REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS ? ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES- BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Agency:	Fairfax County
State:	Virginia
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	541310 - Architectural Services 541330 - Engineering Services
Posted Date:	Dec 8, 2022
Due Date:	Jan 18, 2023
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REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS – ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES- BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Scope – The County of Fairfax, Virginia, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms to provide professional services in the areas of master planning, evaluation, design, commissioning, sustainability, operations and maintenance, regulatory compliance, peer reviews, project management (PM), safety, and construction management (CM) services for new facilities or those to be rehabilitated/replaced within the Fairfax County Integrated Sewer System under Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs).
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All submissions must be delivered no later than 2 p.m., local prevailing time on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Inquiries pertaining to this solicitation should be directed to Guiying (Laurel) Xiao, of the Wastewater Design and Construction Division at Division at 703-550-9740 ext. 1406111 or by email at Gui.Xiao@fairfaxcounty.gov

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COUNTY OF FAIRFAX

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING

BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

THE COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services is soliciting

Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from Architectural/Engineering (A/E) firms to provide professional services in

the areas of master planning, evaluation, design, commissioning, sustainability, operations and maintenance,

regulatory compliance, peer reviews, project management (PM), safety, and construction management (CM)

services for new facilities or those to be rehabilitated/replaced within the Fairfax County Integrated Sewer System

under Basic Ordering Agreements (BOAs).

Up to three (3) BOA contracts may be awarded in response to this advertisement with a ceiling limit of $5,000,000

per year each. The amount authorized for any one project shall not exceed $2,500,000. Selected firms will be

required to perform other miscellaneous duties such as project scheduling, constructability review, cost estimating,

construction testing and monitoring, forensic engineering, partnering, claim analysis, value engineering,

commissioning, project close-out, and staff resource augmentation for professional support services. All services

will be implemented on a task order basis (as needed). The initial term of each BOA will be one-year and may be

renewed for up to three additional one-year terms at the option of the County. Any uncommitted authorization in a

BOA at the end of each one-year term will not roll over to the next one-year term.

The Fairfax County Integrated Sewer System is operated as the Wastewater Management Program (WWM), and is

governed by the County of Fairfax, Board of Supervisors. The sewer service area covers approximately 234 square

miles in the Potomac River Watershed, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, and includes adjacent municipalities.

The County’s sewer system consists of nearly 4,000 miles of gravity sewer lines and force mains ranging in size

from 8 inches to 72 inches, 60 plus pump stations ranging in capacity from 0.1 to 37 million gallons per day (MGD),

over 50 metering stations, and the Noman M. Cole, Jr., Pollution Control Plant (NCPCP). Currently, the NCPCP

is a 67 million gallon per day advanced wastewater treatment facility, which includes preliminary treatment, primary

treatment, biological nutrient removal (BNR), enhanced nutrient removal (ENR), chemical phosphorous removal,

tertiary filtration, disinfection, and water reuse. Solids processing includes gravity thickening and dissolved air

flotation, sludge storage, centrifugal dewatering, incineration, and ash disposal. Flow received at the NCPCP must

be processed on a continuous and uninterrupted basis, 24-hours a day, seven days a week and meet all regulatory

requirements for air, water, and safety.

The BOAs are primarily to be utilized for projects related to wastewater treatment at the NCPCP but may be utilized

for the wastewater collection system and other related projects as needed. The scope of projects may include, but

are not limited to, the following types of work:

• Facility/process rehabilitations;

• Treatment and process improvements;

• Capacity Management Operations and

Maintenance;

• Hydraulic modeling and simulation;

• Odor control;

• Asset condition assessment;

• Energy auditing and management;

• Operations and maintenance improvements;

• Environmental Management Systems;

• Peer review and Cost estimating

•

• Studies, Sustainable Design, Permitting, Project

Management, Construction Management;

• Assistance with Alternative delivery methods

(CMAR, DB, PDB, etc.);

• Staff resource augmentation;

• Information systems development, coordination

and/or implementation;

• Security assessment and planning/emergency

response planning;

• SCADA support (e.g. maintenance, modifications,

and upgrades);

• Scheduling

When assigning task orders under the BOAs, the County will consider the following factors:

• Number and dollar value of previously authorized task orders

• Current and projected workload capacity

• Specialized services or expertise required for the project

• Previous experience and performance with similar projects

All submissions must be complete and clearly demonstrate capability to provide the required services. The SOQ

will be evaluated based on the following criteria using a 1 to 5 scale. The top-ranked firms will be invited to

interviews currently scheduled for March 2023.

No.

Description

1 Project Managers’ Qualifications and Relevant Experience

2 Key Team Members’ (Prime and Sub-Consultants) Qualifications and Relevant

Experience

3 Firm’s (Prime and Sub-Consultants) Relevant Experience, for primary and

support of design, PM and CM services

4 Ability to respond to project sites timely

5 Current and projected workload capacity in three years

6 Past performance/references on PM and CM BOA contracts

Weight

20%

25%

20%

15%

10%

Consultants who wish to be considered for this work must submit ten (10) hard copies of their SOQ to:

Guiying (Laurel) Xiao, P.E., Senior Engineer

Wastewater Design and Construction Division

12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 463

Fairfax, Virginia 22035-0056

Firms must also submit an electronic copy in addition to the printed copies of the SOQ, to

DPWESCAPWastewaterTreatmentInquiry@fairfaxcounty.gov. Please note each email cannot have

an attachment over 20MB, multiple emails may be sent. Once the submission is received, an email will be

sent to the firm confirming receipt.

All SOQ shall be delivered no later than 2:00 p.m., local prevailing time on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Submissions will be dated and time stamped upon receipt and late submissions will not be considered. The

Statements of Qualifications shall be bound in black “D” ring binders, limited to a total of sixty (60) pages of printed

information (excluding tabs or dividers), and printed double-sided.

The Statements of Qualifications submission must include:

• Statement of Interest

• GSA Standard Form 330 Part I and Part II for the primary firm and all major sub-consultants

• List of references with current addresses and telephone numbers for projects of a similar nature that have

been completed within the past ten (10) years

All questions and inquiries pertaining to this solicitation should be directed to Guiying (Laurel) Xiao, P.E. at 703-

550-9740 ext. 1406111 or by email at Gui.Xiao@fairfaxcounty.gov.

Fairfax County is committed to the “One Fairfax Policy” and its vision of equity in the delivery of programs and

services to the community. The County is committed to paying a living wage to all qualified County employees and

encourages contractors and subcontractors involved in all County programs, services, and activities to pay a living

wage to their employees.

Unless noted otherwise, the selected firms shall be required to use the County’s Capital Project Management

Information System (CPMIS) on all task orders.

To request this information in an alternate format, please call Susan Bausch, Wastewater Design and

Construction Division, Department of Public Works and Environmental Services at 703-324-5800, TTY: 711.

FAIRFAX

COUNTY

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

12000 GOVERNMENT CENTER PARKWAY, SUITE 449

FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA 22035-0013

TELEPHONE: (703) 324-5800

VIRGINIA

SECTION 1 (Section 1 to be completed by PM/Contract Manager)

RFQ ISSUE DATE:

PROJECT MANAGER:

PROJECT:

DIVISION:

DUE DATE / TIME

SECTION 2 NAME AND ADDRESS OF FIRM: (Sections 2 and 3 to be completed by consultant – signed and returned

along with the Statement of Qualifications)

Telephone:

E-Mail Address:

Federal Employer Identification No.

SECTION 3 BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION (Described below)

CHECK ONE: ☐ Large (Y)

☐ Minority-Owned Small (X)

☐ Woman-Owned Large (A)

CHECK ONE: ☐ Individual

☐ Small (B)

☐ Minority-Owned Large (V)

☐ Non-Profit (9)

☐ Partnership

☐ Woman-Owned Small (C)

☐ Corporation

State in which incorporated:

Vendor Signature

Date

Title

Statements of Qualifications subject to terms and conditions of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be received by the Fairfax County

Department of Public Works and Environmental Services as indicated in the RFQ.

Request for Protection of Trade Secrets or Proprietary Information

This form is provided as a courtesy to assist vendors desiring to protect trade secrets and

proprietary information from disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act. In order

to receive protection, you must (a) invoke the protection prior to or upon submission of the data or

other materials, (b) identify the data or other materials to be protected, and (c) state the reason(s)

why protection is necessary. Each of these requirements must be met with respect to the particular

information for which protection is sought.

1. Submission of this form shall satisfy the invocation requirement with respect to data or

other materials clearly identified herein.

2. Identification of the specific data or other material for which protection is sought.

Suggested forms of designation include: listing the submittal section, tab, or page numbers;

attaching to this form a copy of the table of contents from your submittal with the relevant

trade secret or proprietary contents highlighted; or identifying herein a document stamp

used within the submittal to designate the relevant materials (e.g. “all portions of the

submittal marked “Proprietary” or “Trade Secret””). NOTE: The classification of an entire

document, line-item prices, and/or total prices as proprietary or trade secrets is not

acceptable and may result in disallowing the protection sought.

3. For each distinct section of data or other information identified in response to paragraph

b), above, state the reason(s) why protection is necessary. NOTE: Your explanation must

do more than simply stating the materials are “proprietary,” or “trade secrets,” or “not

publicly available.” You may attach additional sheets to this form as needed.

Use of this form does not guarantee protection. It is incumbent upon each vendor to meet the

prerequisites for protection of their trade secrets or proprietary information. Provision of this form

does not constitute legal advice; you are encouraged to consult with your legal counsel prior to

designation of materials for protection.

DATA/MATERIAL TO SECTION NO., REASON WHY PROTECTION IS NECESSARY

BE PROTECTED

& PAGE NO.

February 16, 2021

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