Renovation of a water / sewer project in Catawba, North Carolina. Design plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

As of August 2024, the project is in design and construction documents are expected to be completed in December 2024 with contractor bidding in the first quarter of 2025. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: Notice is hereby given that the City of Hickory is conducting a qualification based selection process to retain a proponent for professional engineering services for Hickory-Catawba WWTF Expansion Engineering and Design. The City of Hickory invites interested firms/teams to submit a written Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) relating to this solicitation. Proponents are invited to review the information and to submit their SOQ in accordance with the criteria established within this RFQ. A Project Screening Committee will evaluate firms'/teams' qualifications and experience with similar projects. The City will rank the submittals and create a short list of firms/teams to interview before selecting the best qualified firm/team. The firms/teams determined to be best qualified through review of the submitted SOQs will be invited to interview with a project committee and the firm/team being most qualified will be selected for negotiations to complete the project. Should negotiations become unsuccessful, the second ranked firm/team will be invited to enter negotiations. Written questions regarding this RFQ must be received by Friday, January 20, 2023, no later than 12:00 PM. Email questions are acceptable but must contain the wording "Hickory-Catawba WWTF Expansion Engineering and Design" in the subject line. Questions may then be responded to as an amendment to this document and posted to the solicitation within an anticipated five (5) working days after questions deadline. Oral statements or instructions shall not constitute an amendment to this RFQ. All submittals must be received by the deadline specified herein. Any submittals received after the due date and time specified will not be considered. The City of Hickory reserves the right to reject any or all submittals, or to withhold awarding a contract for any reason it may determine, and to waive or not to waive any informalities in any submittal. Contact with City Council or other influential individuals to the selection process regarding this RFQ is expressly forbidden and shall be grounds for immediate rejection from the process. All information regarding the content of the specific submittals will remain confidential until sealed proposals are opened. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.