General The Erie County Water Authority (Authority) will accept proposals for consulting engineering services for the inspection and evaluation of various water storage tanks. The Authority reserves the right to modify or cancel this Request for Proposals (RFP) and/or the project; to reject any or all proposals; and to waive any or all irregularities. This Request for Proposals does not obligate the Authority to award a contract for the project or to reimburse any costs associated with the preparation of any proposal. The RFP is being conducted pursuant to the New York State Finance Law 139-j and 139-k and the Erie County Water Authority's Procurement Disclosure Policy. The Procurement Disclosure Policy is available by accessing the Erie County Water Authority's web site under the caption "Doing Business with ECWA". Project Description The project consists of engineering services for the inspection and evaluation of the following water storage tanks located throughout the Authority's system. The work is scheduled to be performed in 2023, 2024 and 2025 Scope of Work The general scope of work is described in the example Professional Services Contract included as Attachment 1. The methods of payment shall be per the Professional Services Contract. All questions and requests for information are to be directed to the designated ECWA Contact Person, Clayton J. Johnson, PE, Production Engineer at 716-345-5076 (email: cjohnson@ecwa.org), in accordance with New York State Finance Law 139-j and 139-k. A pre-proposal meeting will not be held for this project, but individual site inspections can be requested by prospective bidders. Three hard copies of the proposal and one digital .pdf file (on a USB flash drive) are to be delivered to Erie County Water Authority, 3030 Union Road, Cheektowaga, NY 14227 to the attention of Mr. Leonard F. Kowalski, PE, Executive Engineer. Proposals received after this time will not be considered and will be returned unopened. All proposals being mailed (including Federal Express, UPS, Priority Mail, etc.) or hand delivered shall be directed to the attention of Mr. Kowalski in a sealed envelope and be clearly marked on the outside of the mailing or hand delivered envelope as follows: "PROPOSAL: WATER STORAGE TANK INSPECTIONS" All proposals will be evaluated by a small in-house committee made up of Water Authority personnel familiar with the proposed project. Interviews and/or presentations of the proposals will be requested if needed. The proposals will be evaluated based on the criteria listed above. The final scope of work and fee for the engineering services for the project will be negotiated with the selected firm. Professional Service Contracts will then be executed pending successful negotiation and authorization by the Water Authority Board of Commissioners. All firms submitting a proposal will be notified of the selection results. It is anticipated that the selection process will be completed in September 2023, and that the agreement will be executed in October 2023.