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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA. ITEM SUMMARY
MEETING DATE: 2/19103
DIVISION: COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BULK ITEM: No
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'AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval to tenninate the :rervices of URS after the completion of current proj~s and
advertise a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a new Airport General Engineering finn for Monroe County airports.
DEPARTMENT: AIRPORTS
ITEM BACKGROUND: Shortly before the renewal of the'ir contact, Griener became URS Inc, through a series of mergers
and acquisitions. Unfortunately, larger is not always better, and as a result, service to KWIA has suffered, There seems
to be a lack of COordination between the two URS offices that serve us (Miami and Tampa) and they now act as separate
and individual entities. When key people leave or are forced out of URS, people who have served us for years and are
vital to our programs such as noise and environmental pennitting, we are not consulted concerning the Qualifications of
their replacements. Projects take longer to start, longer 10 complete and close out documents seem to take forever to
arrive (we are still waiting for the final paperwork for a project that was completed in September of last yea", We are left
with the impression that URS has become too large to provide the excellent level of service that Griener provided us for
a decade,
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: Approval of U/~S agreement 12/19/01.
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: N/A
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Allow URS to complete the work in progress while we advertise a RFQ for a new Airport
General Engineering finn. If URS is not selected after C('rnpeting with other finns in the RFQ process, their current
contract should be terminated and given to a new EngiOl~ering finn.
TOTAL COST: N1A
COST TO AIRPORT: NlA
COST TO PFC: N1A
COST TO COUNTY: NlA
BUDGETED: NlA
SOURCE OF FUNDS: N/A
REVENUE PRODUCING: N/A
AMOUNT PER MONTHIYEAR:
APPROVED BY: County Attorney NlA
OMs/PurChasing NlA
Risk Management NlA
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KEY WEST AIRPORT DIRECTOR APPROVAl-=t
DOCUMENTATION: Included
To Follcw
Not Required X
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