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Universal Engineering Sciences | 7 <br />C. Cover Letter and Executive Summary <br />Date:August 10, 2020 <br />Attention: Attn: City Clerk <br />Sunny Isles Beach Government Center <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 <br />Reference:Request for Qualifications No. 20-07-01 <br />Dear Mauricio Betancur, <br />Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) is excited to respond to the request for qualifications (RFQ) for <br />Continuing Professional Consulting Services Category 7 - Geotechnical Services for the City of Sunny Isles <br />Beach (the City). UES’s flexibility to meet the City’s needs is enhanced due to the fact we own and operate <br />equipment required for subsurface exploration, subsurface characterization, laboratory testing, and field <br />testing. <br />We are currently supporting the City of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, and the City of North Miami <br />where we are providing professional services with our local Miami office staff. Services provided to date <br />have included geotechnical engineering, materials testing, load test observation, foundation inspections, <br />subsurface exploration and laboratory testing. <br />Our firm has acquired experience throughout the years serving various city and county municipalities and <br />is knowledgeable with the process and technical expertise required to serve under this contract. Experience <br />gained includes knowledge of the challenging geology (i.e., highly compressible soils and soft sands <br />encountered in certain regions of the City), permitting requirements for drilling activities, underground <br />utility conflicts, sensitivity of local community to construction operations, groundwater fluctuations, <br />maintenance of traffic during drilling operations, strength properties of the rock formation, and more. <br />UES understands that if we are selected, that we can meet any location, budget, or task order. <br />The Miami office will be managing any new contracts that result from this RFQ. UES leads, on average, about <br />100 to 150 geotechnical projects a month. The Miami office has the technology, infrastructure, and personnel <br />to acquire new contracts from the City of Sunny Isles Beach and will deliver within budget and the time <br />frame required for this RFQ. <br />We look forward to the opportunity to provide the City of Sunny Isles Beach with our quality services through <br />this contract. Our intent is to surpass the City’s expectations in quality and service and to continuously <br />deliver within the City’s time restraints. <br />Thank you for considering Universal Engineering Sciences for this very contract. <br />Sincerely, <br />Universal Engineering Sciences <br />Reinaldo Villa, MS, PE <br />Authorized Representative <br />Branch Manager <br />RVilla@UniversalEngineering.com