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

The Town of Watertown Water & Sewer Authority (WSA), Department of Public Works (DPW), & Engineering (ENG) is soliciting qualification statements for drinking water distribution, wastewater collection, stormwater systems, & public works infrastructure On-Call Engineering Services. On-Call Engineering Services can include planning, design, construction, information technology & geographic information systems (GIS), surveying, including boundary, right of way, topographical, and environmental consulting. For example, for the drinking water infrastructure design work list: water mains installation, replacement or rehabilitation, water meters, storage tanks and treatment work, lead service line inventory and/or replacement, SCADA work and prepare a preliminary engineering report (PER). Additional specialty services for each category may include geotechnical support, structural engineering, various types of modeling, hydraulic modeling, interconnection studies, facility security evaluations, flow monitoring, infiltration and inflow analysis, compliance with lead & copper regulations and other federal / state regulations, risk assessments, grant funding applications, procurement, and economic & cost analysis support. The WSA, DPW, & ENG intends to retain up to THREE firms based on Sections 22a-482-4 (i) & 22a-482-4 (i)(4)(A)(i) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies (hereinafter the "State Regulations") for this On-Call Services contract but reserves the right to retain fewer if it determines it is in its best interests. WSA, DPW, & ENG intend to enter into a three-year contract agreement with the selected consultant(s) with options to extend up to two times for one-year for each extension. Upon award the consultant(s) will submit proposed annual hourly rates for staff positions and roles applicable to the work. Proposed hourly rates and annual adjustments are subject to approval by the WSA, DPW, & ENG and / or Town Committees, Boards, and Town Council. Services under the On-Call contract will be awarded through task orders, by which scope of work, level of effort and fee will be negotiated on a task-by-task basis. An engineering consultant(s) shall be selected using the Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) process. Some Contracts awarded under this Request For Qualifications (RFQ) could be funded in part by the State of Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), and the State of Connecticut, Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Clean Water Fund State Revolving (CWSRF). This procurement follows the requirements contained in Section 22a-482-4(h), (i), and (o) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The State of Connecticut is not a party to this RFQ or any resulting Contract; however, if the consultant assignment should receive Federal or State funds, they will be obligated to adhere to all necessary applicable requirements imposed on the WSA, DPW, & ENG. It is the intent of the WSA, DPW, & ENG that the firm(s) selected to complete funded projects will prepare funding applications and / or complete the project work. Firms selected must be fully aware when they are asked to submit proposals for SRF funded projects, as there are different requirements they have to meet when the Town is requesting CT DPH and/or CT DEEP to approve the engineering agreement for the project specific task order. Questions regarding this RFQ may be submitted Donna Ford, Purchasing Agent, Town of Watertown, Purchasing Department at: ford@watertownct.org. Questions shall be in writing and received no later than 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 29, 2024. Questions will be responded to and available at 61 Echo Lake Road, Watertown, CT no later than Monday May 6, 2024.