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The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority ("ALCOSAN") is soliciting Letters of Interest and Statements of Qualification from firms interested in qualifying to provide Professional Engineering Consulting Services to ALCOSAN for the Inspection of 300-Ft Radial Brick Chimney. ALCOSAN encourages businesses owned and operated by minorities, disadvantaged and women's and Service-Disabled Veteran business enterprises to submit qualification statements or to participate as subcontractors or suppliers to the selected Consultant/Firm. The Party selected shall be required to utilize minority, disadvantaged, and women's and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned business enterprises to the fullest extent possible. Questions and requests for clarification regarding this Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") must be directed, in writing via email, to: Suzanne Thomas Chief Procurement Officer Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Email: procurement@alcosan.org. Responses to all general questions and requests for clarification will be posted on ALCOSAN's website. ALCOSAN will provide, in writing, any clarifications, changes and/or other information deemed to be necessary as addenda to this RFQ. ALCOSAN cannot guarantee responses to any questions received after 2:00 p.m., seven (7) business days prior to the submittal date. The overall scope of work for the Inspection of 300-FT Radial Brick Chimney includes, but is not limited to, the consultant services, expertise, and responsibilities noted herein: 1. Procure or Sub-contract services for chimney inspection from an experienced industrial chimney inspection firm: a. Perform a Class II Inspection of ALCOSAN's 300-ft Radial Brick Chimney. b. Inspection shall include a thorough, primarily visual, examination of the exterior and interior of the chimney. The chimney will be taken off-line (out of service) for the inspection work. c. Full height inspection of the full exterior circumference and all appurtenances (platform, ladder, support bands, chimney cap, lightning protection system, etc.). d. Full height inspection of the interior of the chimney. e. Chimney inspection firm shall provide supervision, labor, material, and equipment (including furnishing and installing scaffolding and rigging) as necessary to access and perform the work. f. Provide detailed inspection report, signed, and sealed by a P.E. registered in Pennsylvania: Inspection summary, photographs, and recommendations for required repair and maintenance items. 2. Review inspection report and recommendations; review report with ALCOSAN, advise of any recommended or required repair. 3. Coordinate with ALCOSAN Operations & Maintenance for scheduling of the chimney inspection (this chimney inspection could be scheduled to occur during the annual full outage of the incineration system, which typically occurs in the summertime). 4. Site investigation and review of available as-built information and previous chimney inspection reports. 5. ALCOSAN will determine, based on the recommendations in the report and subsequent review, if any repair work is needed. If needed, ALCOSAN will have the option to request the Consultant prepare contract documents (biddable drawings and specifications) for issuance of a construction contract. A separate fee will be negotiated for this work if the option is selected by ALCOSAN. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.