15-5315 R138 Authorization for Contract with McMahon Associates, Inc. in the amount of $128,000 for consulting work related to Traffic Signal and Systems design, Roadway design, PennDOT permitting process and inspection. The project is part of a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grant and must follow specific selection criteria different from our own. We must first chose a firm based on their qualifications, and only after we have chosen a firm, can we request pricing. This was competitively bid, five (5) proposals were received. By passing the resolution, Council notes proper procedures were followed based on the presentation, as follows: The City advertised the Solicitation on May 6, 2022, seeking to contract a highly qualified engineering consulting firm, which is familiar with Traffic Signal and Systems design, Roadway design, PennDOT permitting process and inspection. This project is part of a PennDOT Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF) grant. On June 6, 2022, the public opening was held for which the City received five (5) proposals. The technical evaluation was held on June 29, 2022. All committee members were present. The Proposal was scored based on the RFP requirements, Presentation, Ability to Meet RFP Requirements and Project (20 Points), Prior Experience and Coordination (25 Points), Bid Documents and Construction Inspection (25 Points), Sub-Contractor and Minority Contractor (10 Points), Local Staffing and Supports (10 Points), Project References (10 Points). McMahon Associates and SAI Consulting Engineers tied in scoring. After the technical evaluation took place, one of the scoring members, Irene Woodward, left the City. Because she would not be involved with any of the evaluations to follow, we had to remove her scores. Although the tie from the original scoring was broken without Irene's scores, we felt it to be in good faith to hold oral interviews with the two highest scoring firms, McMahon Associates, Inc. and SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. The oral interview meetings occurred in person on August 10, 2022. McMahon Associates presented at 2:00 PM, and SAI Consulting Engineers presented at 3:00 PM. All committee members were present. The committee members discussed the oral interviews (15 Points) and scored them accordingly. The Committee made the recommendation to request pricing from the highest scoring firm, McMahon Associates. The Cost proposal was opened on August 18, 2022. The Proposal was distributed to all committee members via Teams for evaluation after the completion of the technical evaluation and oral presentations. The cost evaluation committee meeting occurred on August 31, 2022, 11:30 AM. All committee members were present. The committee members discussed the Cost Proposal and mentioned the prices seem to be around what was anticipated. After discussion, the Committee made the recommendation to award to the highest scored firm based on the final scores from the Technical Proposals and Oral Interviews. Since this is a PennDOT MTF grant project and we had to follow PennDOT's rules and regulations, we first chose a firm based on their qualifications, and only after we chose a firm based on qualifications, did we request pricing. The committee is recommending award to McMahon Associates, Inc.