N.J. Admin. Code § 16:44A-3.1 - Criteria for the selection of the most highly qualified professional firms

(a) Prior to the solicitation of technical proposals pertaining to the procurement of professional services, the Department shall publicly advertise its need for such services. The advertisement shall conform to the requirements of N.J.S.A. 52:34-12(a) and (b), or be publicly advertised on the Department's website at: www.nj.gov/transportation/business/procurement/ProfServ/. The advertisement shall either include a statement of the criteria by which the Department shall evaluate the technical qualifications of professional firms and determine the order of preference to be used in designating the firms most highly qualified to perform the services or identify such criteria by reference to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Any professional firm that wishes to provide professional services to the Department shall pre-qualify by filing a current statement of qualifications and supporting data with the Department pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-9.3. Such statements may be filed at any time during the calendar year, and a fee of $ 100.00 shall be remitted by the professional firm at the time each statement is filed. Statements filed more than two years prior to the Department's publication of an advertisement shall not be deemed current statements and shall not be considered for that particular advertised need.

(c) In selecting the most highly qualified professional firms with which to contract for professional services, the Department, where applicable, shall consider the following criteria:

1. The experience and qualifications of the firm and designated project team in providing similar services;

2. The experience and qualifications of the firm and designated project team on projects of similar size and complexity;

3. The experience and capability of the firm and designated project team in respect to any special technologies, techniques, or expertise the project may require;

4. The past performance of the firm; and

5. Criteria unique to a particular project and specified in the Department's public advertisement of that project.

(d) In selecting and ranking qualified professional firms, the Department shall establish weights for the criteria applicable to each project. The Department may disqualify any firm determined to be unacceptably deficient in one or more of the applicable criteria, regardless of the firm's ranking or score on the remainder of the criteria.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 16:44A-3.1

Amended by R.2004 d.237, effective 6/21/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 20(a), 36 N.J.R. 3065(b).
In (a), added "technical" preceding "proposals" and deleted "or expressions of interest" after "proposals"; rewrote (b)5.
Amended by R.2004 d.387, effective 10/18/2004.
See: 36 N.J.R. 3236(a), 36 N.J.R. 4834(b).
In (a), inserted "landscape architectural," following "professional architectural"; in (b), inserted "landscape architectural," preceding "engineering".
Amended by R.2009 d.326, effective 11/2/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 2448(a), 41 N.J.R. 4125(a).
In (a), deleted "architectural, landscape architectural, engineering or land surveying" following the first occurrence of "professional" and substituted "on the Department's website at: www.nj.gov/transportation/business/procurement/ProfServ/" for "through electronic means"; added new (b); recodified former (b) and (c) as (c) and (d); and in the introductory paragraph of (c), substituted the second occurrence of "professional" for "architectural, landscape architectural, engineering or land surveying".