This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Cincinnati, Ohio. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

As of June 4, 2024, a consultant has been awarded. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: A general outline of work required is provided in this RFQ. This is not intended to be all-inclusive, as a detailed scope of work will be developed during negotiations with the selected Offeror. Services provided in the planning phase include, but are not limited to, project management, public relations/community outreach, evaluation of existing MSD assets, data collection and review, modeling, hydrologic evaluation, risk assessment and development of a business case evaluation (BCE). The selected offeror shall provide all engineering, alternatives analysis, estimating, risk assessment, and other planning services for final business case evaluation documentation and develop an approach that takes into account flexibility, available land, accessibility, maintenance, reliability, operations, and constructability. Services provided in the detailed design phase include, but are not limited to, project management, public relation/community outreach, geotechnical and surveying services, permit coordination, hydrologic evaluation, risk assessment, development of property acquisition documentation, estimating, and detailed design. The selected offeror shall provide all engineering and other detailed design services required to submit construction plans and details, specifications, and opinion of probable construction cost. Services provided in the construction services phase include, but are not limited to, construction administration, support through bidding, materials testing and field engineering. The anticipated term of the contract resulting from this RFQ is six years. RFQ Questions / Comments Deadline DECEMBER 9, 2021, 1:30 p.m. (Cincinnati, Ohio Time). The City will only entertain written questions or comments concerning this RFQ by the deadline provided above. These must be sent electronically to: msd.procurement@cincinnati-oh.gov. For technical questions or issues related to your submission, please contact Bonfire directly at support@gobonfire.com or 1 (800) 354-8010, ext. 2. The support team is available Monday - Friday, 8 am - 8 pm ET. You can also visit their help forum at portal. Proposals/Statements of Qualifications can be withdrawn at any time until the deadline date, at which time proposals/Statements of Qualifications will be considered firm and become the property of the City and will not be returned. Offeror must login to Bonfire to withdraw their submission through the system. If resubmitting, Offeror is responsible for submitting prior to the closing time and receiving a new email confirmation receipt. The City may award a contract to the most qualified Offeror(s) considering the total requirements for this procurement. The Offeror determined to be the most qualified will be offered the opportunity to enter into a Professional Agreement (PA) with the City. All work resulting from this RFQ will be based upon a PA. While work scopes and budgets may vary, no work resulting from this RFQ and resulting PA will deviate from the general scope of services as outlined below to include other services not contemplated under the RFQ. The scope, terms and conditions of that PA shall be in substantial conformance with the terms, conditions and specifications described in this RFQ and the submittal by the Offeror determined to be the most qualified. Any PA that results from the RFQ process would be entered into by the City of Cincinnati through its Department of Sewers (the "City"), as the sole management agency for the operation and maintenance of the sewer system on behalf of the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD) and a single legal entity that has been properly formed at the time the Offeror delivers the submittal to the City (e.g., corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, limited liability partnership). The successful Offeror should be prepared to begin contract negotiations upon notification of the Award. If the Offeror is not able to begin contract negotiations, the City may disqualify that Offeror. The City reserves the right to negotiate the PA to include any portion or portions of the services covered by this RFQ. The City assumes no obligation to accept or take action on any submittal. Receipt of a contract through this procurement process is not a guarantee of work. The City reserves the right to ask for additional information and clarification from or about any or all of the Offerors. The City may require selected Offerors to make an oral presentation of their submittals. The City reserves the right to check all references furnished and consider responses received in determining the award. The City reserves the right to perform investigations as may be deemed necessary by the City to assure that competent persons will be and are utilized in the performance of the Agreement and to verify the accuracy of the contents of submittals. Refer to the draft Professional Agreement available for download on the Bonfire portal and on the Open Data electronically. These draft contract terms and conditions will apply to this RFQ once a vendor selection is made. The City reserves the right to amend, augment, change, enhance, or delete sections of the draft contract prior to its final execution with a selected vendor. Multipliers shall be determined in accordance with MSD's Professional Services Contract Multiplier guideline: electronically. The City further reserves the right to: 1. Reject any or all submittals, to waive any technicalities, immaterial irregularities, or minor informalities in the submittal, to request clarifications or modifications during evaluation, and to select the Offeror who, in the City's judgment, is most qualified. 2. Eliminate any Offeror who submits an incomplete or inadequate submittal or is not responsive to the requirements of this RFQ. 3. Supplement, amend, or otherwise modify the RFQ through the issuance of Addenda to all Offerors, and to supplement the RFQ with information items, prior to the submission date of the submittal. Addenda issued to this RFQ may expand or cancel any portion or all Work described in this RFQ. 4. Clarify the information provided as part of the submittal, including but not limited to holding discussions or meetings with Offerors, requesting additional information from Offerors to support the information included in the submittal, and requesting clarified submittals. 5. Cancel this RFQ in whole or in part with or without substitution of another RFQ. 6. Take any action affecting the RFQ process or the project that are permissible under Ohio law.