Demolition, site work, paving and new construction of a civil project in Saint Augusta, Minnesota. Conceptual plans call for the demolition of a bridge / tunnel; for the construction of a bridge / tunnel; for site work for a bridge / tunnel; for paving for a bridge / tunnel; road / highway; road / highway; road / highway; and road / highway.

The City of St. Cloud Engineering Department is seeking a firm to provide professional engineering services for the design of a new bridge to serve the roadway improvements and extension to Heatherwood Road associated with City Project Number 2027-01. The design will replace and expand the existing Bridge No. L8384 over Johnson Creek. All work shall comply with the procedures, requirements and regulations of MnDOT, Office of State Aid for Local Transportation, City of St. Cloud, and other State and Federal agencies as required. The intent and scope of work will include all tasks required to prepare a complete set of detailed construction plans and special provisions. The detailed design documents will be incorporated by City personnel into the bid proposal package for the Heatherwood Roadway Improvements as part of City Project Number 2027-01 and let for bids. Submit any requests for information via email, to Zachary Borgerding & Luke Langner by 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 14, 2025, . Responses to the received RFI's will be issued to the RFP recipients on Friday, March 21, 2025. Final consultant selection will be based on project understanding, cost, schedule, proposed project personnel and previous experience with similar projects. Contact Person: City of St. Cloud Engineering Department Zachary Borgerding 1201 - 7th Street South St. Cloud, MN 56301 SCOPE OF REQUIRED ENGINEERING SERVICES The selected consultant will design and submit 60 and 95 percent plans for review before final plan submittal. T h e final design will include, but is not limited to, preparing detailed construction plans and calculations for the portion of the project associated with the new bridge construction. The design documents will include utility plans and profiles; erosion and sediment control plans; Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP); traffic control and staging plans; signage, striping, and railing plans, structural engineering plans and calculations; specifications; and all other information required to complete the plans for bidding. Anticipated construction cost estimates are to be provided with the 30, 60, and 95 percent submittals as well as with the final deliverable. Anticipated right-of-way requirements, construction limits, and utility relocations will need to be assembled and incorporated into the final deliverables. The city and consultant will coordinate for any public input process, but the consultant will be expected to provide display materials for the meeting. Consultant is responsible for all required project submittals to MnDOT. A listing of project tasks and deliverables is provided below: A. Project Management, to include monthly progress and status reports and project management team (PMT) meetings as needed. Monthly progress meetings with city PMT may occur virtually. B. Surveys and Mapping, to include all survey and mapping work needed to assemble a thorough and accurate bridge design (note that the city has LIDAR survey information along a portion of this alignment pertaining to the city Metro Forcemain project alignment). This includes all exhibits, delineations and descriptions needed for any necessary right-of-way (acquisition to be done by City). Completed electronic survey files will be provided to the city for reference. C. Hydrology, Geotechnical Investigation, Hydraulic Analysis and Design, to ensure that the soils in the area are suitable to support the proposed roadway and structure replacement. In order to determine the types of corrections, improvements and/or changes that may be needed, hydrology and geotechnical studies will need to be completed. Geotechnical and hydraulic work shall include, but not be limited to, soil borings, watershed properties, flood hydrograph, rainfall and streamflow statistics, laboratory tests (including pavement R-value and any other tests), pipe bedding recommendations, engineering analysis and report, pavement recommendations and other information and testing required for design. All reports shall be submitted to the City for their records. D. Requisite Approvals and Permits, to include early coordination with DNR, MPCA, MDH, and any other regulatory agency as needed. Before construction can occur, permits from regulatory agencies will need to be obtained. The consultant will be responsible for preparing all documentation and providing necessary information to apply for the necessary permits, including forms, maps, areas of impact, etc. The successful consultant should plan for extensive coordination with agencies. There is currently a significant effort to improve water quality and conditions along Johnson Creek and the Mississippi River. All permitting work will be coordinated through the City's Engineering Department. E. Cost Estimates, to include detailed cost estimates for the 95 and 100 percent completion thresholds. Preliminary cost estimates at the 30 and 60 percent thresholds will also be needed to ensure that enough funding is set aside for the construction of this project. Cost estimates will also be used to ensure that construction bids are appropriate. F. Right-of-Way Identification, to include permanent and temporary easements. The consultant will incorporate existing and any proposed right-of-way into the construction plans. The consultant will provide CAD files as necessary to support the city staff right-of-way acquisition. Right of way identification shall be discussed at during the 30, 60, and 95 percent design review meetings. G. Utility Coordination and Relocations, to include locating and identifying all private utilities. The consultant will identify all conflicts between existing and relocated utilities and the proposed design. This task will require coordination with Gopher State One and utility companies. The consultant shall provide plans to utility companies in conjunction with utility coordination meetings and final submittal. Meetings with utility companies should be included as part of this task. Minutes shall be taken and electronic copies of all minutes shall be provided to the city. H. 30 Percent Design Review Meeting, to include a presentation to City Staff of a minimum of three options of materials to be used for bridge construction. The benefits and disadvantages associated with each of the options considered will be discussed along with a review of the 30 percent construction estimate. The meeting will also summarize the design requirements from the agencies having jurisdiction (MNDNR, MPCA, etc.) I. 60 and 95 Percent Plan Preparation, to include the design development plans and specifications for City Review review at 60 and 95 percent. These plans will include sufficient information needed to allow the City to review and provide directions and the consultant to work towards final plans. a. The 60 percent design documents will advance the project based on the City's direction form the 30 percent design review presentation. The 60 percent submittal will include the design drawings, geotechnical report, basis of design report for each discipline, template specification, geotechnical report, hydrology report, structural calculations, and cost estimate. The consultant will be expected to provide a concept layout for alignment and profile for City approval prior to submitting the 60 percent plans. b. The 95 percent plans will be developed from the comments developed during the 60 percent review. The 95 percent submittal documents will include the design drawings, specifications, utility company coordination meeting minutes, permitting documents per paragraph IV.D, and cost estimate. 95 percent design drawings will include all sheets and specifications anticipated with the 100 percent plan submittal. Final bridge plans and load rating forms will be submitted to MnDOT bridge as required. The Consultant will provide to the city all files related to this project including electronic design files in AutoCAD/Civil 3D format. o Electronic files for the structural calculations may be provided in their native file format provided information on the specific design software is also provided for the City's records. o Where Revit is utilized for the plan production, the .RVT files for the project shall be provided along with copies of these files in AutoCAD/Civil 3D format. J. Final Construction Plans, Specifications and Estimates, to include 10 copies of scaled sets of final construction plans on 11" x 17" plain bond white paper for reproduction. A full resolution signed PDF copy of the plan packet will also be required. The consultant will provide the special provisions portion for the specification packet. The project special provisions packet shall be submitted as a Microsoft Word file and PDF file. Structural calculations will be provided as an appendix to the specifications and may be submitted in PDF format only. The city will incorporate the special provisions and plans into a bid proposal packet suitable for bidding for the combined project 2027-01. K. Construction Period Services, to include the review and recommended acceptance or rejection of contractor submitted documents (shop drawings) for the new bridge construction, response to contractor requests for information, participation in virtual bi-weekly progress meetings (six anticipated), four construction site visits by the design engineer (two progress site visits, punch list inspection, and final inspection). Fees for the construction Period Services should assume a construction start date in 2027. SERVICES AND INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CITY OF ST. CLOUD The following will be provided to the awarded Consultant by City of St. Cloud: A. Previous design plans of existing roads, bridge and utilities. Metro Forcemain construction plans available upon request. B. Preliminary design information for the Heathwood Roadway Improvements associated with City Project Number 2027-01. C. Title work and right-of-way negotiations/acquisitions. D. Construction staking and inspection.