The City of Jacksonville is soliciting proposals from professional engineering Firms for geotechnical and construction materials testing services related to various water and sewer projects as well as other City projects. The word “Firm”, “Testing Laboratory”, and “Laboratory” are used interchangeably all having the same meaning as the one key agency responsible for Construction Materials Testing. The Firm would be for an on-call and as needed basis for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2021. At the sole discretion of the City, one or more Firms may be selected and awarded contracts under this RFQ.
The City will select Firms with which to negotiate contracts using a Qualifications Based Selection process. Selection will be based on demonstrated experience and expertise in construction materials inspection. The City also believes that other important traits for successful project execution are the ability of the Firm to work in partnership with City staff, management, and other consultants and contractors who may be part of a project and the ability of the Firm to respond in a timely manner to any issues that may arise.
The Firm will be required to provide construction material testing services which includes but is not limited to testing of concrete, aggregates, asphalt, soils, and other various general laboratory material tests per American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. Services shall consist of performing inspections, taking site samples, measurements, conducting laboratory testing and furnishing various reports on materials testing results in accordance with the contract documents.
he intention is that the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process will result in the execution of a master agreement (contract) and supplemental agreements (task orders) between the City and an unspecified number of Firms. The number of Firms will be determined by the City after the RFQ process is completed.
The contract length is for a time frame of three (3) years beginning July 1, 2021. However, the City reserves the right to cancel the On-Call Geotechnical and Construction Materials Testing Services Program (Program) at any time and create a new Program as needed. Selected Firms that do not meet the City’s performance expectations, routinely decline opportunities to participate in projects offered through the Program or lose significant internal expertise submitted with the original RFQ response may be removed from the Program.
VI. SCHEDULE
• RFQ Invitation Release Date/Advertisement March 19, 2021
• Submission for Questions and Clarifications April 2, 2021
• Response to Questions and Clarifications April 8, 2021
• Submission of Qualifications April 22, 2021
• Preliminary Interview Dates May 3-7, 2021
• Selection Committee’s Recommendation May 21, 2021
Submit six (6) hard copies of the proposals and one (1) CD or flash drive containing a PDF of the proposal by 5:00 PM on April 22, 2021 in the Engineering Division of Jacksonville City Hall, located at 815 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540.
The proposal package shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope/box marked: Request for Qualifications – On-Call Professional Geotechnical and Construction Materials Testing Services and delivered to: City of Jacksonville, Attn: Randa Soules, 815 New Bridge Street, Jacksonville, NC 28540.
There will be no pre-proposal meeting. Questions about this proposal shall be submitted via email and will be answered until 5:00 PM on April 2, 2021. Questions received after this time will not be answered.
Questions concerning this RFQ shall be submitted to Randa Soules via email at rsoules@jacksonvillenc.gov or by phone at (910) 938-5330 no later than 5:00PM on April 2, 2021.
Please review RFQ for further details.
RFQ prevails over bidnet posting.
