The City of Lenoir (City) is requesting Statements of Qualifications from engineering firms to evaluate their professional civil engineering qualifications in accomplishing the subject project in accordance with this Request for Qualifications (RFQ). The City has been approved to receive funding through Session Law 2023-134, House Bill 259, Section 12.2.(e) to construct a water interconnection between the City of Lenoir and the Town of Valdese. The selected firm is expected to coordinate with the City of Lenoir staff and the Town of Valdese's design team in providing design services. The City reserves the right to waive any and all informalities in the selection process and also reserves to the right not to award the project. The City reserves the right to accept a firm that is most advantageous to the City. Selection will be made based on evaluation factors of past performance and experience with municipal public utilities systems, experience with similar projects, and professional personnel. Each Statement of Qualifications shall follow the topic outline shown in Sections 2.1 to 2.4. The overall submittal is limited to fifteen (15) 8.5 x 11 written pages, including the cover letter, with a font size no smaller than 11 pt. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in disqualification of the submittal. The selected consultant will be responsible for the preliminary and design phase which includes the planning, coordination, design, permitting (as required), providing an opinion of probable construction cost, bidding and award phase services. The selected consultant will also be responsible for providing construction administration and construction observation services during the construction phase of the project. Dr. Jeff Church, Public Utilities Operations Manager, is the City's contact for further information. Please note that any request for information or contact with elected officials of the City of Lenoir regarding this Request for Qualifications will result in disqualification. Any request for clarification of the Request for Qualifications shall be directed by email only to jeff.church@ci.lenoir.nc.us.