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A. Cover Letter
<br />1. Statement of Qualifications
<br />August 8, 2023
<br />City of Santa Ana, California
<br />Public Works Agency
<br />20 Civic Center Plaza, M-36 Santa Ana, CA 92701
<br />Attn: Edward Torres, Senior Engineer
<br />(714) 647-5018 1 ETorres@santa-ana.org
<br />Re: Request for Proposals (RFP) for On -Call Construction Management and Inspection Services (RFP No. 23-122)
<br />We at Anser Advisory Management, LLC, dba Anser Advisory (Anser) are pleased to present the following proposal to provide On -Call Construction Management
<br />and Inspection Services to the City of Santa Ana (City) for the City's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Projects. We recognize that the level of staff required to best
<br />address the diversity of anticipated upcoming projects with the City of Santa Ana will vary based on each project's size as well as the availability of the City's
<br />internal resources to also support these anticipated projects. Anticipated projects span from street improvement, storm drain, traffic safety, utilities, lighting,
<br />water, sewer, parks, trails, and other public work projects as well as various public facility improvements to include the City Hall, zoo, community centers, and
<br />recreation facilities, highlighting the need for a highly experienced team of experts with a broad range of aptitudes.
<br />The City will benefit from a local Santa Ana firm (headquartered in Santa Ana) who is able to provide flexible and skillful staffing solutions to fit each project's
<br />unique needs. Anser can and will provide these solutions, with a diverse skillset and solid reputation for offering similar services within the City as well as to other
<br />similar -sized local municipalities and public agencies throughout Southern California.
<br />Serving as a local leader in construction management and inspection for public agency projects throughout Southern California, our proposal demonstrates a
<br />selection of our experience in providing these services on similar contracts and projects, highlights our proposed staff's education and experience, details our
<br />understanding of the scope of services and methodology of performing these services, and also confirms to the City our cost-effective rates and fees.
<br />Our team's combined experience, coupled with a deep understanding of best practices in coordination of diverse, complex, simultaneously occurring projects,
<br />enables us to confidently offer the following key traits to the City of Santa Ana: Experience, Commitment, and Responsiveness.
<br />Experience: Our team's Principal -in -Charge, Tyson Atwood, PE, QSD, a local Orange County resident, brings 20 years of broad experience in managing
<br />over $500 million of increasingly complicated projects heavily focused on public facilities, multi -modal path and trail systems, roadways, grade
<br />separations, infrastructures and other public works construction. Tyson's recent experience includes the $23.7million North Sphere Fire Station for the
<br />City of Palm Desert, the nearly $100 million 40-mile multi -modal corridor CVLink project for the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, and the
<br />$14 million 1-10 at Alabama Street Improvement Project for San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA).
<br />Tyson is supported by a range of other highly experienced subject matter experts addressing each of the potential upcoming projects described in the
<br />City's Capital Improvement Plan. These leaders include: Jonathan Smith, PE, QSD, who is a former Director of Public Works and who brings over 30
<br />years of engineering, design oversight, and project and construction management experience with a particular emphasis in public works infrastructure -
<br />oriented projects; Stephen Mutch, PE, CCM, Associate DBIA, QSD, who provides over 34 years of diverse experience with a particular emphasis on
<br />municipal projects, including libraries, municipal administration buildings, parks, and recreation facilities; Sunil Mallaiah, MSCE, Associate DBIA, LEED
<br />GA, whose background serving as a Regional Director of Construction for Los Angeles Unified School District (the second largest school district in the
<br />CITY OF SANTA ANA I RFP NO: 23-122 1 1 Anser Advisory
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