All,

 

            Attached is the early draft contractor pre-qualification criteria from Garver. Per Harry & Karon from TX-DOT, we cannot use the point system, it will have to be a yes/no
qualified/not qualified set of criteria.

 

            With respect to the contractor having performed work at airports “similar” to Addison, I would specify either a Part 139 (Air Carrier) airport OR a large GA Reliever (100
or more based aircraft, 100,000 or more annual operations, minimum 6,000-foot primary runway with at least one precision instrument approach) … that speaks to the type of operation we
have here, the busy operational environment.

 

            Anyone else with anything to add – Joe especially – please chime in.

 

Thanks,

 

Joel

 

 

Joel Jenkinson

Director, Addison Airport

  main: (972) 392-4850

  fax: (972) 788-9334

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Lorton [mailto:HLORTON@dot.state.tx.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 2:34 PM
To: Frank O. McIllwain
Cc: Jenkinson, Joel
Subject: RE: Addison Airport - Construciton Contractor Qualifications

 

Frank, Karon was asking me if I had seen a revised "qualifications" list from you. I have not so assume you are still working on it. Understandably, this list must include qualification
questions that can be answered either yes or no. We discussed the first question should be is the contractor pre-qualified with TxDOT? It would be great if you could have a draft list
by the conference (or before) we can look at and discuss with Karon there if we want to keep this ball rolling. This process will add about 3-4 months onto the standard bid process so
we need to keep this in mind.

 

Thanks, Harry

 

 

>>> Karon Wiedemann 3/25/2010 >>>

Good Morning, Frank!

 

For this process it will not be a rating and ranking type situation.  It's a thing of being qualified or not being qualified.  You will need to determine the very specifics of what the
contractor must possess in skills and experience that would make them qualified.  It is a yes or no type of situation.  For the bidding process for construction contracts with the state
statutes that prevail in Texas for this project, we are not allowed to select the contractor on a qualifications basis.  It is low bid period.  But we can be sure that the contractors
that submit their bids are qualified.  Our current qualifications include the financial ability, equipment, appropriate experience, insurance, bonding and such sufficient to ensure they
can handle the project they are bidding.  You want additional qualifications so you will need to cover the existing qualifications that we require of all projects plus whatever else
is necessary to deal with the specialities of this project.  Those items must be quantifiable so we know if the contractor has them yes or no.  There is no need for points.  You could
possibly develop almost a check-list type process of the must haves.  Since we accept the highway qualified contractors, you might want to talk to Sheri Quinlan and see if she can possibly
obtain a qualification form that the contractors submit when they get qualified for TxDOT highway jobs.  That could be a good basis to give you ideas on how you want to proceed.

 

Karon