RFQ ? Request for Qualifications Pretreatment Program Professional Engineering

City of Niles’ Advertisement to issue a Request for Qualifications for Engineering Consultants Services to Provide Technical Support for the City’s

Pretreatment Program.

Sealed proposals will be received by the City of Niles Auditor’s Office, in the City Hall, 34 West State Street, Niles, Ohio, until 10:00 a.m. on March 12, 2025 for the following project:

Request for Qualifications for Engineering Consultants Services to Provide Technical Support for the City’s Pretreatment Program.

Envelopes should be clearly marked “Request for Qualifications for Engineering Consultants Services to Provide Technical Support for the City’s Pretreatment Program”

Each qualification shall contain the full name and address of every person, firm, or corporation interested in the same, and if a corporation, the name and address of the president. Qualifications will be based on section (D) of the Ohio Revised Code 153.65. The City reserves the right to reject any or all submissions.

For more information regarding Requests for Qualifications please contact Michael Nicastro at 330-544-9010 ext. 1603

RFG Submittals shall be mailed in a sealed envelope and received no later than 10:00 a.m.  on March 12, 2025 to:

Attention: City Auditor

34 West State Street

Niles, Ohio 44446

2t: Feb 26; Mar 5, 2025

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

CITY OF NILES PRETREATMENT PROGRAM PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING

INTRODUCTION

The City of Niles, Ohio  is seeking Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) from engineering consultants qualified to provide professional services  to provide technical support for the City’s pretreatment program, a required compliance element of our discharge permit.

The City  intends to select a single engineering consultant  to perform technical services over a period not to exceed three‐years as program support needs or pretreatment projects arise and funding is available.

Assistance with overall pretreatment program compliance with 40 CFR Part 403 – General Pretreatment Regulations for Existing and New Sources of Pollution (the “General Pretreatment Requirements”).

Development and implementation of pretreatment operating procedures compliant with the minimum General Pretreatment Regulations at 40 CFR Part 403.8, including the development of written standard operating procedures and templates.

ANTICIPATED SCOPE OF SERVICES

The organization and completion of the work should not be looked at as a data dump but an ongoing partnership with the City of Niles to assist in creating a viable and ongoing pretreatment program that will be approved by the Ohio EPA.

The city has an existing pretreatment program but is lacking updated information from both industries and the new updated plant’s performance ability, as it would relate to setting updated pretreatment limits.

Work includes coordination with the Ohio EPA and the City of Niles. The city has budget limitations that the projec...