Renovation of a water / sewer project in Mills River, North Carolina. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

The City intends to contract with one qualified firm to provide engineering services to support the Water Treatment Facility (WTF) Sludge Transfer and Backwash Pump Upgrade Project (Project). The City's WTF is located at 4139 Haywood Road, Mills River, NC and has a current permitted capacity of 12.0 million gallons per day (MGD) with an upcoming expansion under construction to 15.0 (MGD). The project generally consists of the components below however, the scope may be refined during detailed design and as the project progresses: Currently, the WTF is equipped with a single backwash supply pump which is located in the Finished Water Pump Station. The proposed project is currently planned to include a new pump located within a new, standalone structure to the east of the existing clearwell with buried suction piping extending from the existing finished water line that feeds the finished water pump station. The structure will include a skylight and access doors to facilitate maintenance activities and will house the pump/motor, discharge piping/valves, and associated electrical/instrumentation equipment. Buried discharge piping will be connected to the existing 16-inch backwash supply line north of the filter building. Sludge Transfer Pump Upgrade will include the installation of two dry pit submersible pumps to replace the existing sludge transfer pump within the existing sludge transfer pump station along with associated piping, electrical, and instrumentation improvements. The engineering services related to the contract generally consists of the following; however, the scope may be refined after further inspection, testing, and evaluation of existing conditions: o Inspection, assessment, and evaluation of the existing relevant structures and equipment. o Development of detailed alternatives analysis including an engineer's opinion of costs. o Identify and complete necessary permitting requirements. o Development of detailed construction plans and technical specifications including civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural designs. o Administration, bidding and construction phase support. Question Deadline 03/05/2025 Questions regarding this request should be directed to Adam Steurer (email only) and will be accepted. It is the practice of the City to provide historically underutilized businesses an equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of its contracting and procurement programs and to prohibit discrimination against persons or businesses in pursuit of these opportunities. The City is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The City reserves the right to select and enter into an Agreement with firm that is best qualified in accordance with the evaluation criteria to support the project. Firms are put on notice that the contract will be negotiated and entered in phases, as the project progresses, and selection as the best qualified firm does not guarantee that all phases of the project will be contracted. For the avoidance of doubt, the City reserves the right to go out for a request for qualifications competitive process for any phase(s) of the project. The City will compensate the firm for services provided on the most appropriate basis determined at the time of the contract negotiations for each phase of the project as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the City, and as required by terms of the applicable federal and state funding requirements, if any. The City accepts no responsibility for expenses incurred during the preparation or delivery of SOQs. The City reserves the right to: reject any and all statements of qualification, select the firm most qualified for the referenced work, waive technical errors and informalities, and to accept the statement of qualification, which, in its sole judgment, is presented by the best qualified firm. In the event of limited response, the City also reserves the right to extend the submittal deadline as appropriate in order to assure a competitive procurement process. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.