This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Troy, North Carolina. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Professional Service Categories: The Town is seeking Letters of Interest/ Statement of Qualifications ("LOI/SOQ") from firms to provide professional civil engineering and related consulting services including, but not limited to: - Preliminary Engineering Studies and Reports - Grant writing, applications, and administration including local, state, and federal agencies (USDA, Golden LEAF, NC Commerce, NC DWI, EDA, etc.) - Design, including field surveys, plan, and specification preparation - Permitting (NCDEQ, NCDOT, USAGE, FEMA, etc.) - Construction Services including bidding, contract administration, and construction observation - Asset and records management, (GIS, web hosting, etc.) - Environmental Engineering - Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Surveys - Land Surveying - Transportation - Stormwater - Land Development and Planning - Water Resources Planning - Financial Analysis and Rate Studies - ADA Transitioning - Pavement Condition Surveys - Such additional civil engineering services as may be needed by the Town Project Categories: The Town anticipates selecting multiple firms to provide these services, on a wide variety of projects requiring expertise and experience in the following broad categories: - Water and Wastewater Treatment, Distribution, Collection, and Conveyance - Storm Drainage Conveyance and Stormwater Management - Geographic Information Systems Management - Asset Management Systems including pavement, sidewalks, utilities, and storm drainage - Parks and Recreation Facilities Selection Process: Evaluation and selection of firms will be a Qualifications Based Selection process in accordance with the Mini-Brooks Act (NCGS 143-64.31). Price will NOT be considered in the qualifications-based selection phase. A variety of factors will be used in the selection of qualified engineering firms including, but not limited to: - Specific municipal engineering experience in the categories outlined above - Availability of qualified staff to perform the work with experience in adhering to all potential federal, state, and local regulations and requirements under the Uniform Guidance - Previous performance with respective project delivery, particularly schedules and budgets - Approach to providing excellent customer service, through effective communication, coordination, and management of projects, especially schedules and budgets Master Agreement and Specific Project (Task Order) Assignments: At the conclusion of this LOI/SOQ selection process, it is the intent of the Town to select multiple firms to enter into a Master On-Call Service Agreement for a three (3) year period, with the option of two (2) one (1) year extensions. Once specific projects are identified, the Town will negotiate with the selected firm(s), to establish a scope and fee under a Task Order for specific project assignments. The Town will only consider one (1) consultant at a time for any specific project, and should negotiations fail, to terminate negotiations with selected firm and begin negotiations with another firm. The Town reserves the right to assign additional tasks to the selected firms, based on the Town's need, and the firm's availability, as well as past and current performance of the firm(s). Submittal Requirements: The following information shall be submitted with the maximum pages noted: - A Cover Letter/Letter of Interest/Statement (5 pages maximum) that states the firm's interest and expertise in one or more of the specific categories listed above that briefly describes which services that are provided by the firm, when the firm was founded, number of employees, office locations, including any proposed sub-consultants with like information. Minority business firms are encouraged to submit Statements of Qualifications. - A list of key staff /sub-consultants proposed for project assignment including the Principal in Charge, Project Manager/Engineer, Construction Administrator, Sub-Consultants, etc. This should include overall experience, tenure with the firms/subs, certifications/ licenses, and areas of expertise (10 pages maximum page per person/subconsultant). - Related Project Experience comprised of five (5) recently completed municipal projects, including client/reference contact information, brief project description, initial & final project budget, construction costs & fees. (5 pages maximum page per project). Questions related to this posting shall be submitted by email to Town of Troy Town Manager, Greg Zephir at manager@troy.nc.us no later than August 29, 2022. Every attempt will be made by the Town to provide responses by September 6th, 2022. - Maximum LOI/SOQ submittal document size is 20 pages, excluding firms work examples. - A sample of the firm's work represented by a Preliminary Engineering Report, typical construction plan sheets, details, etc. is an additional 20 pages maximum. A group of key Town staff will evaluate each LOI/SOQ submittal, based on the specific submittal information requested, and may also utilize interviews, reference checks, past performance, etc. to evaluate and rate each submittal. It is anticipated that multiple firms will be selected. It is the intent of the Town to finalize the selection process by October 20272. It is also anticipated that based on the selected firms and the anticipated capital project needs, Master Service Agreements with each selected firm will be in place by November 2022. The Town of Troy is Equal Employment Opportunity organization and a supporter of minority business recruitment. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.