Request For Proposals For Engineering Services U.S. E.Pa. Grant #05D44925

The City of Blackshear is seeking qualified, Georgia-licensed engineering firms to provide comprehensive post-award services for EPA Congressionally Mandated Projects Grant #05D44925, involving the construction of a new well and hydro-pneumatic water storage tank. The selected firm will handle all phases from planning and design through construction oversight and project closeout, ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations, including the collection and transfer of American Iron and Steel (AIS) and Build America Buy America (BABA) documentation. The scope emphasizes preparing detailed plans, specifications, bid documents, managing contractor performance, conducting inspections, and submitting all necessary documentation to the EPA, with a focus on certifying AIS and BABA compliance at project completion. The contract emphasizes adherence to EPA grant conditions and requires certification of documentation, but does not specify particular FAR clauses; instead, it states that all contracts will be subject to EPA-prescribed federal and state provisions. Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. on October 23, 2025, and must be submitted in a single package to the City Clerk at the specified address. The evaluation process is qualification-based, scoring proposals on criteria such as the firm’s ability to supply all necessary disciplines, relevant experience with similar projects and federal grants, community knowledge, staff expertise, and references, using a 1-4 adjectival rating system. The firm must include a detailed cost estimate covering all services from project initiation through closeout, with no preset line-item structure or fixed prices; instead, offerors are expected to propose comprehensive, itemized costs for tasks including design, surveying, bidding, construction oversight, and documentation. The contract requires the firm to certify the accuracy of their qualifications and to provide key personnel details, licenses, and prior federal grant experience. Additionally, the firm must obtain and maintain all AIS and BABA documentation during construction, certify compliance at project end, and manage all aspects of project documentation and reporting, with final acceptance resting with the City of Blackshear. The process emphasizes equal opportunity, with no specific security, OCI, or socioeconomic certification requirements explicitly outlined.