provide Professional Soils Investigation Services for the Jefferson

SOQ No. 26-015
Provide Professional Soils Investigation Services for the Jefferson
Parish Department of Public Works on an as Needed Basis for a Two
(2) Year Period
Submission Deadline: July 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
ATTENTION VENDORS!!!
Please review all pages and respond accordingly, complying with all provisions
in the public notice and Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances Section 2-926 et
seq. All submissions must be received on the Purchasing Department's
e-Procurement site, www.jeffparishbids.net, by the SOQ submission deadline
date and time. Late submissions will not be accepted.
Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department
General Government Building
200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400
Gretna, LA 70053
Purchasing Specialist II: Stacey Champagne
Purchasing Specialist II: stacey.champagne@jeffparish.gov
Purchasing Specialist II: (504)-364-2688

PUBLIC NOTICE
SOQ#26-015
Provide Professional Soils Investigation Services for the Jefferson Parish
Department of Public Works on an as Needed Basis for a Two (2) Year Period
The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No.148593 is hereby
soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (TEC Professional Services Questionnaire) from
additional persons or firms interested in providing professional soils investigation
services on an as needed basis, for the Department of Public Works, for projects in the
Parish of Jefferson, for a period of two (2) years with maximum allowable fees of
$500,000.00 not to be exceeded by a factor of more than 10% per year.
Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., July 2,2026
General
The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (Jefferson Parish Technical
Evaluation Committee (TEC) Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which
they expect to use to provide professional services, and submit a Statement of
Qualifications (Jefferson Parish TEC Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant firm.
(Refer to Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).
With regard to the questionnaire, Principal means the sole proprietor of the firm, or one
who shares an ownership interest with other persons in the firm, including but not
limited to, a partner in a partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, or a member of a
limited liability corporation.
Compensation
The cost of these soils' investigation services will be negotiated by the Jefferson Parish
Department of Engineering. As determined by the Engineering Department, services
will be paid for on a lump sum fee basis or on the basis of the person or firm's certified
and itemized salary costs plus a fee to cover overhead cost and profit in accordance
with guidelines established in Attachment "A" to the Standard Professional Services
Agreement for Jefferson Parish. Copy of Attachment "A" may be obtained by calling the
Jefferson Parish Engineering Department at (504) 736-6505.
Minimum Requirements for Selection
1. one principal who is a professional engineer who shall be registered as such
in Louisiana
2. a professional in charge of the project who is a professional engineer who
shall be registered as such in Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years'
experience in the disciplines involved
3. one employee who is a professional engineer registered as such in Louisiana
in the field or fields of expertise required for the project (A sub-consultant
may meet the requirement only if the advertised project involves more than
one discipline.)
Evaluation Criteria
The following criteria will be used to evaluate the statement of the firms submitting:
1) Professional training and experience in relation to the type of work required
for soils investigation services - 35 points.
2) Size of firm, considering the number of professional and support personnel
required to perform soils investigation tasks, including drafting of reports, plans,
and specifications - 10 points.
3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the factors
of current unfinished workload, and person or firm's available professional and
support personnel - 20 points.

4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of similar or comparable size,
scope, and scale - 10 points (Assertions of fault by a person or firm, which shall
include time delays, cost over-runs, and or design inadequacies in prior work
completed for the Parish shall be evidenced by substantiating documentation
provided by the Director of Public Works for the requesting department or the
Director of Engineering and received by the Chairman of the Evaluation
Committee a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled date of the
Technical Evaluation Committee Meeting.).
5) Location of the principal office - 15 points (Preference shall be given to
persons or firms as follows: (A) Jefferson Parish, including municipalities located
within Jefferson Parish (15 Points); (B) Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New
Orleans Metropolitan Region, which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard,
St. Charles and St. Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (C) Parishes other than the
foregoing (10 Points); (D) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points).
6) Adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm
performing professional services, in which the Parish prevailed or any ongoing
adversarial legal proceedings between the Parish and the person or firm
performing professional services, excluding those instances or cases where the
person or firm was added as an indispensable party, or where the person or firm
participated in or assisted the public entity in prosecution of its claim - 15 points
(In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and detailed
information regarding legal proceedings with the Parish, including the absence of
legal proceedings, the person or firm shall be deemed unresponsive with regard
to this category, and zero (0) points shall be awarded.).
7) Prior successful completion of projects requiring soils investigation services for
which firm has provided verifiable references - 15 points.
The maximum cumulative fee that can be charged for all work on this contract
shall not exceed $500,000 per year unless increased by contract amendment approved
by the Jefferson Parish Council.
Each firm's lowest and highest score shall be dropped and not count towards the
firm's score. Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at
least seventy (70) percent or greater, of the total possible points for all categories to be
assigned by the participating technical evaluation committee members shall be deemed
qualified to perform soils investigation services tasks.
The person or firm submitting a Statement of Qualification (TEC Professional Services
Questionnaire) must identify all subcontractors who will assist in providing professional
services for the project, in the professional services questionnaire. Each subcontractor
shall be required to submit a (TEC Professional Services Questionnaire) and all
documents and information included in the questionnaire. (Refer to Jefferson Parish
Code Ordinance, Section 2-928)
All persons or firms (including subcontractors) must submit a Statement of
Qualifications (TEC Professional Services Questionnaire) by the deadline. The latest
professional services questionnaire may be obtained by contacting the Purchasing
Department at (504) 364-2678 or via the Jefferson Parish website at
https://www.jeffparish.gov/468/Statement-of-Qualifications-SOQ.
Submissions will only be accepted electronically via Jefferson Parish's e-Procurement
site, Central Bidding at www.centralauctionhouse.com or www.jeffparishbids.net.
Registration is required and free for Jefferson Parish vendors by accessing the following
link: www.centralauctionhouse.com/registration.php.
No submittals will be accepted after the deadline.
Affidavits and Insurance are not required to be submitted with the Statement of
Qualifications, but shall be submitted prior to contract approval.
Disputes/protests relating to the decisions by the evaluation committee or by the

Jefferson Parish Council shall be brought before the 24th Judicial Court.
ADV: The New Orleans Advocate: June 10, 17, and June 24, 2026

ATTACHMENT "A" TO THE STANDARD PROFESSIONAL
SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR JEFFERSON PARISH
(Res. No. 76068, dated January 25, 1994; Amended per Ord, No. 21593. dated June 5,2002;
Amended per Ord. No. 26578, dated March 15, 2023)
This attachment shall be a part of all professional service agreements for engineering and
architectural services in Jefferson Parish.
The Statewide "DOTD Average Salary Rate" document [average rate plus one (1) standard
deviation], hereinafter referred to as "DOTD Document", is to be used for establishing Maximum
Direct Hourly Rate, Maximum Payable Hourly Rate, maximum overhead rate and, indirectly, the
maximum multiplier for each new professional services agreement. The version of the "DOTD
Document" to be used by Jefferson Parish will be that version of the document as designated by
the Director of the Department of Public Works.
For all hourly rate services, including supplementary services, where payments are made on the
basis of hourly rates, the ENGINEER/ARCHITECT, hereinafter ENGINEER, shall be paid on the
basis of their certified and itemized direct salary costs (Direct Hourly Rates) times a multiplier to
determine Payable Hourly Rates, which shall cover direct salary, overhead and 15% profit.
The multiplier shall be established from the overhead rate resulting from an audit of the
ENGINEER performed by a Federal or State agency, or from an audit performed by a Certified
Public Accountant (CPA) hired by the ENGINEER, provided the CPA certifies that their audit
complies with the latest applicable FAR's and CFR's. In the event a satisfactory audit is not
provided, the multiplier shall be 2.3.
The DIRECTOR shall have the right to require the ENGINEER to provide sufficient documentation
to support the approved multiplier.
In no case shall the overhead rate utilized to determine the multiplier be greater than the
applicable overhead rate shown on the "DOTD Document" as designated by the Director of the
Department of Public Works.
In no case shall the Direct Hourly Rate and Payable Hourly Rate used to pay for professional
services exceed the Maximum Direct Hourly Rate and Maximum Payable Hourly Rate shown
herein that have been derived from the "DOTD Document" as designated by the Director of the
Department of Public Works.
For this agreement, the approved multiplier shall be established at the time the services are
required.
The rates payable to sub-consultants shall be governed by the same regulations as those for the
ENGINEER, with an overhead rate and multiplier established for each sub-consultant.
If a Personnel Classification required for a Parish project is not included in the "DOTD Document",
the Parish Administration shall establish a new Personnel Classification and an appropriate
maximum direct and payable hourly rate, which would be consistent with personnel categories of
similar expertise found within the "DOTD Document", and include herein.
Once contract fees are negotiated, the "DOTD Document" as designated by the Director of the
Department of Public Works and in effect at the time of negotiation shall be used. Those fees
rates will be unaffected by subsequent versions of the "DOTD Document", except that the rates
for Resident Inspection services will be those in the "DOTD Document" in effect at the time those
inspection services begin. The rates in effect for this contract are included herein.
The ENGINEER shall be reimbursed for costs incurred by sub-consultants at the rate of 1.10
times the actual invoices of sub-consultants, up to a total amount of $200,000.00. Thereafter, the
rate shall be reduced to 1.05.
The ENGINEER shall be reimbursed for other direct costs charged to the project at a rate not to
exceed 1.10 times the direct expenses. No reimbursement will be made without satisfactory
documentation. The DIRECTOR reserves the right to have the ENGINEER provide proof that
direct expenses charged to the project are not included in ENGINEER'S overhead.
The ENGINEER shall be reimbursed for actual mileage expenses incurred while performing work
directly related to this contract; however, the reimbursement rate shall not exceed the Jefferson
Parish mileage rate in effect at that time.

On all contracts for which the Council has selected two or more consultants to share the work,
the Council shall specify the prime, or lead, consultant, and this consultant shall perform a larger
percentage of the basic design services than any of the sub-consultants, but in no case shall the
prime, or lead, consultant perform less than forty (40) percent of the basic design services.
The MAXIMUM DIRECT HOURLY RATE and MAXIMUM PAYABLE HOURLY RATE for each
Personnel Classification shall not exceed the rates in the following chart, regardless of the audited
overhead rate of the ENGINEER. These rates will also apply to firms incorporated out of State.
The MAXIMUM DIRECT HOURLY RATES shown below are equivalent to the Statewide DOTD
Average Salary Rates, plus one (1) standard deviation, as designated by the Director of the
Department of Public Works.
The MAXIMUM PAYABLE HOURLY RATES shown below are a product of the appropriate
Maximum Multiplier (field or non-field) and the MAXIMUM DIRECT HOURLY RATE.
PERSONNEL MAXIMUM DIRECT MAXIMUM PAYABLE
CLASSIFICATION HOURLY RATE ($) HOURLY RATE ($)
(*)
Abstractor/Appraiser 72.95 241.81
Accountant/Business Mgr. 54.46 180.52
Administrative/Clerical 30.90 102.43
Archaeologist 36.83 122.08
Architect 58.91 195.27
Biologist/Wetland Ecologist 41.63 138.00
CADD Drafter 29.75 98.62
CADD Technician 42.09 139.52
Computer Analyst 62.12 205.92
Driller 33.59 98.00
Economist 81.53 270.26
Engineer (P.E.) 66.82 221.49
Engineer Intern (E.I.) 38.88 128.88
Environmental Manager 81.30 269.49
Environmental Pro 58.60 194.25
Geologist 69.79 231.34
GIS Analyst 45.57 151.06
Inspector 35.80 104.45
Instrument Man 22.43 65.44
Labor 25.13 73.32
Landscape Architect 50.52 167.46
Party Chief (Survey) 31.66 92.37
Planner 79.87 264.75
Pre-Professional 38.88 128.88
Principal 124.10 411.37
Program Manager 93.81 310.96
Rodman 17.66 51.52
Senior Architect 75.08 248.88
Senior Landscape Architect 65.87 218.35
Senior Technician 50.99 169.02
Supervisor - Engineer (P.E.) 93.81 310.96
Supervisor - Other 91.70 303.97
Surveyor (P.L.S.) 63.10 209.16
Technician 35.49 117.64
Office Overhead Rate (%) (*) 188.24.....Maximum Multiplier (Office) = 3.3148
Field Overhead Rate (%) (*) 153.70.....Maximum Multiplier (Field) = 2.9176
(*) = Statewide DOTD Average Salary/Overhead Rate plus one (1) standard deviation obtained
from document dated February 1, 2022.

Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Questionnaire
Instructions
* The Technical Evaluation Committee (TEC) Questionnaire
shall be used for professional services related to architecture,
engineering, or survey projects.
* The TEC Questionnaire should be completely filled
out. Complete and attach ALL sections. Insert "N/A"
or "None" if a section does not apply or if there is no
information to provide.
* Questionnaire must be signed by an authorized representative
of the Firm. Failure to sign the questionnaire shall result in
disqualification of proposer pursuant to J.P. Code of Ordinances
Sec. 2-928.
* All subcontractors must be listed in the appropriate section of
the Questionnaire. Each subcontractor must provide a
complete copy of the TEC Questionnaire,
applicable licenses, and any other information
required by the advertisement. Failure to provide the
subcontractors' complete questionnaire(s), applicable
licenses, and any other information required by the
advertisement shall result in disqualification of proposer
pursuant to J.P. Code of Ordinances Sec. 2-928.
* If additional pages are needed, attach them to the
questionnaire and include all applicable information that is
required by the questionnaire.
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TEC Professional Services Questionnaire
A. Project Name and Advertisement Resolution Number:
B. Firm Name & Address:
C. Name, title and contact information of Principal, as defined in Section 2-926 of the Jefferson Parish
Code of Ordinances, who is a registered, licensed architect, professional engineer, or surveyor in the
State of Louisiana:
D. Name and contact information of employee who is a registered and licensed architect, professional
engineer, or surveyor in the State of Louisiana in the applicable discipline. A subcontractor may be
substituted here only if the advertised Project requires more than one discipline.
E. Please provide the number of employees whose primary function corresponds with each category:
___ Administrative ___ Estimators ___ Specification Writers
___ Architects (Licensed) ___ Geologists ___ Structural Engineers
___ Chemical Engineers ___ Geotechnical Engineers ___ Graduate Engineers
___ Civil Engineers ___ Interior Designers ___ Project Managers
___ Construction Inspectors ___ Landscape Architects ___ Clerical
___ Ecologists ___ Land Surveyor ___ Grant/Funding Specialist
___ Electrical Engineers ___ Mechanical Engineers ___ Sanitary Engineers
___ Engineer Intern ___ Environmental Engineers
___ Professional Land Surveyors _0___ TOTAL
F. Is this submittal by a JOINT-VENTURE? Please check: YES NO
If marked "No" skip to Section I. If marked "yes" complete Sections G-H.
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G. If submittal is by JOINT-VENTURE, list the firms participating and outline specific areas of
responsibility (including administrative, technical, and financial) for each firm. Please attach
additional pages if necessary.
1.
2.
H. Has this JOINT-VENTURE previously worked together? Please check:
YES NO
I. List all subcontractors anticipated for this Project. Please note that all subcontractors must submit a
fully completed copy of this questionnaire, applicable licenses, and any other information required by
the advertisement. See Jefferson Parish Code of Ordinances, Sec. 2-928(a)(3). Please attach additional
pages if necessary.
Worked with Firm Before (Yes
Name & Address: Specialty:
or No):
1.
2.
3.
J. Please specify the total number of support personnel that may assist in the completion of this Project:
________
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K. List the professional in charge, key persons, specialists, and individual consultants anticipated for this
Project and provide their relevant information below. If necessary, please attach additional
documentation (i.e. resume) that demonstrates the employment history and experience of the Firm's
key persons that may assist in the completion of this Project. Please attach additional pages if
necessary.
PROFESSIONAL IN CHARGE OF PROJECT:
Name & Title:
Project Assignment:
Name of Firm with which associated:
Years' experience with this Firm:
Education: Degree(s)/Year/Specialization:
Active registration: Year first registered/discipline:
Other experience and qualifications relevant to the proposed Project:
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