This is a service / maintenance or supply contract in Plymouth, Connecticut. Contact the soliciting agency for additional information.

Town of Plymouth CT is accepting qualifications/proposals from qualified consulting firms to perform ENGINEERING CONSULTANT SERVICES. The Town desires to retain multiple qualified firms to serve the function of Town Engineer. The consultants would provide support services to various departments, including, but not limited to, Public Works, WPCA, Land Use & Planning Department in the functions of site plan review, drainage, drainage calculations, landscape review, site inspections, Town Contractor correspondence, NPDES, Storm Water Utility support services and miscellaneous engineering related to work as identified in the RFQ/RFP Package. All questions concerning this RFQ/RFP are due by 12:00PM (by email ONLY) on or before Friday, February 24 2023. Questions are to be emailed to ppronovost@plymouthct.us. Award and notice to all respondents will be in late March 2023. All submissions are reviewed by the selection committee and selection is made by the Plymouth Town Council. Once a contractor is prequalified, it is issued a prequalification certificate by DAS, which certificate is in effect for one year. Subcontractors' work, the cost of which may exceed $500,000, are also required to be prequalified. Any bid for a project that requires prequalification must include a copy of the bidder's Prequalification Certificate showing the aggregate work rating required under the contract and the Update (Bid) Statement showing renewal of certificate and/or change in aggregate work. Bids which do not include a copy of the Prequalification Certificate and the Update (Bid) Statement are invalid. Contractors should contact the State Department of Administrative Services to familiarize themselves with these requirements Payment Bond/Performance Bond State Law Requirements. CGS Section 49-41, known as the Little Miller Act, requires that the Town ensure that payment bonds a/k/a labor and materials bond in the amount of the contract are provided for public works projects over $100,000. When a contract for construction, alteration, remodeling, repair or demolition of any public building is estimated to cost more than $500,000 additional laws/requirements apply. The contractors should familiarize themselves with all aspects of state law and any applicable regulations pertaining to these requirements in order to ensure full compliance. Guarantee Bond for 5% of the total cost. In addition to other reservations and conditions contained in the proposal documents, the Town of Plymouth reserves the right to waive any technical defects in the proposals received; to waive any formalities or irregularities; to reject any and all proposals for any reason, including that it or they do not conform to the terms and conditions described herein, as determined by the Town in its sole discretion; to accept or reject any part of any proposal received; to present and negotiate terms of a contract together or separately with any party submitting a proposal; to determine qualifications exclusively and finally; to request additional qualifications; and to select any proposal or part thereof based on any combination of factors, including the amount proposal, the time of completion, and the Town's best interests. The Town further reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and to use any ideas in a proposal regardless of whether or not that proposal is selected. The Town may hold the bids for a period not to exceed sixty (60) days from the date of the bid opening to review the bids and investigate the bidders' qualifications prior to awarding the contract. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time