NOTICE FOR
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES
VADER WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENTS
The Lewis County Public Works Department is seeking qualifications from Architectural and Engineering
firms to provide engineering design, permitting, surveying, utility coordination, contract document
preparation, and construction support services for various improvements to the distribution system
infrastructure for the Vader Water system.
The project is funded utilizing Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) from the federal
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) stimulus funds. The Funds are provided through the US Treasury and
administered locally through the Washington State Department of Commerce. All work shall be
completed in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements as well as the Washington State
Department of Commerce’s Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds Infrastructure Projects Program
Guidelines
Firms desiring consideration shall submit a complete proposal packet, not to exceed twenty (20) pages.
Resumes for Project Managers and Discipline Leads may be included in the submittal as “Attachment B”
and will not be counted as part of the twenty (20) page proposal submittal.
Proposals are due by 4:00 PM on Monday December 5, 2022. The submittal shall be marked “Vader Water
System Improvements” and be submitted to:
Hard Copies
Lewis County Public Works
Attn: Josh Metcalf, Director
2025 NE Kresky Avenue, Chehalis, WA 98532
Electronically
Josh.Metcalf@lewiscountywa.gov
The Recipient, in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000a to
2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, subtitle A. Office of the
Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation
issued pursuant to such Act, herby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that any contract
entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will
be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated
against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.
PUBLISH: The Chronicle – November 10 and November 17, 2022
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