Project Information

Bid Title

provide Professional Soils Investigation Services for the Jefferson

Issuing Agency

State Government of Louisiana

Location

Louisiana

Published Date

Jun 10, 2026

Closing Date

Jul 2, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

Ref. #

JPP-SOQ#26-015

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Bid Number	Description	Date Issued	Bid Open Date/Time
JPP-SOQ#26-015	provide Professional Soils Investigation Services for the Jefferson Parish Dept. of Public Works on an as Needed Basis for a 2 yr Period Original: JPP-SOQ#26-015	06/10/2026	07/02/2026 3:30:00 PM CT

Contact Information for Bid # JPP-SOQ#26-015

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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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.

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541330Engineering Services
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
• NAICS 541620Environmental Consulting Services
• NAICS 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• NAICS 561611Investigation Services

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