As of February 8, 2024, a design firm has been selected for the project. Bidding is estimated for mid-April of 2024 and construction is estimated for mid-June of 2024. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: The City of Alexandria (CoA) seeks to contract for professional design services for the purpose of developing plans and specifications for the purposes of increasing the flood protection for a portion of the Fairground and Machine Shop Addition Subdivision located at the intersection of Willow Glen River Road (LA 1208-1) and Chatlin Lake Canal. Requests For Qualifications for Professional Engineering Services for the Fairgrounds and Machine Shop Addition Flood Control Improvements Submittal of questions are due May 2, 2022, Question Responses will be posted May 9, 2022 Questions regarding this request shall be directed to the City of Alexandria (CoA) at: Michael J. Wilkinson, P.E. City Engineer (318) 473-1170 mike.wilkinson@cityofalex.com All firms intending to submit qualifications are strongly encouraged to indicate their intent to respond to the CoA by sending an email with the subject line "Fairground & Machine Shop Addition Flood Control Improvements - Intent" to Michael Wilkinson, mike.wilkinson@cityofalex.com. The CoA reserves the right to revise any part of the RFQ by issuing an addendum to the RFQ at any time prior to the submission deadline. Issuance of this RFQ in no way constitutes a commitment by the CoA to award a contract. The CoA reserves the right to accept or reject, in whole or part, all proposals submitted and/or cancel this announcement if it is determined to be in the best interest of the CoA. All materials submitted in this response become the property of the CoA and selection or rejection of a proposal does not affect this right. The CoA also reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to waive administrative informalities contained in the RFQ. The CoA will email modifications when released to each respondent intending to submit a statement. Respondents and their agents are strictly prohibited from lobbying staff or officials of the CoA at any time in the application and selection process. Failure to comply with this clause shall be grounds for rejection of their submittal. The committee will rank the proposals as submitted, and the CoA reserves the right to award the contract solely on the written statements depicted. The CoA reserves the right to terminate negotiations with any applicant should it be in its best interest. If an agreement cannot be reached with the highest-ranked applicant, the CoA will notify the applicant and terminate negotiations. The second-ranked applicant may be contacted for negotiations. This process may continue until successful negotiations are achieved. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.
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