Environmental Review and Technical Services Master Contract

What is a Master Contract?

Eligibility

What services will be offered?

How do I use the Master Contract?

Categories of Service and Eligible Consultants

Additional Information

 

What is a Master Contract?

The Master Contract for Environmental Review and Technical Services was created to help government agencies increase administrative efficiency by simplifying the contracting process. A master contract creates a consistent and streamlined contracting process, ensures a competitive cost for services, and helps government agencies hire qualified consultants that have been evaluated by the State.

Eligibility

The master contract is available for use by local and state units of government. To use the master contract, apply to become a member of the Cooperative Purchasing Venture (CPV). For more information on CPV membership, visit the CPV website or contact the Office of State Procurement Helpline at 651.296.2600.

What services will be offered?

The master contract has four categories of services.

  1. Environmental review process
  2. Public engagement
  3. Community assessment
  4. Technical assessment

See below to identify eligible consultants for each of the following categories.

How do I use the Master Contract?

State agencies are eligible to use this master contract program. For all others to use the master contract program, you must become a CPV member, identify the services desired and solicit quotes, then work with the Department of Administration to setup the contract.

Steps for using the Environmental Review and Technical Services Master Contract

Step 1. Become a CPV member: You must be a state agency or approved CPV member. To learn more about the CPV Program, visit https://mn.gov/admin/osp/other-purchasers/cpv/cpv-eligibility.jsp.

Step 2. Identify services needed: Review the four service categories and identify the services needed within along with consultants eligible to perform the work.

Step 3. Select eligible consultant: Select an eligible consultant and request a quote. The estimated costs determine the number of quotes that need to be solicited within the applicable service category/ies.

  • Transactions up to $75,000 – Direct selection of one eligible consultant
  • Transactions between $75,001 and $250,000 – Solicit a minimum of three eligible consultant bids
  • Transactions greater than $250,000 – Request bids from all eligible consultants within the applicable service category/ies

 

Step 4. Contact the Department of Administration to draft contract: Work with the Department of Administration to complete a work order contract and route to appropriate agencies/personnel for finalization.

Categories of Service and Eligible Consultants

Consultants are identified by category of service they are eligible to perform. Multiple services under one or more categories may be selected.

Categories Services Eligible consultants
Category 1: Environmental review
  • Alternative urban areawide review (AUAR)
  • Environmental assessment worksheet (EAW)
  • Environmental impact statement (EIS)
  • Barr Engineering Co.
  • Bolton & Menk, Inc.
  • Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
  • HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Houston Engineering, Inc.
  • Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
  • SC Recon LLC
  • SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
  • Wenck Associates Inc.
  • WSB & Associates, Inc.
  • Z Companies, Inc. dba Zan Associates
Category 2: Public engagement
  • Communications
  • Editing/technical writing
  • Public/stakeholder engagement
  • Barr Engineering Co.
  • Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
  • HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Merjent, Inc.
  • SC Recon LLC
  • SDK Communications
  • SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
  • Widseth Smith Nolting & Assoc., Inc.
  • WSB & Associates, Inc.
  • Z Companies, Inc. dba Zan Associates
Category 3: Community assessment
  • Cultural impacts assessment
  • Economic impacts analysis
  • Greenhouse gas assessment
  • Health assessment
  • Noise
  • Social impacts assessment
  • Traffic and transportation impact assessment
  • Barr Engineering Co.
  • Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
  • HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Merjent, Inc.
  • SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
  • Traffic Data dba Spack Consulting
  • Wenck Associates Inc.
  • Widseth Smith Nolting & Assoc., Inc.
  • Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
  • WSB & Associates, Inc.
  • Z Companies, Inc. dba Zan Associates
Category 4: Technical assessment
  • Air
  • Contamination/hazardous materials/wastes
  • Cumulative potential effects assessment
  • Ecological
  • Geology, hydrogeology, and soils
  • GIS data analysis
  • Land use
  • Water resources
  • Barr Engineering Co.
  • Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
  • HDR Engineering, Inc.
  • Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
  • Merjent, Inc.
  • Northeast Technical Services, Inc.
  • ProSource Technologies, LLC
  • SC Recon LLC
  • SRF Consulting Group, Inc.
  • Stantec Consulting Services Inc.
  • Wenck Associates Inc.
  • Widseth Smith Nolting & Assoc., Inc.
  • Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
  • WSB & Associates, Inc.
  • Z Companies, Inc. dba Zan Associates

For Additional Information

The Minnesota Department of Administration administers the State Master Contracts and provides assistance for interested entities and consultants. The EQB is available for environmental review program assistance.

Mark Haselman                                                                                    Environmental Review Program
Minnesota Department of Administration                                             Environmental Quality Board  
Mark.Haselman@state.mn.us                                                              Env.Review@state.mn.us 
Office of State Procurement Helpline  651.296.2600                           EQB Hotline  651.757.2873