. = 20)

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1. What other projects, WSDOT or other, are the key team members currently competing for? How do you anticipate your time will be divided amongst these projects should your firm(s) be selected? Maximum Pts. = 20

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