INTRODUCTION The Delaware River Port Authority ("Authority" or "DRPA") is a bi-state corporate instrumentality of the State of New Jersey and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The DRPA owns and operates four major toll bridge crossings of the Delaware River; the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, the Walt Whitman Bridge, the Commodore Barry Bridge, and the Betsy Ross Bridge. Each bridge facility includes office buildings, maintenance shops, garages, and other buildings and structures. In addition, the DRPA owns real property in the vicinity of the bridges. The Authority's transit subsidiary, PATCO, operates a rapid transit line providing public transport service between Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey. The Authority hereby invites interested professional consulting engineering firms ("Consultant" or "Consultants") to submit a Statement of Qualifications ("SOQ") for Construction Monitoring and Inspection Services for the WALT WHITMAN BRIDGE SUSPENDED SPAN LINK REPLACEMENT - PHASE II Project, Contract No. WW-34-2023 (the "Project"). This public advertisement constitutes the Authority's formal solicitation to determine the interest of qualified firms in the aforementioned Project. SCOPE OF SERVICES The Consultant to be engaged shall be expected to perform all the work necessary to provide for the proper Construction Monitoring and Inspection Services for the Walt Whitman Bridge Suspended Span Link Replacement - Phase II, Contract No. WW-34-2023. The Consultant will provide all on-site and off-site project inspection and observation required to certify that all materials and workmanship for this Project are completed in conformance with the Construction Contract's requirements and industry standards. The Consultant must be capable of responding to the needs of the DRPA with personnel possessing expertise in the work specified. This expertise must exist within the firm or within the proposed Project team and must be readily available to the DRPA as needed. The scope of the construction work to be completed under Contract No. WW-34-2023 includes replacement of four (4) tower pin and link assemblies, rehabilitation of four (4) tower wind restraint assemblies, and replacement of various gusset plates and steel members on the Walt Whitman Bridge. The Authority intends to establish a short list of Consultants to receive a Request for Proposal ("RFP") and to engage a Consultant for this Project. TERM OF ENGAGEMENT It is expected that the term of engagement for the Project will be approximately 2 years, which shall commence as of the date of execution of an Agreement following the RFP process. In order to participate in this SOQ and receive an invitation to the solicitation event, please send a request, via e-mail, to the following Contracting Officer: Gregory R. Noonan - grnoonan@drpa.org. If a response is not received within two (2) business days, please resend the request and copy to vendors@drpa.org on your e-mail. In order to access the SOQ event, you must be registered on the Ariba Network and have completed the Authority's supplier registration questionnaire. If you have not already done so, you can register on the Ariba Network at any time. Registration is free, quick and easy. Please go to the DRPA Procurement website: http://www.drpa.org/procurement for registration instructions and additional information. For questions about the Ariba registration process or registration technical issues, please send an e-mail to vendors@drpa.org. Firms should ensure that they can access and upload files in Ariba prior to the submission deadline. It is the respondent's responsibility to ensure submission of its SOQ to the proper place at the proper time. Absent an emergency or unanticipated event that interrupts normal Authority processes so that SOQs cannot be received via Ariba by the exact time specified in the SOQ, the Authority will not extend the submission deadline for an interested firm due to its technical difficulties. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT The DRPA has established a Single Point of Contact for this SOQ. From the issue date of this advertisement, the Single Point of Contact shall be the Contracting Officer whose name and contact information appears below. Please refer all inquiries related to the to the Contracting Officer. Any violation of this condition (excluding any Ariba supplier registration questions, which should be addressed by e-mailing vendors@drpa.org) may be cause for the Authority to reject the offending firm. Respondents agree not to distribute any part of their SOQ beyond the Authority's Contract Administration Department. A Respondent that shares information contained in its SOQ with other Authority personnel may be disqualified and its SOQ may be rejected.
The Single Point of Contact for this Project is: Gregory R. Noonan, Contract Administration
grnoonan@drpa.org
856-968-2087
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