Provide Professional Landscape Architectural Services on an As Needed

Location:	Louisiana
Posted:	Apr 1, 2026
Due:	Apr 23, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Louisiana
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction
Solicitation No:	JPP-SOQ-26-006
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SOQ No. 26-006

Provide Professional Landscape Architectural Services on an As-

Needed Basis for Projects Located Throughout the Parish

Submission Deadline: April 23, 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: Ruby Tran

Purchasing Specialist II: ruby.tran@jeffparish.gov

Purchasing Specialist II: (504)-364-2687

PUBLIC NOTICE

SOQ 26-006

Provide Professional Landscape Architectural Services on an As-Needed

Basis for Projects Located Throughout the Parish

The Parish of Jefferson, authorized by Resolution No. 148216 is hereby

soliciting a Statement of Qualifications (TEC Professional Services

Questionnaire) from persons or firms interested in providing professional

landscape architectural services on an as-needed basis for projects located

throughout the Parish - Department of Capital Projects.

Deadline for Submissions: 3:30 p.m., April 23, 2026

General

Specific Scope of Services includes providing design, preparation of plans,

specifications, bidding and construction administration and related supplemental

services on an as-needed basis for landscape type projects located throughout

the Parish for a two year period.

The firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications (TEC Professional Services

Questionnaire) must identify all sub-consultant firms which they expect to use to

provide professional services, and submit a Statement of Qualifications (TEC

Professional Services Questionnaire) for each sub-consultant firm. (Refer to

Jefferson Parish Code Ordinance, Section 2-928).

All services shall be provided on an “as-needed” basis, and there shall be no

guarantee as to the amount of work the firm or firms will be given during the term

of the contract.

The Council, at its discretion, may choose one or more qualified firms to provide

the services.

Compensation

Compensation for the required services will be made on an hourly rate basis or a

fixed fee basis, or a combination of both, depending on scope and complexity of

the work. The Parish reserves the right to determine the method of payment

(hourly or fixed) for each individual assignment.

For hourly rate work, the firm shall be compensated by the appropriate Jefferson

Parish Department on the basis of their certified and itemized salary costs plus a

fee to cover overhead costs and profit in accordance with guidelines established

in Attachment “A” to the Standard Professional Services Agreement for Jefferson

Parish. A copy of Attachment “A” may be obtained by calling the Jefferson

Parish Department of Capital Projects at (504) 736-6833.

For fixed fee work, the fee shall be negotiated with the firm by the appropriate

Jefferson Parish Department and shall be mutually agreeable to both parties.

All costs associated with this project shall be subject to Jefferson Parish review

and approval.

The maximum yearly cap established by Jefferson Parish based on anticipated

needs for these services shall be $500,000.00, and the established cap shall not

be increased without Council approval.

Minimum Requirements for Selection

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1. The persons or firms under consideration shall have at least one (1)

principal who is a licensed, registered landscape architect, architect, or

a professional engineer in the State of Louisiana. A subcontractor may

not be used to meet this requirement. (Section C. of TEC Professional

Services Questionnaire);

2. The persons or firms under consideration shall have a professional in

charge of the Project who is a licensed landscape architect in the State

of Louisiana with a minimum of five (5) years’ experience. A

subcontractor may not be used to meet this requirement. (Section K.

“PROFESSIONAL IN CHARGE OF PROJECT:” of TEC Professional

Services Questionnaire);

3. The persons or firms under consideration shall have one (1) employee

who is a licensed landscape architect in the State of Louisiana in the

applicable discipline involved. A subcontractor may meet this

requirement only if the advertised Project involves more than one

discipline (Section D. of TEC Professional Services Questionnaire).

Evaluation Criteria

The following criteria will be used to evaluate each firm submitting a Statement of

Qualifications:

(1) Professional training and experience in relation to the type of work required

for the landscape architectural services. (Maximum points awarded shall be

35).

(2) Size of firm considering the number of professional and support personnel

required to perform the type of landscape architectural tasks, including

project evaluation, project design, drafting of technical plans, development

of technical specifications and construction administration. (Maximum

points awarded shall be 20).

(3) Capacity for timely completion of newly assigned work, considering the

factors of type of landscape architectural tasks, current unfinished workload,

and person or firm’s available professional and support personnel.

(Maximum points awarded shall be 20).

(4) Past Performance by person or firm on projects of or similar comparable

size, scope, and scale. 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. (Maximum

points awarded shall be 10).

(5) Location of the principal office. Preference shall be given to persons or

firms with a principal business office as follows: (1) Jefferson Parish,

including municipalities located within Jefferson Parish (15 points); (2)

Neighboring Parishes of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Region,

which includes Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles and St.

Tammany Parishes (12 Points); (3) Parishes other than the foregoing (10

Points); (4) Outside the State of Louisiana (6 Points). (Maximum points

awarded shall be 15).

(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 procedures 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. In the event that the person or firm fails to provide accurate and

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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. (Maximum points awarded shall be 15 for the lack of any such

adversarial proceedings as defined).

(7) Prior successful completion of projects of the type and nature of the

landscape architectural services, as defined, for which firm has provided

verifiable references. (Maximum points awarded shall be 15).

Only those persons or firms receiving an overall cumulative score of at least

seventy percent (70%) or greater, with their highest and lowest score not

counted, of the total possible points for all categories to be assigned by the

participating Technical Evaluation Committee members shall be deemed

qualified to perform landscape architectural tasks and shall be listed in

alphabetical order in the TEC meeting minutes.

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: April 1, 8, and 15, 2026

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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.

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

Bid Number	Description	Date Issued	Bid Open Date/Time
JPP-SOQ-26-006	Provide Professional Landscape Architectural Services on an As Needed Basis for Projects Located Throughout the Parish Original: JPP-SOQ-26-006	04/01/2026	04/23/2026 3:30:00 PM CT

Department	Non State - Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department
Section	Jefferson Parish Purchasing
Dept Code	JPP
Contact	Misty Camardelle
Address	200 Derbigny St., Suite 4400 Gretna, LA 70053
Phone	504-364-2678
Fax	504-364-2693
Email	purchasing@jeffparish.net

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