DPW | As Needed Environmental Consulting Services

Request for Qualifications for As-Needed Environmental Consulting Services 2025
(ECS 2025)

San Francisco Public Works (Public Works), a department of the City and County of San Francisco (City), seeks to award up to four (4) master agreements (Contracts) to pre-qualified Consultant or joint venture (JV) firms to provide professional environmental consulting services, including but not limited to environmental assessments, regulatory negotiations, risk assessments, water and air quality analysis, hazardous materials management, and site remediation as described in the attached RFQ.

Additional RFQ: San Francisco Public Works will issue a separate RFQ for As-Needed Environmental Consulting Services solely for City-certified Micro-LBE firms under the Environmental Advisory Services Category.  Refer to the RFQ Sourcing Event 9660 for details.  Proposers may submit proposals for more than on more than one RFQ
Solicitations for Environmental Consulting Services issued by Public Works.  However, each Proposer will only be awarded one contract.  Proposers can also serve as subconsultants on multiple teams awarded a contract.

Contract Terms: This RFQ will result in a master agreement for each selected consultant with a total not-to-exceed value of up to $1,500,000. Each master agreement will have a five-year term, with Contract Service Orders (CSO) issued only during the first four years.

Local Business Enterprise (LBE) Participation: The LBE Subcontracting Participation Requirement and Good Faith Outreach requirements of Chapter 14B of the San Francisco Administrative Code shall apply to this RFQ.  The LBE sub-consulting requirement for this project is 20% of the total value of services to be procured.  Eligible LBE/LBE Joint Venture proposers may receive Rating Bonuses according to Chapter 14B (see RFQ for details).  For any CMD-related questions, contact Antonio Tom by email at Antonio.tom@sfgov.org

Pre-Proposal Conference:  No pre-proposal conference will be held for this RFQ. Questions must be submitted by email to the Contract Manager, Robert Begley, at Robert.C.Begley@sfdpw.org no later than 4:00 P.M. on November 20, 2024.

Proposal Submission: Proposers shall log in and upload complete proposals into the SF City Partner Website, https://sfcitypartner.sfgov.org/nlx3/pages/index.aspx ; no later than 2:00:00 P.M. Pacific Time on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.  Consultants shall submit Proposals as specified and required in the RFQ.  Late submittals will not be considered.

Prevailing Wage Requirement: Consultants with billing classifications subject to prevailing wages on public works projects may not be awarded a contract unless such Consultants are registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) at the time of award. Please visit the DIR website for more information: http://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html .

Document Access: Digital files of the RFQ, Addenda and other supporting documents may be downloaded at no cost through the SF City Partner Website at https://sfcitypartner.sfgov.org/nlx3/ .