City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa - Purchasing Department

Project Management Services - Flood Recovery #0509-323

Scope of Work:
The City of Cedar Rapids is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide project management services to assist the City in coordinating its ongoing recovery from flood damage to City properties. The Consultant shall provide advice on continued development of a disaster recovery strategy, and provide services including the scheduling of contractors for the continued remediation and monitoring phase, review the accuracy of contractor's invoices, provide project management for the construction estimating phase, the design phase and construction management phase of building repair and reconstruction. It is important to fully understand and execute tracking of FEMA eligible and ineligible costs. Experience in development of financial protocols, including advice on accounts payables (checks and balances), financial tracking, budgeting, standby letters of credit and issuance of bonds. Consultant's experience for relationship building with Common Council, boards of trustees and commissions, is desirable. All services pursuant to this project shall be provided and performed in accordance with generally accepted standard of professional practice and, in accordance with the laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations and requirements of the governmental agencies which regulate or have jurisdiction over the services to be provided and/or performed by the Contractor. The Consultant shall appoint a Project Manager for the overall coordination and communication with the City. This manager shall remain on the job at all times as required by the City. Preference shall be given for familiarity with the city of Cedar Rapids buildings, building types and remediation efforts to date. Hands-on experience with redevelopment projects and program management for local governments is preferred.

**Deadline for sealed proposals has been extended to Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:00PM CDT**