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

The number of homes affected is unknown. Defective foundations are known to exist in Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Columbia, Coventry, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Glastonbury, Manchester, Mansfield, Somers, South Windsor, Stafford, Tolland, Union, Vernon, Willington and Woodstock, but there may be as-yet-unidentified properties in other North Central and Northeastern communities. The expectation is that an indefinite number of homeowners and/or homebuyers will require the assistance of structural engineers to identify the scope of work for replacing their crumbling concrete foundation. CRCOG is seeking to add to its list of professional, experienced and qualified materials testing laboratories to perform evaluation of the condition of concrete foundations using visual inspection, core sampling, petrographic analysis, or other appropriate testing measures; as well as laboratory analysis of collected materials. Successful Respondents will be placed on a list of qualified contractors for the work. The list will be available to individual private property owners for their use in retaining the services of successful Respondents of their choice. Any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation will be between the contractor and individual property owner. CRCOG will not be a party to any contract, nor will CRCOG be responsible in any way for contract performance including payment terms. Nothing herein, or in any contract resulting from this solicitation should be construed as a guarantee by CRCOG of contract performance. CRCOG is seeking responses from qualified materials testing laboratories which have expertise in testing concrete foundations for pyrrhotite and structural integrity. The purpose of this RFQ is to provide a list of qualified materials testing laboratories for an indefinite quantity of potential users, made up of property owners and/or buyers in Central and Eastern Connecticut who want to test for pyrrhotite and the structural integrity in their property's concrete foundation.