Request for Qualifications – Brownfield Site Assessments and Redevelopment Planning

EDGE invites interested parties to submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) to provide environmental and engineering consulting service as part of a Brownfield Assessment Grant awarded by the EPA. Grant funding will be used to characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for brownfield sites in Oneida County, NY. Work will take place over an approximately four (4) year period from November 2024 to September 2028 unless the Cooperative Agreement is extended by the EPA.

Oneida County has a long history of industrial and commercial uses that left behind a legacy of contamination. The goals of the EPA grant are to prioritize and assess strategic brownfield properties, return tax delinquent brownfield sites to productive use, and facilitate brownfields redevelopment. Each of the three cities in Oneida County (Utica, Rome, and Sherrill) have had significant redevelopment success, partially due to a prior EPA assessment grant awarded to EDGE. Rome and Utica both have Brownfield Opportunity Area Plans that identify strategic brownfield sites which, if remediated and redeveloped, could contribute to neighborhood-level and region-wide revitalization. The towns and villages in Oneida County will also play a significant role in local and regional revitalization efforts. In addition, the Cities of Utica and Rome were awarded NYS Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) funds. Work under this solicitation will support these efforts and provide information the community needs to advance the identified sites for redevelopment.

EDGE is seeking firms with documented experience conducting Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs); working with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation; familiarity with USEPA Assessment grants and reporting requirements; cleanup and redevelopment planning; brownfields marketing; and community engagement. To meet all required areas of expertise, firms are encouraged to enlist subcontractors and build full-service teams, if needed.

Based on this solicitation, EDGE intends to select up to three qualified contractors to perform a wide range of grant activities as needed. Once a project/planning activity is identified, proposals with a detailed scope of work and associated costs will be requested from the pre-selected qualified contractors.