Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-75 - QUALIFICATION, SELECTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS TO PERFORM WORK FOR DOT › Section 14-75.003 - Minimum Technical Qualification Standards by Type of Work

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The Department will periodically audit a sampling of
				  qualified consultants to ensure compliance with the qualification requirements,
				  and consultants found to misrepresent their qualifications will be subject to
				  suspension of qualifications with the Department in accordance with Rule
				  14-75.0051, F.A.C. The following
				  criteria apply to the qualification of professional consultants:
(1) No professional or key personnel may be
				listed as employees of more than one consultant currently qualified with the
				Department. If a newly listed employee has been employed by a consultant
				currently qualified with the Department, within the 12 months immediately
				preceding the application, the application must so indicate and provide the
				date that such employee was hired by the consultant. The employee shall be
				deleted from the personnel list of the previous employer's firm, and if such
				deletion affects the qualification status of the previous employer, notice
				shall be given to said previous employer pursuant to Rule
				14-75.0051, F.A.C.
(2) The Department shall not recognize joint
				ventures for purposes of qualifying consultants to work for the Department.
				Each individual or firm will be annually qualified based upon individual or
				firm capability.
(3) Appropriate
				type of work codes will be included in each public notice regarding needed
				professional services. Persons or firms responding to such notices must be
				qualified with the Department in the advertised types of work, unless otherwise
				specified in the notice. Subconsultants qualified with the Department may be
				used to meet the above requirements, where appropriate, so long as the
				responding consultant is also qualified with the Department in some standard
				type of work.
(4) All personnel
				listed by the consultant in order to qualify for any type of work or
				sub-category must be bona fide employees of the firm, or under exclusive
				contract to the firm, must be actively engaged in the type of work for which
				they are listed, and must have work experience demonstrating an ability to
				perform the activities normally associated with the particular type of work or
				sub-category for which qualification is sought. The Department must be notified
				within 10 days of the departure from the firm of personnel used to prequalify
				the firm in any type of work.
(5)
				Qualification may be sought in any of the following categories or
				sub-categories:
(a) Group 2. Project
				Development and Environmental (PD&E) Studies.
1. Type of Work. This work group involves the
				study and evaluation of the social, economic, and environmental effects on the
				human and natural environment by transportation systems and alternate
				transportation modes in meeting identified community transportation and growth
				needs. Such work also includes the evaluation of alternate transportation
				corridors, and location/design alternatives within viable corridors. The work
				involves preparing engineering studies to address economic and engineering
				feasibility of alternatives, level of service, traffic capacity, geometrics,
				soils, structures, intersection and interchange improvements, etc., to
				accommodate travel demand at an acceptable level of service. Additionally, the
				work entails the detailed study and preparation of environmental reports and
				documents which evaluate the physical, natural, social, cultural, economic, and
				human impacts of the alternatives under consideration upon the adjacent
				community. Public involvement and interagency coordination are integral parts
				of the assessment process. Potential mitigations that are identified in the
				studies and public involvement are evaluated and incorporated into the
				alternatives as appropriate.
2.
				Qualification Requirements. Group 2: PD&E Studies. This work group requires
				a professional engineer, a natural scientist, and a social scientist. The
				professional engineer must be registered with the Florida State Board of
				Professional Engineers and must have managed and completed at least one
				PD&E study or similar study, including roadway design and environmental
				engineering. This experience must include conducting environmental studies for
				transportation projects involving highway projects and public involvement
				issues. The natural scientist must have a four-year university or college
				degree and experience in a natural science such as ecology, biology,
				environmental science, or wildlife management and have completed at least one
				PD&E study or similar study in a natural science area such as defined
				above. The social scientist must have a four-year university or college degree
				and experience in a social science such as psychology, sociology, statistics,
				political science, geography, urban planning demographics, archeology, or
				economics and have completed at least one PD&E study or similar study in a
				social science area such as defined above.