Owner Advisor Services for Water Quality Master Plan-Phase 1

The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is soliciting a registered professional engineering firm to serve as an Owner Advisor for Phase 1 of the Water Quality Master Plan. This project focuses on replacing pretreatment basins at the Carrollton Water Plant with new plate settler pretreatment basins with a total capacity of 240-mgd, utilizing the Construction Manager at Risk delivery method. The selected advisor will act as an extension of the Board's staff, providing technical, procurement, scheduling, risk management, and project oversight services from inception through final completion, including the development and validation of the Guaranteed Maximum Price and final commissioning. The procurement process follows a two-stage evaluation where technical proposals are graded on a scale of 0-5 based on proposer experience, methodology, project samples, and DBE participation, with cost proposals opened only after the technical evaluation. A critical requirement is a 35 percent DBE participation goal. Key personnel, including the Program Manager and Project Manager, must be full-time employees of the prime firm and are required to work within the New Orleans Metropolitan area for the duration of the project. The Program Manager must specifically be a Louisiana licensed professional engineer with at least five years of experience in large-scale water treatment projects. Proposals must be submitted via email to [email hidden] by December 11, 2026, and must not exceed 20 pages. The initial award will cover Task 1, with subsequent tasks subject to performance and funding availability. Required submission documents include a technical proposal, a separate cost proposal, and specific DBE participation sheets. Awarded contractors must provide several affidavits, including conflict of interest, non-collusion, and convicted felon disclosures. All correspondence regarding this solicitation is directed to Procurement Director Cashanna Moses.