Site work and outdoor lighting for a road / highway in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Conceptual plans call for site work for a road / highway; and for outdoor lighting for a road / highway.

The City of Pittsburgh is inviting professionals and firms to qualify for a pre-selection of vendors who meet the mandatory criteria for the categories of work listed in Section 8, Scope of Work. Firms may submit qualifications for any number of the Categories of Work here in. The City may choose to award multiple categories of work if the professionals and/or firms are deemed qualified for more than one category and able to support City needs. The City seeks to engage professionals and firms with expertise under the following categories of work: Traffic Signal/Street Design : Work performed may include design and preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates for traffic signal upgrade or new construction; evaluation, recommendation and/or design of traffic detection methods and system; new, upgraded, or rerouted communication systems; plans, specifications, estimates and/or design of other traffic control or management devices; streetlight design to complement specific bridge and roadway construction plans; programmatic evaluation and strategy development for asset maintenance and modernization; assessment, plans, and implementation strategy for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) development and/or deployment. Work performed may also include streetlight design for streets, bridges, tunnels and/or trails; lighting design for monuments, signage, landscaping or other outdoor lighting applications; design for new or relocated streetlights; photometric studies; associated vault and utility survey work. Once under contract, the selected firms will be able to submit proposals for work order requests. The sample agreements accompanying this solicitation will be part of each individual contract. Changes or alterations to these terms and conditions will not be accepted. Question Submission Deadline:April 29, 2022, 3:00pm Proposal Review and Supplier Scoring:May, 2022 Contract Award:May, 2022 Late proposals will not be accepted or considered. Respondents should allow enough time to register company on the City's e-Procurement Portal, search the solicitation they wish to respond to and complete the submission process online before the deadline. The City of Pittsburgh shall not be responsible for proposals delivered to a person or location other than that specified herein. All submittals, whether selected or rejected, shall become the property of the City of Pittsburgh and will not be returned. All costs associated with proposal preparation shall be borne by the applicant. 1. Firm professional qualifications and experience The firm's professional qualifications and experience shall be demonstrated through project examples showing the ability to perform all described required services in the respective Category of Work. Scoring Method: Points Based Weight (Points): 30 (30% of Total) 2. Professional qualifications of Qualified Professionals The technical competence of qualified professionals shall be demonstrated through resumes/CV's of the individuals provided on the Qualified Professionals Matrix Worksheet (Appendix A) Scoring Method: Points Based Weight (Points): 30 (30% of Total) 3. Firm Capacity Demonstrate that the firm has the capacity to accomplish work of the size and nature expected to be performed in the Category of Work as described. Scoring Method: Points Based Weight (Points): 20 (20% of Total) 4. Quality Assurance and Quality Control Plan Demonstrate how the firm intends to maintain cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Scoring Method: Points Based Weight (Points): 15 (15% of Total) 5. MWDBE/VOSB Good Faith Effort Vendor response was detailed and demonstrated clear Good Faith Effort to obtain MWDBE & VOSB Participation. Scoring Method: Points Based Weight (Points): 5 (5% of Total) The City of Pittsburgh is committed to the ideal of providing all citizens an equal opportunity to participate in City and its Authorities' contracting opportunities. It is therefore the City's goal to encourage increased participation of women and minority groups in all City contracts. The City requires that all respondents demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain the participation of Minority-Owned Business Enterprises (MBE's) and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (WBE's) in work to be performed under City contracts. The levels of MBE and WBE participation will be monitored by the City of Pittsburghs Equal Opportunity Review Commission (EORC). In order to ensure that there are opportunities for historically disadvantaged minority groups and women to participate on Covered Contracts, and consistent with the City's current equal employment opportunity practice and goals, the EORC will review contracts to include an evaluation of a developer/contractors employment of minority groups and women, encourage goals of eighteen (18) percent and seven (7) percent respectively. 2. Veteran-Owned Small Business It is also the City's goal to encourage participation by veteran-owned small businesses in all contracts. The City of Pittsburgh shall have an annual goal of not less than five (5) percent participation by veteran-owned small businesses in all contracts. The participation goal shall apply to the overall dollar amount expended with respect to the contracts. The City requires that all respondents demonstrate good faith efforts to obtain the participation of veteran-owned small business in work to be performed under City contracts. The levels of veteran-owned participation will be monitored by the City of Pittsburghs EORC. Good Faith Commitment In order to demonstrate good faith commitment to these goals, all respondents are required to complete and submit with their bids the attached MDE/WBE/Veteran-Owned Solicitation and Commitment Form (which details the efforts made by the respondents to obtain such participation). Failure to submit a properly completed form along with documentation of Good Faith Commitment may result in rejection of the bid. Participants are encouraged to contact the Equal Opportunity Review Commission at 412-255-8804 to assist further. For further information, including definitions and additional requirements, please see Chapter 177A (Sections 177A.01 et. seq.) of the City Code and Section 161.40 of the City Code. Award After the City has received all Proposals and conducted its initial Evaluation, described above, the Proposal Committee may invite one or more Respondents to a follow-up interview to further discuss their Proposal(s). The Proposal Committee may decide to accept the Proposal of one or more Respondents. It may decide to reject all proposals. Once a Proposal is accepted, the contract negotiation process will commence. This ITQ and your response to it, in the form of your entire Proposal, will become part of the Contract. If a real or apparent conflict should arise between this ITQ/Proposal and other language contained in the final Contract, the language of the final Contract shall control. Withdrawal of Proposals A proposer may withdraw its proposal at any time before the expiration of the time for submission of proposals as provided in this ITQ by delivering a written request for withdrawal signed by, or on behalf of, the proposer. Rights of the City of Pittsburgh This ITQ does not commit the City to enter into a contract, nor does it obligate the City to pay for any costs incurred in preparation and submission of proposals or in anticipation of a contract. The City reserves the right to: Reject any and all proposals; Issue subsequent Invitation to Qualify; Cancel this ITQ with or without issuing another ITQ; Remedy technical errors in the Invitation to Qualify process; Approve or disapprove the use of particular sub-consultants; Make an award without further discussion of the submittal with the proposer (therefore, the proposal should be submitted initially on the most favorable terms that the firm or individual might propose); Meet with select proposers at any time to gather additional information; Make adjustments to the scope of services at any time if deemed by the Office of Management and Budget to be in the best interest of the City; Accept other than the lowest offer. Waive any informality, defect, non-responsiveness, or deviation from this ITQ that is not material to the Respondent's proposal; Reject the proposal of any Respondent who, in the City's sole judgment, has been delinquent or unfaithful in the performance of any contract with the City; Reject the proposal of any Respondent who, in the City's sole judgment, is financially or technically incapable of performing in accordance with this ITQ; Negotiate with any, all, or none of the Offerors and to enter into an agreement with another Offeror in the event that the originally selected finalist defaults or fails to execute an agreement with the City. Award a contract to the firm(s) that presents the best qualifications and whose proposal best accomplishes the desired results; and/or Enter into an agreement with another proposer in the event the originally selected proposer defaults or fails to execute an agreement with the City. Require a performance bond and/or other "failure to deliver" agreement by the awardee at time of contracting. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.