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The City of Meriden is soliciting qualifications from engineering firms to provide "ON-CALL" professional services on an as needed basis for various City Departments. The participating firms shall have extensive broad experience in providing municipal On-Call Engineering Services. Consultants should be familiar with any State or Federal regulations that may apply when working on certain projects, including but not limited to, State of CT Dept of Public Health, Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Economic Development and familiarity with OSHA and Conn-OSHA, as well as being knowledgeable and familiar with all aspects of State and Government funding, requirements and guidelines. Disciplines should include, but are not limited to, MEP, Site, Civil, Structural, Water and Wastewater, Transportation, Environmental and Airport expertise. Other services include Hazardous Materials management, Survey, Construction Inspection and Pavement Management. Respondents should list any special certifications possessed by the firm. In addition, all participating firms shall meet all municipal, state and federal affirmative action and equal employment opportunity practices. Additionally, all interested firms shall submit a detailed statement indicating the organization structure under which the firm proposed to conduct business. Proposed sub consultants, subcontractors, joint ventures, etc., should be clearly defined. The relationship of any "parent" firm or subsidiary firm with any of the parties concerned must be clearly defined. Minority owned firms are invited to submit their qualifications independently or as a joint venture with other consultants for the entire assignment. Question Submission Deadline: October 14, 2025, 4:00pm The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals, in whole or in part, to award any item, group of items, or total proposal, and to waive informality or technical defects, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Meriden. No proposer may withdraw its proposal within ninety (90) days of the date of the opening. The City of Meriden is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Disadvantaged, minority, small, and women business enterprises are encouraged to respond. The Purchasing Officer reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or parts thereof for any reason, to negotiate changes to proposal terms and to waive minor inconsistencies with the RFQ. The Purchasing Officer reserves the right to make a selection on the basis of qualifications, experience in providing similar services elsewhere, the proposal's responsiveness to the Request For Qualifications requirements; and to negotiate a contract with the Consultant(s). The contract will not be awarded to any corporation, firm, or individual which/who is in arrears to the City of Meriden by debt or contract, or who is in default as security or otherwise by any obligation to the City of Meriden. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals, in whole or in part, to award any item, group of items, or total proposal, and to waive informality or technical defects, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Meriden. 2.10. NON-COLLUSION STATEMENT Each proposer submitting a bid to the City of Meriden for any portion of the work contemplated by the documents on which bidding is based shall execute and attach thereto the sworn Non-Collusive Statement, to the effect that the proposal has not colluded with any other person, firm, or corporation in the submission of the proposal/qualifications. 2.11. ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRACT No contract may be assigned without the written consent of the Purchasing Officer or designee. 2.12. PERMITS The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining any and all necessary permits required by the City of Meriden prior to the commencement of work. The Contractor may contact the City of Meriden Building Department for permit information at (203) 630-4091. For all other required permits, contact the City of Meriden Engineering Department at (203) 630-4018. 2.13. PRICE AND PAYMENT The City of Meriden is exempt from the payment of the excise taxes imposed by the Federal government and the Sales and Use Tax of the State of Connecticut under Connecticut General Statutes; accordingly, such taxes shall not be included in the bid price. The City of Meriden, unless stated otherwise in the proposal documents or Contract, will make payment to the Contractor not less than thirty (30) days following completion of services. 2.14. QUALITY All materials, equipment, supplies, and services shall be subject to rigid inspection. If defective material, equipment, supplies, or services are discovered, the Contractor shall remove or make good such material, equipment, or supplies without extra compensation. It is expressly understood and agreed that any inspection by the City of Meriden will in no way lessen the responsibility of the Contractor or release Contractor from the obligation to perform and deliver to the City sound and satisfactory materials, equipment, supplies, or allow the cost to be deducted from any monies due it from the City of Meriden. All services will be performed in a workmanlike manner. 2.15. INSURANCE The successful consultant shall be required to provide a Certificate of Insurance denoting general liability, automobile liability, workers compensation liability, and other coverage required by the City's Risk Manager. The successful firm(s) shall ensure that any appropriate licenses or certifications required by the State of Connecticut are maintained for the duration of the project. The firm must meet all municipal, state and federal affirmative action and equal employment opportunity practices. The City may select one or more firms to be placed on the "On-Call" list. The "On-Call" list is typically in effect for a period of 3-5 years. The selected consultants will provide comprehensive engineering services as required for the preparation and support of complete specifications, estimates, contract administration, project inspection, construction management, as well as planning services or studies. In order to be selected for Hazardous Materials Management, specific experience in lead, asbestos and pcb abatement, pre-demolition sampling and reporting, lead abatement training and construction oversite is required. Environmental engineering services may include Phase I, II, III and environmental site assessments funded by DECD and Federal EPA. It may also include soil, underground tanks and testing. The selected consultants must assign for each project a Professional Engineer licensed by the State of Connecticut to be responsible for the management and design. The selected consultants should have on staff at least three individuals at the project manager level who can be available to supervise projects. Staff to support these three individuals should also be identified in the submitted proposal. The selected consultants must be able to begin work on assigned projects within fourteen (14) days of notification. The selected consultants must have adequate staffing to assure that staff is and will be available to handle several projects simultaneously to assure task continuity, prompt delivery of services and completion of assigned tasks. The selected consultants must have the capability to provide the City of Meriden with expertise in performing other functions, such as, but not limited to, preparation of permit applications, liaison functions and clerical assistance. The following is a summary of potential services which the selected Consultant may be required to provide. It is also understood that the selected consultant will be required to complete all direct or indirect responsibilities associated with the assigned task so that the intent and desired goal of the City can be achieved. The selected consultants and the authorized City representative will negotiate the compensation for each project submitted by the consultant. A contract shall be executed for each project over the City's bidding threshhold. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.