RFQ - Professional Engineering and Related Services 25TH Street Basketball Court Project Professional Engineering and Related Services 25TH Street Basketball Court Projectpdf
| Agency: | City of Tuscaloosa |
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| State: | Alabama |
| Level of Government: | State & Local |
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| Opps ID: | NBD16883731067351033 |
| Posted Date: | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Due Date: | May 2, 2024 |
| Source: | Members Only |
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RFQ - Professional Engineering and Related Services 25TH Street Basketball Court Project |
May 2, 2024, 12:00 AM | CFG |
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CITY OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND RELATED SERVICES
25th STREET BASKETBALL COURT PROJECT
OCA File Number: OCA-24-0455
Issued by:
City of Tuscaloosa
Construction, Facilities & Grounds (CFG)
2201 University Boulevard
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401
Date Issued: 04/04/2024
Deadline for Proposals: 05/02/2024
LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
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CONTENTS
Part 1 – Overview & Process........................................................................................................... 1
Part 2 – The Project and Scope of Work ......................................................................................... 1
Part 3 – Content of Proposals ......................................................................................................... 2
Part 4 – Instructions for Proposals.................................................................................................. 4
Part 5 – Selection Procedure .......................................................................................................... 6
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PART 1 – OVERVIEW & PROCESS
The City of Tuscaloosa is requesting submissions of qualifications from firms for Professional
Engineering and Related Services for The City of Tuscaloosa – 25th Street Basketball Court Project.
Part 2 of this Request for Qualifications (hereinafter “RFQ”) provides a general description and
abbreviated scope of services for the project.
The scope of services for the project may include but is not limited to basic engineering services
such as preliminary and final design, plans and specifications, estimates of construction costs, bid
phase services, services during construction, studies, investigations, and evaluations.
This is a procurement of professional services and will be conducted in a manner to provide full
and open competition. A select group of City staff will review all proposals and evaluate firms
based on criteria identified in this RFQ as detailed below.
City staff will select and recommend a firm to the Tuscaloosa City Council Public Projects
Committee. Should the Tuscaloosa City Council Public Projects Committee authorize the selection
of a firm, the City will enter into negotiations with the chosen firm. Pending successful
negotiations, the Tuscaloosa City Council will authorize a contract with the chosen firm to provide
professional engineering and related services for this project.
PART 2 – THE PROJECT AND SCOPE OF WORK
The City of Tuscaloosa seeks the services of a professional firm that has the knowledge,
experience and expertise to perform the services as requested by the City:
Professional Engineering and Related Services for engineering of The City of Tuscaloosa –25th
Street Basketball Court Project that includes the following: Develop a preliminary and final
design, bid documents and construction plans with specifications. Provide bid phase and
construction phase services.
The firm must comply with all applicable state, local, and federal regulations related to
the services provided to the City. The City reserves the right to either expand or limit the scope
of services as needed, subject to negotiation and agreement in writing with the selected firm.
The selected firm shall have sufficient personnel to complete the tasks required by this
scope of service and shall complete the required tasks in a timely and efficient manner according
to the terms and conditions in the contract negotiated by the parties.
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PART 3 – CONTENT OF RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
To facilitate City staff evaluation of the responses to this RFP, each firm shall include the following
content in the following order:
Experience
Licensing and Professional Standing
Conflicts of Interest
Project Understanding and Approach
Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Each of these items is discussed in more detail in the following sections.
3.1 Experience
a. Provide a brief narrative about the firm’s experience, history, ownership, primary expertise
and clients served by the firm. Include a statement as to whether the firm is a Disadvantaged
Owned Business Enterprise (DBE).1
b. List the firm’s proposed project team and each team member’s qualifications, experience, and
capacity to take on this project.
c. Provide examples of satisfactory performance of at least three (3) recently completed projects
with the same or similar scope as this City of Tuscaloosa project performed by the firm within the
last five (5) years. Relevant experience will be judged based on the experience of those
individuals named to the firm’s project team for this project. The following elements of recently
completed projects shall be provided:
1. Title of Project
2. Client Name and Address
3. Contact person for reference client including position/title, telephone number and
email address.
4. Project cost and firm contract price
5. Firm’s status for Project (lead consultant firm, subconsultant, or other - please
elaborate.)
1 Definition of a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
DBEs are for-profit small business concerns where socially and economically disadvantaged individuals
own at least a 51% interest and also control management and daily business operations. African
Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Asian-Pacific and Subcontinent Asian Americans, and women are
presumed to be socially and economically disadvantaged. Other individuals can also qualify as socially
and economically disadvantaged on a case-by-case basis. See 49 CFR 26.5 “Socially and economically
disadvantaged individual.”
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3.2 Licensing and Professional Standing
a. Please include a brief statement confirming that the firm is legally authorized to do business in
Alabama and in the City of Tuscaloosa, and that all staff assigned to perform services for the
project are licensed or certified to perform such services in Alabama.
b. In addition, please include a statement confirming the firm is not presently debarred,
suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
participation by any state or federal department or agency.
c. Finally, for the five-year period preceding submission of the response for this RFQ, the firm
shall identify:
(1) All contracts terminated (in whole or in part) to which the firm was a party- for
convenience or default, by either the firm or by another party to the contract with the firm,
including:
contract value
description of work
project owner and project name
name and telephone number for a representative of the project owner
(2) All claims made against the firm arising out of the firm’s professional services; and
(3) All litigation (including any arbitration or mediation proceedings) to which the firm has
been a party.2 If no contracts have been terminated, or if the firm has not been a party to any
claims or litigation, please include a statement to that effect.
(4) Any sale, merger, acquisition, assignment of contracts, business reorganization or
name change that the firm has undergone in the previous five (5) years.
3.3 Conflicts of Interest
Please identify all actual or potential conflicts of interest that would prevent the firm from
entering into a professional relationship with the City generally, or for this project specifically. If
no such conflicts exist, please include a statement to that effect.
2 The disclosure of terminated contracts, claims, or litigation will not automatically disqualify a Respondent from
consideration. The Selection Committee will review any matter disclosed, and make an independent determination
as to whether the matter should disqualify the Respondent from consideration.
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