FRANKLIN COUNTY

REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR

2020 – 2021 GENERAL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES

Franklin County solicits interest from consultants who wish to be evaluated and considered to provide General Professional Engineering Services during the 2020-2021 calendar years with the option to extend for additional time and money if necessary. The agreement amount will be approximately $0 to $200,000

Franklin County reserves the right to amend terms of this “Request for Qualifications” (RFQ) to circulate various addenda, or to withdraw the RFQ at any time, regardless of how much time and effort consultants have spent on their responses.

Project Description

General engineering services may be called upon to provide resources towards local, state, and federally funded projects. While no guarantee of the amount of work is given, the current projects utilizing federal funds are:

• CRP 605 – Pasco-Kahlotus Reconstruction/Overlay II – STPR-F115(003)
• CRP 616 – Selph Landing Bridge #906-8.79 – BROS-2011(050)
• CRP 617 – Coyan Bridge #200-9.93 – BROS-2011(494)
• CRP 621 – Safety – Countywide Intersection – HSIP-000S(497)
• CRP 622 – Basin City Alternative Transportation Route Improvement II – TAP-2011(052)
• Currently unawarded BROS, STBG, and HSIP federal funds from recent call for projects.

General professional engineering services will provide the resources needed to assist Franklin County’s staff in delivering projects at various stages of development. Need for consultant resources may vary; some projects may need significant support, while other projects may need minor consultant support. This will include providing design for engineering roads, bridges, or drainage structures at various sites in Franklin County. Services may also include land surveys, traffic analysis, bridge analysis, cultural assessment, environmental assessments, geotechnical services, right-of-way services, unmanned aircraft systems services, construction inspection, and management consultation on construction projects, or to assist with emergency or unusual maintenance projects.

Evaluation Criteria

Submittals will be evaluated and ranked based on the following criteria:

1. Key team member’s qualifications
2. Qualifications/Expertise of Firm
3. Qualifications of Proposed Project Manager
4. References/Past Permance

Submittal

The deadline for this RFQ is 3:30 PM on Tuesday, March 3^rd, 2020.

Questions related to this RFQ shall be submitted in writing to Craig Erdman, Franklin County Engineer, via email at Cerdman@co.franklin.wa.us.

This RFQ packet can be viewed on the Franklin County Public Works’s web site at http://www.co.franklin.wa.us/publicworks/rfp-rfq.php

All prospective consultants must be advised that federally funded projects will be held to Federal EEO requirements.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information

Franklin County in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability, in all of its programs and activities. This material can be made available in an alternate format by emailing Craig Erdman at cerdman@co.franklin.wa.us  or by calling collect 509-545-3514

Title VI Statement

The  County of Franklin in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d 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, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business 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.