Site work for a water / sewer project in Salisbury, North Carolina. Conceptual plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The City of Salisbury, is hereby inviting SOQs from qualified Consultants, with proven experience and expertise, to provide professional engineering design and permitting service for Sunset Drive Drainage improvements. Attachment A is the drainage study showing alternatives to the current drainage problems. Additionally a 70% engineering design will be provided to the selected firm for completion. The City of Salisbury is interested in obtaining the professional services of a consulting firm to provide support for engineering design and permitting service for Sunset Drive Drainage improvements. Master contractual agreements are anticipated to begin in January 2023. Specific project would be authorized under a supplemental letter scope of service agreement with a properly negotiated fee. Selection of a consultant by the City in response to this Request does not guarantee that professional services will be required. Questions: Questions regarding this SOQ shall be submitted in writing by email to ctest@salisburync.gov no later than 5:00 pm, September, 14, 2022. Questions received after this date and time will not be considered for response. Upon receipt of questions, an Addendum will be issued if deemed necessary. A signed copy of each addendum must be included in the proposal package. Prospective firms are strictly prohibited from contacting any City official or employee regarding this SOQ, except in the manner prescribed above. Violation of this provision may result in disqualification of the firm's submittal. City of Salisbury M/WBE Program: It is the policy of the City to provide minorities and women equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of City contracting and purchasing programs, and to prohibit discrimination against any person or business in pursuit of these opportunities on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, and to conduct its contracting and purchasing programs so as to prevent any discrimination. The Responder to this RFQ agrees that should it not be able to perform all elements of this contract with its own work forces without use of subcontractors, it will notify the City and institute good faith efforts to comply with all requirements of the M/WBE program in providing equal opportunities to regional MWBE and North Carolina certified Historically Underutilized Business firms to compete for and perform subcontracts. If the Responder to this RFQ proposes to perform the total contract with its own work force and without the use of subcontractors it will be required to submit information sufficient for the City to determine that it is a normal business practice of the contractor to perform all elements of the contract with its own work force without the use of subcontracts or that the contractor in fact has demonstrated its capabilities to perform all elements of the contract with its own work force without the use of subcontracts by providing a copy of Consulting Services contracts of a similar nature performed within the past three years. Such contractors will not be required to subcontract or document good faith efforts to do so. It is the intent of the City's program and the Department's outreach efforts to widen opportunities for historically underutilized businesses. The Department encourages submitting firms to pursue strategic partnering arrangements that support the utilization of M/WBE firms either at a local or regional level. Specific inquiries regarding this program should be directed to City of Salisbury Finance at (704) 638-5305. Pre-Submittal Conference: There will not be a pre-submittal conference held. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.