RFQ: Southport Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Wastewater System Project
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Request for Qualifications Statements
Engineering Services
Southport Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Wastewater System Project
Pursuant to 2 C.F.R. § 200.320(b)(2)(iv), Brunswick County is requesting qualifications statements from qualified engineering, environmental, and water resource firms for professional services associated with the rehabilitation of the sewer collection system infrastructure within the city limits of Southport, North Carolina. The project will consist of a find it, fix it approach to evaluate and rehabilitate the wastewater collection system, to identify and correct defects in the sewer system, and to design a new approximately 8,000 linear foot 8-inch sewer force main. The overall goal of the project is to identify and correct defects in the system to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the wastewater collections system.
Project Funding and Requirements
It is anticipated that the Southport Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Wastewater System Project will be funded, in whole or in part, with federal funds from the State Reserve Funds (“SRP”) grant from the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) through the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) - Division of Water Infrastructure (“DWI”) as approved under the State Water Infrastructure Authority (“SWIA”) and through a State Revolving Fund (“SRF”) loan funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) through DEQ-DWI. Project Number SRP-W-ARP-0299 has been assigned to the Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Wastewater System for the SRP-ARPA grant. Project Number CS-370714-04 has been assigned to the Evaluation and Rehabilitation of Wastewater System for the SRF loan. The anticipated maximum amount of funding from DEQ-DWI is $9,835,000.
By using SRP-ARPA and SRF funds, Brunswick County must comply with the grant award terms and conditions, regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) governing the expenditure of monies distributed pursuant to ARPA (including, without limitation, the Interim Final Rule (86 Fed. Reg. 26,786 (May 17, 2021) and Final Rule (87 Fed. Reg. 4,338 (January 27, 2022)), regulations issued by DEQ-DWI, and such other guidance as Treasury and/or DEQ-DWI has issued or may issue governing the expenditure of these SRP-ARPA and SRF funds (collectively, the “Regulatory Requirements”).
Pursuant to the Regulatory Requirements, Brunswick County must comply with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, 2 C.F.R. Part 200, which includes, without limitation, applicable provisions described in Appendix II to 2 C.F.R. Part 200, each of which is contained in this Request for Qualifications or in the Professional Services Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto.
In accordance with the foregoing, firms interested in being considered for this work must agree to strictly adhere to all terms and conditions contained herein and in the Professional Services Agreement, attached hereto or as may be amended from time to time, as required by Treasury and/or DEQ-DWI. Firms not agreeing to all terms and conditions are expressly prohibited from submitting a qualifications statement for consideration.
Firms agreeing to all terms and conditions and interested in being considered for this work should submit their qualifications to:
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Robert Miller Robert Miller
Brunswick County Public Utilities Utilities Operations Center
P. O. Box 249 250 Grey Water Road NE
Bolivia, NC 28422 Supply, NC 28462
For consideration, three (3) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy on a USB drive of the response to this Request for Qualifications must be received by the County by close of business (4:30 p.m. ET) on February 6, 2025. Brunswick County will not be responsible for the failure of any mail or delivery service to deliver responses prior to the stated date and time. Regardless of the manner of submission, any response received after the stated date and time will not be considered. Incomplete responses or responses inconsistent with the required format may be disqualified from consideration.
All questions or comments shall be submitted to
For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. or at 910-253-1759 by 4:30 p.m. ET on January 30, 2025. A copy of all questions, further clarifications, and answers will be made in the form of an addendum to this Request for Qualifications and will be provided to all known interested firms. Any addendum will also be posted to the County website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, firms are responsible for ensuring that they have all addenda.
