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A 3150 SW 38th Avenue | Suite 450 | Miami, FL 33146 | O 305.827.2220 | E cesinfo@cesconsult.com | W cesconsult.com <br />License #CA8811 <br />C-1 <br />August 18, 2020 <br />Office of the City Clerk <br />Sunny Isles Beach Government Center <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />RE: RFQ No. 20-07-01: Continuing Professional Consulting Services (CCNA) <br />Dear Members of the Selection Committee, <br />CES Consultants, Inc. (CES) is pleased to present this Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to provide Continuing Professional <br />Consulting Services to the City of Sunny Isles Beach (City) in our in-house specialty areas of Civil Engineering and Construction <br />Engineering Inspection (CEI). As you will see throughout our SOQ, CES offers the City a team of qualified personnel that, <br />since our organization in 2001, have provided these professional engineering services on a multitude of local infrastructure <br />improvement projects just like those that will be assigned under this contract. We are currently providing these services to <br />numerous municipal and public agency clients, including the: Miami-Dade Water & Sewer Department, South Florida Water <br />Management District, City of Miami Beach, City of North Miami, City of Riviera Beach, City of Pembroke Pines, Palm Beach <br />County Water Utilities Department, Broward County Water & Waste Water Services, School Board of Broward County, and Miami <br />Dade College, amongst others. <br />CES understands that the proposed agreement provides the basis for issuing specific work orders to perform specific services <br />required by the City. CES will respond to each work order as a team comprising CES staff, any required subconsultants, and City <br />staff. The CES Team will be led and managed by an experienced Senior Project Manager, Mr. Jose Caraballo, PE, and assisted by <br />Project Manager Mr. Gustavo Silva, PE, in technical assignments, in project delivery, in team coordination, and in collaboration <br />with the City of Sunny Isles Beach. This provides the City with a lead person who has the credentials, experience, and working <br />relationships with permitting agencies, contractors and nearby utilities that may be affected by this work, as well as experienced <br />support personnel, allowing us to handle multiple concurrent Task Orders. <br />Our Specialties <br />Civil Engineering & Design <br />With more than 40 licensed Professional Engineers, CES provides full civil engineering services to our clients. Our primary <br />specialty is Municipal Civil Engineering, as 100% of our work is for governmental clients and agencies. More than 90% of our <br />work is for cities and counties, with the remaining 10% for ports, airports, and various state agencies. Civil Engineering covers <br />a lot of scope areas, and CES is best known for its work in Neighborhood Improvements, upgrading underground utilities, <br />installing storm drainage, and repaving streets. Pump station work for both sewer and water is also a specialty of ours as we <br />have been involved with the Pump Station Improvement Programs for the last 15+ years with the Miami-Dade County Water & <br />Sewer Department. <br />Construction Administration, Engineering & Inspection <br />CES also has full in-house capabilities to provide construction administration and management, engineering, inspection/ <br />observation, scheduling, and cost estimating services for a variety of engineering, horizontal/vertical construction, and utility <br />infrastructure projects. Our professionals have participated in the performance and management of construction of the largest <br />capital and consent decree programs and projects in Florida, and we have never missed a deadline. Our staff has also performed <br />Construction Inspection and QA/QC on several school board projects in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, as well as