N.H. Admin. Code § Tra 502.14 - Consultant Evaluation

(a) Any contracted consultant or engineering services provider on a project funded with state highway aid shall be evaluated by the entity administering the contract under which the services were provided.

(b) The following shall be submitted by the entity administering the contract:

(1) The municipality in which the project took place;

(2) The date of the evaluation;

(3) The project name;

(4) A verbal description of the project;

(5) The name of the project manager;

(6) Name of the consultant being evaluated;

(7) Address of the consultant;

(8) Name of consultant's lead person;

(9) Type of work provided by the consultant;

(10) Information on whether the consultant requested or was required to file for extra work, and, if extra work was required, a brief explanation of the extra work;

(11) The names of any of the consultant's employees whose performance was outstanding and their contribution; and

(12) The names of any of the consultant's employees whose work was below expectations and in what way the work was below expectation.

(c) The administering entity shall evaluate consultant based organization and management services as to whether the quality of the services was above expectations, meets expectations, or was below expectations. Any evaluation of below expectations shall include comments explaining the reason for the evaluation.

(d) The following consultant based organization and management service areas shall be evaluated:

(1) Technical capability of personnel;

(2) Adequacy of supervision of personnel;

(3) Communication and cooperation with the contract administrator;

(4) Performance and workmanship;

(5) Invoicing;

(6) Administration of subconsultants; and

(7) Ability to anticipate and resolve technical or design issues.

(e) The administering entity shall evaluate design services as to whether the quality of the services was above expectations, meets expectations, or was below expectations, taking into account completeness, timeliness, accuracy, and ability to anticipate and resolve design issues.

(f) The following design service areas shall be evaluated, and an opportunity for comments shall be provided in each area:

(1) Support for environmental processes;

(2) Conceptual alternatives;

(3) The engineering study;

(4) Support of public participation;

(5) Preliminary plans;

(6) Final plans;

(7) Bid and contracting phase; and

(8) Construction.

(g) The evaluation shall provide an opportunity for the consultant to respond or comment upon any of the areas of the evaluation.

(h) Each consultant evaluation shall be dated and signed by:

(1) The municipal project manager;

(2) The chairman of the board of selectmen or the town or city manager, as applicable;

(3) The consultant's project manager; and

(4) The principal consultant.

Notes

N.H. Admin. Code § Tra 502.14

#8924, eff 6-27-07

Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 10, Filed March 10, 2016, Proposed by #11037, Effective 2/22/2016, Expires 2/22/2026.