Professional ServicesContracting System

PSCS Version 4.0Prequalification Application

Presented by Karen MacdonaldPrequalification Engineer, INDOT

April 23, 2013

PSCS and ITAP PSCS is INDOT’s Professional Services

Contracting System External users use PSCS for the Prequalification

Application, Letter of Interest (LOI) submittals, and viewing Performance Evaluations.

Internal users use PSCS for processing the Prequalification Application, Request for Proposal (RFP) item development, selection scoring and approvals, contract tracking, and evaluating plan and report submittals in the Performance Evaluation module.

PSCS and ITAP ITAP is INDOT’s Technical Applications

Pathway ITAP is used to access INDOT programs Businesses and users have to enroll in ITAP to

gain access (external and internal) The Prequalification Section approves new

businesses and name changes to a business If the business name change involves a new

taxpayer ID, then they will need to enroll in ITAP under the new name.

The business primary contact approves users in ITAP

PSCS 4.0 Why rebuild the PSCS Prequalification

Application? For enhanced security To enhance PSCS Prequalification To coordinate changes with the PSCS RFP/LOI

and PSCS Performance Evaluation modules To make the system more user friendly

INDOT Consultant Prequalification Consultant Selection is a

qualifications based process The Prequalification Application is the first step

in the process. The second part of the selection process is submitting a Letter of Interest (LOI) in response to the Request for Proposal (RFP).

Both of these processes are part of PSCS. If you are not approved in the PSCS system as

a Consultant Requiring Prequalification or Consultant Not Requiring Prequalification, then you will not be allowed to submit a LOI for advertised projects.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification Consultant Prequalification and the

RFP/LOI Process Contracts may be advertised under INDOT’s

Request for Proposal (RFP) process with: Prequalification Required based on work types

advertised for the project - All Letters of Interest (LOI’s) for contracts with advertised work types (ie, survey, road design, real estate appraisal, etc.) must have a responsible party for each work type. The prime consultant or a prequalified subconsultant must be prequalified for each advertised work type.

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INDOT Consultant Prequalification Contracts may be advertised under INDOT’s

Request for Proposal (RFP) process with: Continued from previous slide

General Prequalification Required- A contract advertised with general prequalification does not specify any work types, but the firms submitting LOI’s must be prequalified with at least one work type.

Prequalification Not Required - Although a contract may be advertised with prequalification not required, the firm still needs to enroll through ITAP and submit the Business Registration Application to be able to submit an LOI.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s different? What is different with PSCS 4.0?

The way it looks User friendly guidance Added security Separation of the General/Technical Application

from the Financial Application Can no longer submit more than one

application of each type No longer have to submit hard copies of the

financial information Determination of Consultant Requiring

Prequalification and Consultant Not Requiring Prequalification now in PSCS

PSCS 4.0 – What’s different? User Friendly

We have added guidance in the application to make it more user friendly

List of Icons Quick Steps Error Messages Printable copy of application Help Guides in the application

PSCS 4.0 – What’s different? Added Security

There is new security for users. The consultant’s primary contact person can set user permissions. If the consultant only wants certain employees to have access to financial information about the company, then a specific user can be designated to have access to that part of the application. Please do not share User IDs and Passwords. Have the user register through ITAP. Each company can have multiple users.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s different? Separation of Gen/Tech Application

from Fin Application After submitting the Initial Prequalification

application, then the financial application and general/technical application will become separate applications. You will no longer have to submit all three parts with each application.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s different? Can no longer submit more than one

application of each type Consultants will no longer be allowed to submit

more than one application. A general/technical modification or renewal application cannot be started if the last application is pending in the system. INDOT will have to process the application before a new application can be submitted. However, the consultant will be allowed to submit a financial update or modification if a general/technical modification or renewal is pending approval, and vice versa.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s new? What is new with PSCS 4.0?

Some new fields Approval of Qualifying Persons Limited Services/Unit Price Financial Levels

only on Initial Application Financial Applications - Who approves? Financial Expiration Date

PSCS 4.0 – What’s new? Approval of Qualifying Persons

The Prequalification Application and the Work Type Certificate will now show the approved Qualifying Persons

In the old system, we did not have a way to indicate which QP’s were approved. We kept track of that on worksheets in our files.

The old system allowed for multiple QP’s to be submitted for each work type.

With the PSCS 4.0, we have set minimum and maximum QP’s per Work Type. In most cases the min and max are one.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s new? Limited Services/Unit Price Financial

Levels only on Initial Application On new prequalification applications, the

applicant will be forced to submit for the Limited Services/Unit Price financial levels only. A financial modification application will have to be submitted afterwards to be considered for a full financial level.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s new? Financial Applications - Who

approves? In addition to processing the Initial

Prequalification Application, General/Technical Modification and Renewal Applications, the Prequalification Section will process Financial Applications that involve Limited or Unit Price Services only. The External Audit Section will process the full Financial Applications. Full Financial Levels include CPA Audit, Cognizant Audit, and Self-Certified.

PSCS 4.0 – What’s new? Financial Expiration Date

The financial expiration date will be set to 18 months after the end of the last submitted fiscal year end date. If a Financial Update is submitted before the Financial Expiration Date has passed, the consultant will still be allowed to submit an LOI.

PSCS 4.0 Types of Applications

Business Registration (Initial, Modification, Renewal)

Initial Prequalification Application General/Technical Modification (can submit

one part or both) General/Technical Renewal (must submit both

parts) Financial Renewal (Financial Update) Financial Modification

PSCS 4.0 – Application Types Consultant Prequalification Application There are three sections in the Consultant Prequalification

Application: General Information Section – The consultant provides information

on the company, including addresses for all offices, a main contact person, a list of owners and officers, list of affiliates, number of employees, etc. The consultant is asked to include a W-9 showing the company’s Federal Tax ID, Secretary of State registration, DBE/MBE/WBE certifications, and certificate of professional liability insurance.

Technical Information Section – The consultant requests the desired work types and provides resumes on qualifying personnel for those work types. The resumes should demonstrate project experience and provide information on education, licenses, and training. If the work type requires a professional license (ie, engineer, surveyor) the qualifying person must be registered in the State of Indiana.

Financial Information Section – The consultant provides information about the prequalification financial level requested.

PSCS 4.0 – Application Types Business Registration vs the General

Section of the Prequalification Application

The General Section of the Prequalification Application will have the information populated from the Business Registration. There are two additional fields that need to be filled out in the General Section:

Information about the Professional Liability or Errors and Omissions Insurance, and

A list of affiliated companies

PSCS 4.0 Phases of the Application

Draft Signed Submitted Received and Under Review Approved/Complete Denied/Incomplete

PSCS 4.0 – Conversion of Data Conversion of Existing Applications

We have indicated the approved Qualifying Person(s) (QP) for each Consultant’s approved Work Type (WT) as part of the conversion of data.

When submitting your first modification or renewal application, you may find that you will have error messages. You may need to provide additional information, before you can submit the application.

It would be best to print out all QP’s resumes after PSCS 4.0 goes live. Then you can take time to assign WT’s to each project before getting into the system.

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PSCS 4.0 – Conversion of Data Conversion of Existing Applications – continued With your next modification or renewal

submission, if the WT was already approved, then you do not have to clean it up; however, if the WT becomes pending, by deleting the approved QP on the WT, or by recalling the WT to resubmit it, then you will have to do the following:

Adhere to QP min/max for the WT Remove QP’s that are not approved Assign QP’s to each WT Assign WT’s to each listed project Continues on next slide

PSCS 4.0 – Conversion of Data Conversion of Existing Applications – continued If you use a previously approved QP for a new

WT, then the WT’s will have to be associated to all projects on that QP’s resume.

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PSCS 4.0 – Conversion of Data Conversion of Existing Applications – continued

The resume in the old application was not very self-explanatory. Some consultants listed their projects under Typical Project Assignments, while others listed the projects under Experience and Qualifications. We allowed multiple entries in both locations. Because of this we have dumped the info from both locations under the List of Projects. The new system is designed to allow multiple projects, but only one text box entry for Employment History, Experience, and Qualifications Summary. We call that the “Brag Box”. The first time into the QP’s resume, the Brag Box will be empty. You can move information back from the project listing back to the Brag Box. In testing, we also found some certifications that were moved up to the List of Projects, because they had been under the Experience and Qualifications in the old system.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification

Prequalification Financial Levels:

Limited Services Unit Price Services Full Financial Levels:

• Self-Certified• CPA Audited• Cognizant Audit

With an Initial Prequalification Application, the consultant can only request for Limited Services / Unit Price Services. You will be asked to specify the total wages and salaries and the associated fiscal year end date.

After approval of the Initial application, then the consultant can submit a financial modification for a full financial submittal.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification

Consultant Selection Capacity: The consultant selection capacity is an annual limit on services. The capacity is based on 200% of the total wages and salaries of

the firm. For the Limited Services financial level, the capacity will be limited

to a maximum of $150,000. For firms with a Self-Certified financial level, the capacity is limited

to a maximum of $250,000. Consultants with less than $75,000 in annual total wages and

salaries are limited to annual services of no more than $150,000. Consultants are allowed to divide the amounts of their contracts

over multiple years when determining available capacity for selections. The unearned work should include all INDOT and LPA contracts that are incomplete.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification

Consultant Prequalification Manual

We will update the Consultant Prequalification Manual to reflect changes to the following:• PSCS 4.0• The addition of the new Limited Services financial level

We are also currently working on revisions to some of the work types

INDOT Consultant Prequalification

Locating Our Website

Go to www.in.gov/indot On the left, click on Doing Business with

INDOT Click on Consultants/Pre-Construction Click on Consultants Prequalification Direct link to the Consultants

Prequalification webpage is at http://www.in.gov/indot/2732.htm

INDOT Consultant Prequalification Links

Some important consultant links available on our website- Online Consultant Prequalification

This is a memo that provides information on enrollment in the INDOT Technical Applications Pathway (ITAP). Enrollment in ITAP is the first step in submitting the Prequalification Application. INDOT only accepts Consultant Prequalification Applications that are submitted online.

Consultant Prequalification Manual Contains information on all aspects of Consultant Prequalification including specific

requirements for work type approval.

List of Prequalified Consultants An Excel spreadsheet listing all currently approved consultants and their approved work

types. The sheet may be searched and sorted by work type.

DBE Subconsultants Not Requiring Prequalification A list of services that do not require INDOT prequalification but may provide subconsultant

opportunities to fulfill a DBE goal. The list includes various DBE codes for services that are sometimes required in our engineering services contracts.

Audit Information A direct link to our External Audit Section’s webpage, which includes helpful checklists for

required financial documentation.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification Contacts

Prequalification Engineer - Karen Macdonald

Phone: 317-232-5094 kmacdonald@indot.in.gov

Consultant Prequalification Research Analyst - John LemingPhone: 317-234-4917 jleming@indot.in.gov

Prequalification Coordinator – Blaine Hayden

Phone: 317-234-8114 bhayden1@indot.in.gov

Administrative Assistant - Daphne WiddifieldPhone: 317-232-5095 dwiddifield@indot.in.gov

If you have any questions regarding the consultant prequalification process or application, send an email to ConsultantPrequalification@indot.in.gov

Questions? If you have any questions regarding the consultant

prequalification process/application, please submit questions to the Prequalification Section’s email box at ConsultantPreQualification@indot.in.govor contact John Leming at or Karen Macdonald.

If you have any questions regarding full financial application submissions, please submit questions to External Audits email box at ExternalAudit@indot.in.gov.

INDOT Consultant Prequalification