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Project Type RFQ (Request for Quote) Response Types Line Items Type of Award Lump Sum. Bid Bond 10.00% Payment Bond 100.00% Performance Bond 100.00%. Pre-Bid Meeting No. Online Q&A No. The City of Bakersfield (CITY) desires to enter into agreements with contracting firms which are able to provide the CITY with construction inspection services. Qualified person(s) from contracted firm(s) shall perform construction inspection and/or resident engineer level services on a limited time contract basis. Work under this agreement shall be for Calendar Years 2026 and 2027. It is estimated two (2) to four (4) inspectors will be needed. Inspectors and/or engineers will be assigned to CITY projects based on their experience. The inspectors shall stay with their project until the construction is finished or as otherwise directed by the CITY Construction Superintendent. The contracted firm(s) shall make such individual(s) available to work with a very short notice. These construction inspectors and/or resident engineers are not considered as CITY employees and are not eligible for any of the CITY employees' benefits throughout the terms of the agreement. However, the contracted firms will be under the oversite of the CITY Construction Superintendent and are generally expected to work under an 8-hour work schedule or as otherwise necessary, Monday through Friday with lunch breaks. For the purpose of this RFQ&P, the term "Contractor" and "Firm" are interchangeable and refer to the selected firm with qualified individual(s) to provide construction inspection services for CITY projects. The firm and its qualified staff shall execute the City's assignments in a timely manner and in accordance with the City's project schedule. Failure to respond to assignments or failure to complete scheduled work in a timely manner may result in termination of the agreement. The CITY will award contract(s) to contracting firms with qualified individual(s) after reviewing all the Statement of Qualifications (SOQs) submitted by interested firms. The selection process will be based on the CITY's evaluation of the firm's SOQ and specifically the items listed below. After the CITY's evaluation of the firm's schedule of hourly billing rates for construction inspection services, the CITY will attempt to negotiate the final fee and enter into an agreement with one or more top ranked firms. If the CITY is unable to reach a contract agreement despite good faith negotiations, the CITY will attempt to negotiate an agreement with the next top ranked firm, etc. At no time will the CITY re enter negotiations with a firm when negotiations have been terminated. The rate schedules shall not be opened until the evaluation of SOQ's and reference checks of all firms are completed and the ranking of firms with qualified individuals has been established. City reserves the right to reject all proposals. City reserves the right to award all, or a portion of, or none of the work set forth in this Request for Proposals. City does not, by publishing this Request for Proposal, or by awarding a contract to any proposer, guarantee any quantity of work. The City estimates included in this Request for Proposal for work which may be available each year are estimates only and the amount of work actually given to any successful proposer may vary widely from the estimates. City reserves the right to terminate the contract for any reason or for no reason at all. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time.