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The City of Salisbury, is hereby inviting SOQs from qualified Consultants, with proven experience and expertise, to provide professional engineering including environmental and surveying, and geotechnical plus materials / specialty testing related services in Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Management to support the City through an on-call contractual relationship. The City of Salisbury is interested in obtaining the professional services of consulting firms to provide support for various departmental projects for an initial period of three (3) years with two (2) one-year optional extensions. Master contractual agreements are anticipated to begin in June 2023 and expire in June 2026. Specific projects 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. The City also maintains sole discretion in assigning projects, if any, to selected consultant(s) throughout the five-year period. The City of Salisbury may renew its Request for Statement of Qualifications for On-Call Consultants following the initial five-year period, as necessary. Additionally, the City reserves the right to issue future Request for Qualification (RFQ) and solicit responses from firms not selected as part of this process The City of Salisbury Professional Service Consultant Selection Process is Qualifications-Based. 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 Citys program and the Departments 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 Mrs. Gayla Long in Finance at (704) 638-5305. Questions regarding this SOQ shall be submitted in writing by email to mhann@salisburync.gov no later than 5:00 pm, January 18, 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 firms submittal. One digital copy, in PDF format, of the written proposal clearly identified as Request For Statement Of Qualifications For On-Call Professional Services, Submitted to: Michael Hanna, Public Works Administrative Services Manager, shall be submitted via e-mail to mhann@salisburync.gov. Email can consist of drop box link to the PDF file if it is too large to send via email. In the interest of fairness to all the Consultants submitting Qualification documents and to allow for the Citys timely review, SOQs received after the scheduled receipt time stated above will not be opened. All SOQs received become the property of the City and will not be returned. Early submission of SOQs is welcome and appreciated Answers to Questions addendum: January 25, 2023 Completed SOQs due to City of Salisbury Purchasing, 132 N Main Street: Must be received by City no later than 12:00 PM, Friday February 15, 2023 City review of SOQs and Selection of Short List of Qualified Consultants, if applicable: February 16 - March 15, 2023 Interviews with potential Qualified Consultants, If needed: March 27-31, 2023 City selects Most Qualified Consultant(s): On or before April 26, 2023 Submittal of complete and signed MasterContract documents by the selected Consultant(s) to the City: On or before Early May, 2023 City final approval of Master Contract(s) Early: June, 2023 The City reserves the right to perform all or some of the services described in this document with its own work force. The City also reserves the right to issue future Request For Proposal (RFP) and solicit responses from firms not selected as part of this process. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time