Site work for a water / sewer project in New Ulm, Texas. Completed plans call for site work for a water / sewer project.

The New Ulm Water Supply Corporation has been awarded funding from the Texas Water Development Board for the 2024 Clean Water State Revolving Fund program to construct a Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement Pursuant to Project Number 73952. Weishuhn Engineering, Inc. is the project engineer and is seeking to contract with a qualified structural engineer for the cast in place concrete treatment tank(s) design. Please submit your proposal of services and a statement of qualifications and fee schedule for the proposed tasks: Project Type: Cast in place concrete structure 50,000 gallon per day activated sludge wastewater treatment plant. The geotechnical work for the project has been completed and will be made available to the Structural Engineer. Project Address: 24056 Bernard Road New Ulm TX 78950 Email a proposal with qualifications and fee schedule to: weishuhnengineering@gmail.com by noon on October 18, 2024. Any contract of contracts awarded under this Request for Quotation are expected to be funded in part by a loan from the Texas Water Development Board, and shall be referred to as Project 73952. Neither the State of Texas nor any of its departments, agencies or employees is or will be a party to this Invitation for Bids or any resulting contract. Weishuhn Engineering, Inc. reserves the right to negotiate with any and all firms that submit proposals as per the Texas Water Development Board's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program. Any loan award is contingent upon release of funds from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB). The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) intends to ensure that applicants, consultants and contractors are provided with information and guidance to successfully meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program requirements. The TWDB's Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs receive federal funding from the EPA to provide financial assistance for water and wastewater projects. Recipients of financial assistance (e.g., municipalities, towns, public water systems) and their sub-recipients (e.g., prime consultants, prime contractors, purchase order vendors) are required to make a "Good Faith Effort" to award a fair share of work to contractors who are certified as Minority Business Enterprises (MBE) and Women- owned Business Enterprises (WBE) whenever procuring construction, supplies, services, and equipment (40 CFR, Section 33.301). This requirement currently applies to Clean Water State Revolving Fund Equivalency projects and all Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Equivalency projects. Recipients of financial assistance are required to show evidence that they have performed the six steps showing a "Good Faith Effort" (referred to as the Six Good Faith Efforts) for all procurements (40 CFR, Section 33.301). The DBE program is an outreach, education, and goal-oriented program designed to increase the participation of MBEs and WBEs in procurements funded by EPA assistance agreements through the State Revolving Funds. The DBE program goals, also referred to as Fair Share Objectives, are negotiated every three years between the TWDB and the EPA. The TWDB's current negotiated fair share goals are effective 04/01/2024 till 05/01/2027: Potential MBE Participation Potential WBE Participation Cost Category Goal Goal Construction 24.50% 11.34% Non-Construction 24.05% 19.35% Total Combined Construction and Non- Construction 24.16% 17.38% Recipients of financial assistance must maintain all records documenting compliance with all applicable federal and state requirements. They are also subject to additional contract administration requirements (40 CFR, Section 33.302). Weishuhn Engineering, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal Opportunity in Employment - All qualified Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, handicap or national origin. Bidders on this work will be required to comply with the President's Order No. 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375, and as supplemented in Department of Labor regulations 41 CFR Part 60. This contract is subject to the EPA established Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) / Women's Business Enterprise (WBE) "fair share" goals, DBE-0210. Additionally, Davis Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) apply to contractors and subcontractors performing on federally funded or assisted contracts in excess of $2,000 for the construction, alteration or repair of public buildings or public works. All contractors/subcontractors that are debarred, suspended or otherwise excluded from or ineligible for participation on federal assistance programs may not undertake any activity in part or in full under this project.