Site work and paving for a civil project in Knoxville, Tennessee. Conceptual plans call for site work for a bridge / tunnel; for paving for a bridge / tunnel; road / highway; and road / highway.

The City of Knoxville, an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer, seeks to retain the services of a professional engineering consulting firm or team of firms with extensive experience in greenway design and working with the Local Programs office of the Tennessee Department of Transportation to provide professional design services and to prepare environmental documents, bid specifications, contract documents, and construction plans for the South Knoxville Bridge Greenway Project. The professional consultant engineering firm must be on TDOTs pre-approved list or have a completed pre-qualification form filed with TDOT by the deadline for the Letters of Interest. The prequalified firm must have unlimited status. This project involves the construction of a new shared use path connection along the east side of James White Parkway (SR450) over the South Knoxville Bridge to connect between Anita Drive on the south side of the Tennessee River and the Morningside Greenway on the north side of the Tennessee River. The scope of work will include project design, preparation and submittal of NEPA documentation, obtaining all necessary permits for the project, utility coordination, and preparing bid specifications and construction plans. This project is funded in part by TDOT Multimodal grant funds and as such, all project phases will need to be coordinated with the TDOT Local Programs office. Question deadline: Prospective respondents may submit questions no later than November 23, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. All questions must be e-mailed to Penny Owens at powens@knoxvilletn.gov. Final selection of highest ranked firm January 6, 2023 For Phase I evaluations firms shall submit letters of interest with firm contact information including name, address and e-mail of primary contact. The LOIs shall be limited to a maximum of five (5), single-sided pages, with a minimum font size of 10. The letters of interest shall also include: Work experience in the required disciplines with the City, TDOT and other clients. Experience of proposed team assigned to the project in the required disciplines Relevant licensures and certifications TDOT prequalification status From the letters of interest, the City of Knoxville will select three (3) qualified firms to submit Phase II qualifications. From this list the top ranked consultant will be selected. The consultant evaluation committee holds the ability to conduct interviews based on scoring as Phase III Evaluation. Evaluation proceedings will be conducted within the established guidelines regarding equal employment opportunity and nondiscriminatory action based upon the grounds of race, color, sex, creed or national origin. Interested certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms as well as other minority-owned and women-owned firms are encouraged to respond to all advertisements by City of Knoxville Evaluation proceedings will be conducted within the established guidelines regarding equal employment opportunity and nondiscriminatory action based upon the grounds of race, color, sex, creed or national origin. Interested certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms as well as other minority-owned and women-owned firms are encouraged to respond to all advertisements by City of Knoxville. For information on DBE certification, please contact David Neese at (615)741-3681 or David.Neese@tn.gov. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.