City Of Fircrest
NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS FOR
Emerson West Sidewalk Project
The City of Fircrest solicits inter-
est from consulting firms with expertise in Civil Engineering Design and Construction Management for the Regents West Sidewalk Project. This agreement will be for approximately nine months in duration with the option for the City of Fircrest to extend it for additional time and money if necessary.
The City of Fircrest reserves the right to amend terms of this “Request for Qualifications” (RFQ) to circulate various addenda, or to withdraw the RFQ at any time, regardless of how much time and effort consultants have spent on their responses.
Project Description
The work to be performed by the CONSULTANT consists of preparing Plans, Specifications, Structural Design for retaining walls, Engineering documents, Determination or RW needs, Survey, and Environmental permitting, , and for a sidewalk on Emerson Street. between 67th Ave West to Woodside Drive. The proposed improvement is to complete a sidewalk where a gap currently exists. Effort will include adding a curb, gutter, ADA compliant sidewalk and retaining wall, update ADA facilities as required with fully compliant ramps. This project currently does not have a mandatory (0)% DBE goal, and a mandatory DBE goal may be required for subsequent phases.. The major feature of the project will be the design documents for a ADA compliant sidewalk, curb, gutter, and retaining wall install, approximately 0.140 miles in length. The City of Fircrest reserves the right to retain the services of the successful firm(s) for subsequent phases associated with this project. Design work will commence in August 2023. Construction of the project is scheduled for year 2024.
Evaluation Criteria
Submittals will be evaluated and ranked based on the following criteria:
1) Qualification of Proposed Project Manager
2) Qualifications/Expertise of Firm 3) Ability to meet schedule
4) Approach to project
5) Familiarity with WSDOT/FHWA
standards
6) Past Performance/References
7) Approach to meet the DBE goal
and ability for subsequent phases.
Submittal
Submittals should include the following information: Firm name, phone and e-mail address; Name of Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager; and key Staff/Sub-consultants involved in the project.
Please submit FOUR copies of
your Statement of Qualifications (not to exceed 10 pages): City of Fircrest, 115 Ramsdell Street, Fircrest, WA. 98466 no later than 5:00 pm on 7/7/2023. Submittals will not be accepted after that time and date.
Any questions regarding this pro-
ject should be directed to Tyler Bemis, Public Works Director, at 253-564-8900.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information
The City of Fircrest in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (Section 504) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), commits to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability, in all of its programs and activities. This material can be made available in an alternate format by emailing Tyler Bemis at tbemis@cityoffircrest.net or by calling the City of Fircrest at (253) 564-8900.
Title VI Statement
The City of Fircrest in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d to 2000d-4 and Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Transportation, subtitle A, Office of the Secretary, Part 21, nondiscrimination in federally assisted programs of the Department of Transportation issued pursuant to such Act, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that in any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises as defined at 49 CFR Part 26 will be afforded full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, national origin, or sex in consideration for an award.”
IDX-978652
Dates of publication in the Tacoma Daily Index: 6/12/2023 (1), and 6/20/2023 (2).
