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

The Town of Taylorsville, located in Alexander County along US 64 and NC 16 corridors. The Town currently purchases all of its water supply and does not have a water treatment facility. It purchases 98% of its supply from Energy United Corporation (EUC) with multiple emergency interconnects to Alexander County. The EUC service area surrounds the Town, with a small portion outside the Town's service area that has water provided by Alexander County. The Town cannot grow its system except for infill within the current service area. The town's distribution system was first constructed approximately 90 years ago and presently serves all of the town limits and portions of areas outside the town limits. The town was awarded funds for a Merger Rationalization Feasibility Study of the water system in August 2022. It is expected that this project will take approximately 18-24 months to complete once a contract is awarded. The Town of Taylorsville owns and operates its water system. The water system consists of approximately 25 miles of water lines, including cast iron, ductile iron, and polyvinyl chloride pipe. Taylorsville has approximately 1,192 residential connections, 2 industrial connections and 6 institutional connections. The town was awarded funds for a Merger Regionalization Feasibility Study for the water system in August 2022. It is expected that this project will take approximately 18-24 months to complete once a contract is awarded. Written questions shall be e-mailed to David Odom, townmanager@taylorsvillenc.com by the date and time specified above. Contractors will enter "RFQ - Questions" as the subject for the email. Questions received prior to the submission deadline date, the Town Manager's response, and any additional terms deemed necessary by the Town of Taylorsville will be posted in the form of an addendum to the Interactive Purchasing System and the Town of Taylorsville website and shall become an Addendum to this RFQ. No information, instruction or advice provided orally or informally by any Town personnel, whether made in response to a question or otherwise concerning this RFQ, shall be considered authoritative or binding. Vendors shall rely only on written material contained in an Addendum to this RFQ. Inquiries should be submitted no later than the date and time noted in the schedule on page 1. Questions answered verbally will be followed up by written addenda as deemed necessary; oral interpretations shall have no effect. The Town reserves the right to award this contract to the firm that it believes best demonstrates the ability to fulfill the requirements of the project. The successful firm(s) will be chosen based on the qualifications, selection criteria evaluation as demonstrated in the response, possible interviews and other available information. All firms submitting a response will receive notification once the contract has been awarded. The firm(s) selected will be given the first right to negotiate an Agreement acceptable to the Town. A detailed scope of work will be collaboratively developed by the selected firm and the Town to base the fee schedule upon for the Town's consideration. In the event that an Agreement satisfactory to the Town cannot be reached, the Town may enter into negotiations with one or more of the remaining firms. The successful firm shall commence work only after execution of an acceptable Agreement and approval of insurance certificates. The successful firm(s) will perform all services indicated in the response in compliance with the negotiated Agreement. The Town of Taylorsville reserves the right to reject all or portions of any or all responses, to waive irregularities and technicalities, to re-advertise, or to proceed to provide the services otherwise, in the best interest of the Town. The Town may, at its sole discretion, modify or amend any and all provisions herein. The Town will not pay for any information herein requested, nor is it liable for any costs incurred by the participating firm. The Town of Taylorsville reserves the right to extend the Request for Qualification submittal deadline if needed. All changes and/or clarifications will be distributed to all firms indicating interest in the form of addendums. A list of firms and others who have been issued Request for Qualification documents will be made available upon request.