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The City of Cleveland ("City"), owner and operator of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ("CLE") and Burke Lakefront Airport ("BKL") (together "Airport" or "Airports"), through its Director of the Department of Port Control ("Director"), invites written Statements of Qualifications ("Statements") from firms that have the requisite, demonstrable competence, and experience, in providing comprehensive professional planning services. Qualified firms either singly or in joint venture or other legal arrangements (collectively, the "Firm" or "Consultant") must have the requisite, demonstrated competence and experience in, and a thorough knowledge of, the planning services required, for the Project. Those planning to attend the prequalification conference must register by Friday, September 8, 2023, by e-mail to smuia@clevelandairport.com. When registering it will be necessary to provide the names of all attendees. It is also advantageous to provide e-mail addresses for all attendees, although it is not required. Consultants are encouraged to attend the conference although attendance is not mandatory. Firms may also elect to submit their Statement electronically. Please send the electronic Statement submission to airportprocurement@clevelandairport.com. All electronic submissions must be received no later than 4:00 p.m. local time on Friday, October 6, 2023. The Director reserves the right to reject all Statements or portions of any or all Statements, to waive irregularities and technicalities, to re-advertise or to proceed to provide the service otherwise in the best interest of the City. The Director may, at his sole discretion, modify or amend any and all of the provisions herein. BACKGROUND The Department is responsible for the planning, programming, and development, of CLE and BKL. The Department's responsibilities include providing facilities that will improve airline and airport operations while achieving a level of service and convenience desired by the flying public. These planning services will be task-oriented, and on-call, in support of project initiatives at CLE and BKL. These services may include, but are not limited to: assisting with strategic planning; conceptual and detailed plans; Airport Layout Plan updates; and environmental services for inspecting, sampling, testing reports, analyses and cost estimating, for Phase I, Phase II and/or asbestos, lead paint and mold. These services may encompass airfield, airspace, terminal, landside ground access, asset management, safety risk management, and sustainability, as well as other engineering, surveying, urban design, architectural and interior design requests, in support of planning initiatives, of CLE and BLK. The Department requires experienced aviation, airspace, and environmental, consultant(s) with a thorough understating of Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") and Title XI criteria including, but not limited to: grant assurances, planning, design standards, environmental requirements, advisory circulars and orders; and can provide comprehensive planning, and National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") services for the airports. Tasks under this solicitation may include performing all aspects of facility planning, strategic planning, facility programming, feasibility studies, airspace analyses and submittals (7460s), computer modeling, environmental analyses, cost estimating, cost-benefit analyses, plan/program coordination, as well as other general airport system planning needs. SCOPE OF SERVICES 2.1 General Scope. The following contains the statement of work and project-specific Statement requirements for professional services required for on-call professional planning services. The Consultant shall comply with all existing future laws, ordinances, orders, directives, codes, rules and regulations of the federal, state and local governmental agencies; including those of the City, which may be applicable to the Project. The Department is seeking Statements from professional and qualified firms that can support the mission and responsibility of the Department. Such firms shall have demonstrated experience in general airport, urban, terminal planning, architectural, environmental, sustainability, interior design and facility support. The selected firm(s) will serve as a Consultant for the Department's Airport Development Division. Services may be associated with State- and Federally- funded projects, Passenger Facility Charges, City of Cleveland, and/or other sources of funding and shall be performed pursuant to any, and all, guidelines and regulations, including but not limited to FAA Advisory Circular 150-5100-14E and FAA Orders 5050.4 and 1050.1. Specific task assignments are expected to vary depending on the Department's needs throughout the duration of the contract period. These services include a mix of anticipated and unanticipated tasks. A detailed scope of work will be prepared on an individual basis for each task/assignment prior to any issuance of a notice to proceed. Anticipated tasks are generally described below. 2.2 Scope of Services. The City has established the following scope of services to be provided by the successful Consultant(s). The City reserves the right to revise the scope of services prior to the execution of a contract to: (i) reflect changes arising out of this qualification process; (ii) incorporate any City requirements adopted after the publication of this RFQ; and (iii) incorporate any other changes it deems necessary. The selected Consultant(s) shall, on an on-call basis, be expected to provide services and perform in the categories that follow. In addition to the identified services, the selected Consultant(s) may be called upon to engage in, but not be limited to: airport, urban, terminal planning, architectural, interior design and facility support services, environmental and sustainability. A DBE Goal of 13% and a SBE goal of 5% have been established for this Project. DBE participation may be in the form of one or more joint ventures, partnerships, subcontracts or other legal arrangements meeting the eligibility standards in 49 CFR Part 26. Additionally, selected Contractor/Consultant and sub-contractors/subconsultants (Non-DBE/SBE and DBE/SBE) will be required to enter all payments, canceled checks and invoices associated with the contract into the contract monitoring system, B2Gnow software. Certified payrolls (where applicable) submitted to OCI on a weekly basis. Note: The submission of the referenced forms is not required with the response to this Request for Qualifications. These forms will only be submitted by the Consultant selected to enter into contract negotiations, after the qualification evaluation process. The forms will be completed at the completion of the fee negotiation. However, the DBE/SBE firms and the anticipated percentages must be identified in the submittal.