The City of Waynesboro is seeking an engineering firm or individual engineer to provide engineering and design services and construction management for its American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (SFRF), Water and Sewer Infrastructure Award for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades. These funds were allocated to Georgia as part of its share of the SFRF. Responding firms should be technically qualified and licensed to provide the design and inspection services for local state and federally funded projects including engineering services and programs. Procedures for selection of an individual/firm will be in accordance with the RFQ package and local procurement requirements, as well as the requirements of Procurement Standards in Title 2 C.F.R. 200.317 200.327, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, and applicable subparts and within the grant managements system administered by the Governors Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), Georgia Grants. The City reserves the right to request additional information from any consultant submitting under this RFQ if the City deems such information necessary to further evaluate the consultants qualifications. The City reserves the right to interview any consultant submitting under this RFQ. The City reserves the right to waive informalities and minor irregularities in submittals and reserves the sole right to determine what constitutes informalities or minor irregularities. Consultants shall be responsible for all costs associated with consultants submittal. The City reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject all submissions, reissue a subsequent RFQ, terminate, restructure, or amend this procurement process at any time. Evaluation criteria contained herein shall be used in evaluating qualifications. The City may contact any consultant after receiving its submittal to seek clarification of any portion thereof. The City reserves the right to request additional information from any consultant if the City deems such information necessary to further evaluate the consultants qualifications. In the event the City elects to negotiate a contract with a selected consultant, the City reserves the right to negotiate such terms and conditions of the contract, including, but not limited to scope, role, price, and staffing which may be in the best interests of the City. All qualifications will be evaluated in terms of project approach, timing, experience, quality of work, and capacity of performance. Past performances on local government construction projects will be assessed in terms of timeliness, completing work within budget, and quality of work. The City of Waynesboro reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The City of Waynesboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.
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