The Town of Cary, hereafter referred to as the "Town", is issuing this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit proposals from qualified firms, hereafter referred to as the "Professional", to provide Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) services for the Town. The categories and scope of services for this RFQ are listed in Section 2. The Project is to establish the location of existing underground utilities within the proposed project limits of various construction projects in the planning, design, preconstruction, or construction phase. The SUE services required for these types of projects would be an on-call and as needed basis for two (2) years, with two (2) one-year optional extensions. At the sole discretion of the Town, one or more Professionals may be selected and awarded contracts under this RFQ. Contracts will be set up on a unit cost basis with individual task orders for each project. Task orders will be funded through existing Town projects or operational funds. The Town reserves the right to cancel the program any time and create a new program as needed. Selected Professionals that do not meet the Town's performance expectations, routinely decline opportunities to participate in projects offered through the program, or lose significant internal expertise submitted with their original RFQ response/Proposal may be dropped from the program. A Master Agreement for On-Call Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) Services will be the basis of the contract with associated Task Orders for each project which outlines a particular project's scope of work (see Appendix III). A detailed scope of services is provided in Section 4 of this solicitation. Information related to this solicitation, including any addenda, will be posted to the North Carolina Interactive Purchasing System (NC IPS) at website. The Firm's failure to request clarification and submit questions by the date in the RFQ Timeline above shall be considered to constitute the Firm's acceptance of all Town's requirements. The Town shall issue addenda reflecting questions and answers to this RFQ, if any, which shall be posted to the NC IPS website. No information, instruction or advice provided orally or informally by any Town personnel, whether made in response to a question or otherwise in connection with this RFQ, shall be considered authoritative or binding. Respondents shall be entitled to rely only on written material contained in an Addendum to this RFQ. It is important that all Respondents submitting to this RFQ periodically check the NC IPS website for any Addenda. It is the Respondent's responsibility to ensure that all addenda have been reviewed and, if required, signed and returned. Electronic responses ONLY will be accepted using the eBid button displayed on the NC IPS website. In order to submit proposals electronically, interested parties must be logged into IPS. Registration information is available at NC Electronic Vendor Portal (eVP). Proposals must be clearly marked with name of the submitting company, the RFQ number and RFQ title (i.e., Company Name 354-UT22-45 RFQ Name). Proposers must submit one (1) electronic version, submitted as a viewable and printable Adobe Portable Document File (PDF), on or before the submittal due date and time provided in Section 1.2. Submissions that do not comply with the stated submission method will be deemed non-responsive. Cary reserves the right to reject any or all proposals for any reason and to waive any informality it deems in its best interest. Any requirements in the RFQ that cannot be met must be indicated in the proposal. Proposers must respond to the entire Request for Qualifications (RFQ). Any incomplete proposal may be eliminated from competition at the discretion of Cary. It is the responsibility of the Firm to ensure that their response arrives at the designated location specified in this Section by the due date and time specified in Section 1.2 RFQ Timeline. Awarded Contractor shall provide services, all as set forth in this RFQ and more particularly described in this Section 4. The specific Scope of Services are described in this section. The selected Professional(s) shall confirm their ability to provide all the following scope of services as part of their Proposal.
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