PROPOSAL FOR LAKE QUONNIPAUG MANAGEMENT PLAN RFQ/RFP #3-2021 SUBMITTED TO Town of Guilford, Connecticut 03/17/2021 G0622-P006 March 17, 2021 Kevin Magee Environmental Planner Town of Guilford c/o Office of the First Selectman 31 Park Street, 2nd Floor Guilford, Connecticut 06437 Re: RFQ/RFP #3-2021 – Proposal for Lake Quonnipaug Management Plan Dear Mr. Magee: Tighe & Bond is excited to have the opportunity to respond to this request for proposals for the preparation of a Management Plan for Lake Quonnipaug. For this response, Tighe & Bond is teaming with Aquatic Ecosystem Research (AER) to form a project team that provides the qualifications and experience necessary to develop a successful management plan for the lake. Our team’s focus will be the successful delivery of a Management Plan for the Town of Guilford that meets the schedule and budget requirements for this project. We will use a science-based approach with clearly presented steps for the Town and stakeholders to put into action. Below we have briefly responded to the RFP selection criteria to highlight our qualifications for this project: Technical competence: Our project team members have experience with the range of subject matter required to prepare a successful plan. We have subject matter expertise in aquatic plants, algae, lake management, water quality, stormwater quality, watershed nutrient loading, and municipal regulations. Experience in a variety of in-lake and watershed-based management programs, including traditional and emerging techniques: AER’s staff has experience with the full range of aquatic vegetation management techniques from chemical treatment to triploid grass carp. Tighe & Bond’s staff has experience with dam rehabilitation, dredging, stormwater management infrastructure, and watershed mapping and inventories with field electronic data collection. Track Record of Successful Stakeholder Coordination: Our project team routinely works for and with town officials and staff, state agencies, and nonprofit organizations. In our project examples we discuss how our work at Alexander’s Lake includes coordination with multiple stakeholder organizations. Performance Record: Tighe & Bond has many repeat and long-term clients based on our past performance with project work quality and schedule. One example is Holyoke Water Works, where Tighe & Bond has provided watershed protection services for twenty years, including the preparation and implementation of watershed and recreation management plans. Tighe & Bond has been fortunate to work with the Town of Guilford in the past, providing environmental consulting services for demolition of the old high school, and we are currently 213 Court Street, Suite 1100 • Middletown, CT 06457 • Tel 860.704.4760 www.tighebond.com working on pedestrian safety improvements at Church Street (Route 77) and Hubbard Road. We will leverage this experience working with the Town to “hit the ground running” and deliver this project efficiently for you. Tighe & Bond has reviewed the requirements of the RFQ/RFP and would like to point out that our professional liability is on a claims-made, not occurrence basis, and our deductible is $200,000. Please note, we are unable to provide additional insured status for the professional liability coverage. If selected, we would like the opportunity to negotiate mutually acceptable and insurable terms with the Town. Our RFQ/RFP response includes more information about our project team and our project approach. I hope we will have the opportunity to discuss the project with you if you choose to conduct interviews. Very truly yours, TIGHE & BOND, INC. Daniel Rukakoski, PSS, PWS Richard Canavan, PhD, PWS Vice President Principal Environmental Scientist Enclosures Technical Proposal Fee Proposal - 2 - CONTENTS COMPANY INFORMATION ......................................................................1 REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE ..........................................................4 REFERENCES ..........................................................................................7 PROJECT TEAM .......................................................................................8 PROJECT APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ................................... 12 APPENDIX A: RESUMES APPENDIX B: REQUIRED FORMS SEPARATE ENVELOPE: FEE PROPOSAL i TOWN OF GUILFORD OFFICE LOCATIONS LAKE QUONNIPAUG MANAGEMENT PLAN ii TOWN OF GUILFORD COMPANY INFORMATION For more than a century, Tighe & Bond has been a leading multi- disciplinary consulting firm in the Northeast, manifesting its clients’ vision for a better built environment by providing full-service engineering, landscape design, site planning, and environmental services. Innovative thinking and exceptional service have always been at the core of our work. Our experienced professionals provide concept-to-completion expertise to comprehensively address the needs of our public and private clients. By focusing on bright ideas, green strategies, and clear solutions, the Tighe & Bond team develops creative, collaborative responses to complex challenges. We never stop evolving in order to keep pace with our ever-changing industry because moving forward is what we do. 1 TOWN OF GUILFORD ABOUT TIGHE & BOND As a full-service professional consulting firm focused on serving clients throughout the Northeast, Tighe & Bond offers concept-to-completion expertise. Our full array of services includes water and wastewater engineering, site planning and design, transportation engineering, GIS and asset management, environmental consulting, coastal and waterfront solutions, and building engineering (MEP, structural, and geotechnical). Our urban planning and landscape architecture practice was strengthened with the 2020 addition of Halvorson | Tighe & Bond Studio. In 2021 RT Group joined the firm, augmenting our waterfront and geotechnical service offerings. With our signature attention to detail and project advocacy, we devise effective solutions to meet the unique needs of our clients and their stakeholders. Currently ranked #7 on Engineering News Record’s Top New England Design Firms, we have over 400 professionals working together in 12 offices from New York to Maine. Our team provides professional services for clients in education, healthcare, government (federal, state and local), industry, real estate development, renewable energy, power utility and water/wastewater utility markets. FIRM HISTORY Our firm was founded over a century ago in the commercial center of Holyoke, Massachusetts by James Tighe. Tighe was a respected water works engineer instrumental in solving the deteriorating water quality and supply issues facing the fast-growing industrial City. After opening his own practice in 1911, Tighe formed a partnership with Philip Bond, who brought municipal infrastructure expertise. Neither man knew that their partnership would establish a firm that would not only serve Western Massachusetts but continue to blossom for over 100 years and expand its reach across the Northeast. In 2000 and 2001, Tighe & Bond opened offices in Shelton and Middletown to better serve our Connecticut clients. These two offices are fully staffed with over 70 engineers, planners, environmental scientists, site remediation and HBMA specialists, and GIS professionals. LAKE QUONNIPAUG MANAGEMENT PLAN 2 TOWN OF GUILFORD WORKLOAD STATEMENT We are a 400+ person firm generating over $80 million in annual revenues and we have a current backlog of $55 million. We are confident that Tighe & Bond can provide the responsive service required for this project. For additional information about the individuals committed to work on this important project for Guilford, please see the Project Team section. OWNERSHIP Tighe & Bond is a privately held, employee-owned corporation incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The company is governed by a Board of Directors, and 100 employees, including Senior Principal Owners, Principal Owners, Senior Associate Owners and Associate Owners own 70% of the company stock. The remaining 30% of the firm’s stock is owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). Services under this contract will be provided primarily from our Middletown, CT office: Tighe & Bond, Inc. 213 Court St #1100 Middletown, CT 06457 PRINCIPALS OF THE FIRM As indicated above, Tighe & Bond is a privately-held, employee-owned corporation. For this project, Daniel Rukakoski, Vice President, will serve as Project Director and is authorized to bind Tighe & Bond contractually. Dan is a Principal of Tighe & Bond and reports to Robert Belitz, Chief Executive Officer. Daniel P. Rukakoski, PWS, CWS, PSS Vice-President and Principal [email protected] (413) 875-1312 CONTACT INFORMATION For questions regarding this proposal, please contact Project Manager Richard Canavan, PhD, PWS, PSS: Richard Canavan, PhD, PWS, PSS Principal Environmental Scientist [email protected] (860) 933-1369 3 TOWN OF GUILFORD REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE ALEXANDER’S LAKE, KILLINGLY, CT Tighe & Bond and Aquatic Ecosystem Research (AER) currently team to provide water quality monitoring services for Alexander’s Lake in Killingly, CT. Richard Canavan has been working at this lake since 2011, when he prepared a successful grant application for a homeowner’s organization to develop a lake and watershed management plan and worked with several stakeholder organizations in the development of that plan. The management plan required a detailed review of past scientific studies of the lake, which included monitoring by