RFP Engineering - City-Wide Lead Water Service Replacement

The City of Duluth is interested in retaining one or more consultants to provide engineering services for design, construction administration and inspection services for the replacement of lead services on both public and private property. Funding for this project is provided in whole or in part by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The awarded proposer(s) must have an active SAM.gov registration with no exclusions. Additional supplemental provisions in Appendix B shall apply The City of Duluth is pursuing funding from the Minnesota Department of Health Public Facilities Authority (PFA) for the replacement of lead services within the City. This funding has been approved at both the State and Federal levels for municipalities to use on both public and private water services. The City is confident they will be awarded both loan and grant dollars for this project The City hopes to bid four lead service replacement projects in 2023. Each project would include approximately 200 to 250 service replacements. The City does not currently have adequate staff to assemble bid plans and inspect service replacements. More than one consultant may be selected from this solicitation to prepare plans and specifications and perform construction inspection Any questions regarding this RFP must be submitted by e-mail to the Purchasing Office at purchasing@duluthmn.gov. Answers to the questions will be posted as an Addendum to the RFP. The City encourages participation by minority, women, and veteran-owned businesses as prime contractors, and encourages all prime contractors to make a significant commitment to use minority, women, veteran-owned and other disadvantaged business entities as subcontractors and suppliers. A list of certified Disadvantaged Business Enterprises is maintained by the Minnesota Unified Certification Program electronically September 1, 2022 Selection of Consultant(s) September 12, 2022 Council Approval to Award Contract(s) February 1, 2023 Plans and Specifications complete February 15, 2023 Advertise for bids March 2023 Receive bids May 2023 Start Construction November 2023 Construction Completion All questions concerning the project shall be directed to: Eric Shaffer, Chief Engineer or Tim Sanders, Project Engineer City of Duluth - Engineering Division 411 W. 1 st Street, Room 230 City Hall Duluth, Minnesota 55802-1191 eshaffer@duluthmn.gov tsanders@duluthmn.gov (218) 393-2501 Eric (218) 730-5066 Tim The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.

Division 31 -	Earthwork.
Division 32 -	Exterior Improvements.
Division 33 -	Utilities, Instrumentation and Control for Utilities, Water Utilities, Water Utility Distribution Piping, Water Utility Distribution Equipment, Disinfecting of Water Utility Distribution, Water Utility Storage Tanks.
Division 34 -	Transportation.
Division 35 -	Waterway and Marine Construction.