RFQ-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRINKING WATER EXTENSIONS TO UNSERVED COMMUNITIES
| Agency: | Cape Fear Public Utility Authority |
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| State: | North Carolina |
| Level of Government: | State & Local |
| Category: |
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| Opps ID: | NBD17526273409407495 |
| Posted Date: | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Due Date: | Mar 21, 2024 |
| Source: | Members Only |
| Bid Title: |
RFQ-ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRINKING WATER EXTENSIONS TO UNSERVED COMMUNITIES
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| Category: | Professional Services |
| Status: | Open |
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR DRINKING WATER EXTENSIONS TO UNSERVED
COMMUNITIES FOR THE CAPE FEAR PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA
BACKGROUND
February 15, 2024
As part of the 2023 Appropriations Act, Session Law (S.L. 2023-134), the State Budget allocates
$18,000,000 to CFPUA for drinking water extensions to unserved communities in New Hanover
County impacted by PFAS. This funding, which will be administered by NCDEQ Division of
Water Infrastructure (DWI), will allow us to advance our ongoing work with New Hanover
County to connect residents currently served by private groundwater wells to CFPUA water
services.
GENERAL
The CFPUA is seeking an engineering firm experienced in planning, design, permitting, bidding,
and construction management for the installation of public water main extensions into existing
neighborhoods to include the public and private-side water service connections. In addition, the
firm should be experienced in managing DWI-administered projects of this nature.
The work will be assigned by delivery order and include, but may not be limited to, professional
engineering design, permitting, construction services, coordination and public outreach,
preparation of reports and/or documents to meet applicable state and federal funding
requirements and schedule milestones, and to ensure accuracy and consistency with all
applicable local, state, and federal regulations including CFPUA Technical Standards. Potential
tasks include:
• Preparation of Engineering Report/Environmental Information Documents (ER/EID’s)
and other documents and forms as required by DWI.
• Planning, design, permitting, bidding, easement and right-of-way mapping, etc. for water
main and service installations in accordance with applicable technical standards and
administrative requirements of the CFPUA, New Hanover County, City of Wilmington,
NCDOT, DWI, etc. Experience with water distribution projects in an active urban
environment is required.
• Assistance with the development and/or administration of a public outreach and
communication plan to help provide pertinent information to impacted customers. This
work will include the installation of water service lines on private property. Our planned
approach should minimize water service disruption and impacts to amenities/features on
private property (i.e. landscaped areas, trees, fences, decorative walls, etc.) to the extent
possible.
• Construction administration and construction observation (CA/CO) services shall
include, but may not be limited to, conducting project meetings, field observation,
coordination, submittal review, pay request review, change order review, etc. The
construction observer will report directly to the engineer of record.
• Supplemental exploratory excavation (SUE) to identify/confirm water main diameters,
alignments, materials, etc.
Demonstrated capacity to accurately estimate project costs and effectively deliver DWI-
administered projects on time and within budget is relevant to the selection.
Please see http://www.cfpua.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/370 for CFPUA’s MWBE
Outreach Plan for project goals.
SUBMISSION OF QUALIFICATIONS STATEMENT
Consulting engineering firms are invited to submit a Statement of Qualification (SOQ) to the
CFPUA to be received no later than 2:00 PM on March 21, 2024. Submittals received after this
deadline will not be considered.
CFPUA will address questions regarding the RFQ until 2:00 PM on March 12, 2024. Questions
submitted after this time will not be addressed. Questions concerning this advertisement should
be directed to Ben Guerrieri, Procurement Manager, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, at
bids@cfpua.org.
SOQs shall be limited to 20-pages or less, excluding cover page, table of contents, tabs, resumes
and appendices.
Firms shall submit their statement of qualifications for consideration in .pdf format to
bids@cfpua.org. Maximum file size for .pdf submission is 25MB. A reply will be sent to the
email address submitting the statement of qualifications to confirm receipt. It is the submitting
firms’ responsibility to confirm that CFPUA has received statement of qualifications via email. If
email reply is not received from bids@cfpua.org, please call 910-332-6472 or 910-332-6651
before deadline for submission.
Submitted information shall comply with N.C.G.S. 143-64.31 through 64.34 (aka Mini Brooks
Act).
All SOQ’s will be evaluated by a CFPUA selection team.
One firm will be selected from this request for qualifications.
Firms submitting Qualifications are encouraged to carefully check them for conformance to the
requirements stated herein. Qualifications that do not meet ALL the below listed requirements or
are sent to any address other than those shown below, will be disqualified. No exception will be
granted.
EVALUATION
Firms submitting Qualification Statements to perform the Engineering Services will be evaluated
based upon the firm’s experience, knowledge and familiarity in engineering services for the
typical scope of work as defined in the General section of this Request for Qualification, by
demonstration with previous project experience, and references.
CFPUA projects are generally contained within New Hanover County, North Carolina. Firms
submitting Qualification Statements to perform engineering services shall demonstrate their
experience, knowledge and familiarity in typical work assignments as outlined above.
SCHEDULE
Schedule shall be determined for each Task Order.
REQUIREMENTS
Qualifying Statements shall include:
1. Firm name, address, telephone number, fax number, email address, and contact person(s).
2. Year in which the firm was established and any former names under which the firm
operated.
3. Qualifications and experience of personnel who would be providing design services for
the project(s) by providing:
a. A list of design projects demonstrating experience/understanding of the
experience described in the General section above. Project information shall
include:
i. a summary of the scope of work and deliverables,
ii. the owner of the project, and
iii. the name, number, and email of a reference for the project.
The following criteria will be deemed necessary for selection:
• The firm must meet the following insurance requirements. Workers’ Compensation may
be waived if firm has no employees.
• General Liability $1,000,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate. Authority must be
additional insured and endorsement required.
• Workers Compensation $500,000/$500,000/$500,000. Waiver of Subrogation against the
Authority and endorsement required.
• Auto Liability Insurance $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limits applicable to
claims due to bodily injury and/or property damage. Authority must be additional insured
and endorsement required.
• Professional Liability not less than $2,000,000 per loss.
Any firm wishing to be considered must be properly registered with the Office of the Secretary
of State.
NOTIFICATION
The selected firm will be notified by telephone and/or email.
The CFPUA reserves the right to reject any and all submissions.
Any questions concerning this advertisement should be directed to Ben Guerrieri, Procurement
Manager, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, at bids@cfpua.org by March 12, 2024, at 2:00 PM.
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