Introduction: The City of Havelock is currently under a Special Order of Consent (SOC) with the State. In order for the City to comply with the terms of the SOC, the City of Havelock, North Carolina requests proposals from qualified Engineering Firms for the final design, cost estimates construction, preparation of bid package, and CA/CO services for the Sanitary Sewer Line Project. Upon review of proposals received in response to this Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the City of Havelock anticipates awarding a single contract for the engineering services as required. Project Description: The preliminary concept for the sanitary sewer line project involves sewer line replacement, pipe upsizing, regrading of lines, addition of new lines, possible abandonment of manholes, and installation of new manholes from MH G244 to a new manhole (north side of Fontana Boulevard) off of Hwy 70/Main Street. The Consultant is responsible for developing alternatives for discussion. Final design selection by City staff. The existing sewer line may be a source of inflow and infiltration (I&I) into the sewer system which limits the system's capacity. Engineering services are required to develop design and construction drawings to replace the sewer line system to eliminate I&I, improve flow capacity, and comply with the terms of the SOC. Project Schedule: The following is a preliminary milestone date list for this project: Task Date Accept RFQs Interview Engineering Firms (three (3) if needed) Award Engineering Service Project October 21, 2020 November 4, 2020 November 18, 2020 Proposal Format: A written proposal must be submitted in the format outlined herein. Each proposal will be reviewed to determine if it is complete prior to actual evaluation. If submitting by mail or hand delivering a total of five (5) copies of the proposal shall be submitted to the City of Havelock. Proposal Content: The written proposal should provide background information about the company, its employees, and its experience with related projects, related clients and experience with successfully submitting grant/loan applications. The City will give preferably consideration to North Carolina local government related project references. It should cover the experience of the firm, as well as any consultants on the proposed team. For the purposes of the RFQ, the term "company" shall refer to the prime respondent of this RFQ, or in other words, the company with whom the City of Havelock will contract. Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes 143-64.31, the City of Havelock, North Carolina, announces that it is soliciting Request for Qualifications (RFQ's) to negotiate for professional engineering services. Submitted proposals are to be in accordance with the attached specifications, bids can be submitted by mail, email, or hand delivered. Cover sheets, envelopes, etc. should be clearly marked with the words. "City of Havelock Request for Engineering Service Qualifications: Sanitary Sewer Line Project" If submitting bid by email include a separate file attachment titled Cost Estimate. The City of Havelock intends to evaluate the qualifications of all firms submitting proposals before considering the Cost Estimate. Bids will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, October 21 2020. No proposals will be accepted after this date and time. The City of Havelock reserves the right to refuse any or all packages received. All questions regarding this project should be directed to bids@havelocknc.us. In order that the selection process is as objective as possible, do not contact any other member of the City of Havelock Staff or officials. General Comments: 1: Any cost incurred by respondents in preparing or submitting a proposal for the project shall be the respondents' sole responsibility. 2: All responses, inquiries, or correspondence relating to this RFQ will become the property of the City of Havelock when received. 3: The City of Havelock reserves the right to refuse any or all packages received. Questions must be received by 2:00 PM (EST) on Friday, October 2, 2020. If questions are received, the City will respond no later than 12:00 PM (EST) on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. As of March 10, 2021, The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time. *Project information, including timeline and contacts, has been obtained through public sources. The content management team continues to pursue additional details; however, the contact(s) listed have yet to disclose or confirm any information. Inquiries should be directed to the contact(s) listed.