Minimum Technical Qualification Standards by Type of Work, Consultant Competitive Selection Process, Consultant Qualification Process, Revocation, Denial, or Suspension of Qualification, Professional Consultant Work Performance Evaluation System

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Departmental

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
14-75.003: Minimum Technical Qualification Standards by Type of Work
14-75.004: Consultant Competitive Selection Process
14-75.0022: Consultant Qualification Process
14-75.0051: Revocation, Denial, or Suspension of Qualification
14-75.0052: Professional Consultant Work Performance Evaluation System

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol.31,No.50, December 16, 2005 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

SUMMARY OF CHANGES:

1. 14-75.0022(3)(c)1.: The word “should” is changed to “must” in the added and the sentence which showed the deletion of a “b.” is reinstated as “b.” with subsequently identified “b.” through “d.” changed to “c.” through “e.” respectively, the “(s)” after “listing” is removed in two places, and the comma is deleted in “2003, Revision” so the section reads as follows:

“1. An audit report prepared by an independent Certified Public Accountant or governmental agency. The audit report must be received by the Department within six months of the end of the fiscal year it addresses, will be no more than twelve months old on the date of submission and will include the following:

a. A statement indicating the existence of an adequate accounting system that meets the Department’s audit requirements, as evidenced by certification by an independent Certified Public Accountant or governmental agency. The system must be adequate to support all billings made to the Department and other clients.

b. A An overhead statement indicating the direct labor costs incurred, listing allocable indirect costs, and listing other direct costs incurred and overhead rate for the most recently completed fiscal year.

c. A statement of reimbursement rates for indirect costs (overhead), direct expenses, and Facilities Capital Cost of Money (FCCM) for the most recently completed fiscal year.

d.c. A statement that the consultant’s method of estimating costs for proposals is consistent with the accounting system.

e.d. A statement that the audit was performed in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards, the Department’s Reimbursement Rate Overhead Audit Guidelines, 2005, November 2002, and the Government Auditing Standards, 2003 Revision Revised July 1999 through Amendment No. 2, 8/18/99, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, which are hereby incorporated by reference.”

2. 14-75.003(5)(c)1.a.(I): The heading is revised to delete “and Minor Bridge Design” and the phrase “This group is subdivided into two categories” is replaced by “This type of work includes the design of sound barriers, structural supports for highway signals, luminaries, and traffic signals” so that it reads as follows:

“(I) Type of Work 4.1.1: Miscellaneous Structures. This group type of work includes the design of sound barriers, structural supports for highway signals, luminaries, and traffic signals.”

3. 14-75.003(5)(c)2.e.: The word “Steel” is replaced by “Segmental” after “. . . Work Group 4.2.3 Major Bridge Design” to read as follows:

“. . . Engineers, having a minimum of five years each of structural bridge design experience in continuous span segmental concrete (precast or cast-in-place) bridges as defined in Work Group 4.2.3 Major Bridge Design - Segmental and three or more structural design engineers/technicians having a minimum of three years of bridge design experience.”

4. 14-75.003(5)(d)2.: The second letter “A” is deleted from the FHWA publication designation.

“2. Qualification Requirements. Types of work 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 5.4: Bridge Inspection. This type of work requires at least one professional engineer registered with the Florida State Board of Professional Engineers, having experience appropriate to the sub-category requested. For types of work 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, the engineer must have participated in field inspections meeting the requirements of the National Bridge Inspection Standards, Appendix C to U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration, Recording and Coding Guide for the Structure Inventory and Appraisal of the Nation’s Bridges, Report No. FHWA-A-PD96-001, December 1995, incorporated herein by reference, for the structure types in the sub-category for which qualification is requested. For type of work 5.4, the engineer must have performed a load rating of a bridge.”

5. 14-75.003(5)(e)1.c.: The description for the type of work underlined new language at the end is revised to agree with the subsequent descriptions under the Qualification Requirements that follow in 14-75.003(5)(e)2.a. through c.:

“. . . This work Type is subdivided into four categories: Type of Work 6.3.1: Intelligent Transportation Systems Analysis and Design, Type of Work 6.3.2: Intelligent Transportation Systems Implementation, Type of Work 6.3.3: Intelligent Transportation Traffic Engineering Systems Communications, and Type of Work 6.3.4: Intelligent Transportation Systems Software Development.”

6. 14-75.003(5)(h)1.d.(II): Correction of a typographical error “fro” changed to “for.”

7. 14-75.003(5)(q): The listed C.F.R. document cited is to be incorporated by reference.

“1. Type of Work. This type of work is defined as relocation planning at the conceptual stage of a transportation project and the preparation of the Relocation Needs Assessment Survey, identifying displaced persons and likely business damage candidates pursuant to the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act and 49 C.F.R., Part 24, incorporated herein by reference, and available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/realestate/ua/index.htm.”

8. 14-75.0051(1): Change reference in the last sentence from “(a) through (e)” to “(a) through