The Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the City of Macon, Missouri (“the City”) a specified amount of funds from the Community Grant Program (“Federal Funds”) to perform Sewer Infrastructure Improvements. The total sum of Federal Funds for the project are $1,000,000.00. For the next 30 days, the City of Macon will be accepting submissions setting forth Qualifications from consulting engineering firms to perform the described professional services for the project: City of Macon, Sewer Infrastructure Improvements. Professional services requested include but may not be limited to: field research, specifications, workplan including scope of work, final design of construction documents, construction management, grant management and NEPA environmental assessment services (collectively, “the Project” and/or “the Services”).

Federal Guidelines linked to the Federal Funds prohibit the use of sole source materials. No portion of the Federal Funds may be used for lobbying or to influence any officer or employee of Congress (See 18 U.S.C. § 1913, “Anti-Lobbying Act” and 40 C.F.R. Part 34). Additionally, no regional preference may be used in determination of award(s) under this RFQ.

Further details are included in Exhibit A. If your firm would like to be considered for award under this RFQ, you may express your interest by responding to Macon Municipal Utilities, using the information provided herein and indicated on the attachments. Please limit your letter of interest and qualifications to no more than thirty (30) pages. This submittal should include any information which might help the City of Macon in the selection process, such as the persons or team you would assign to each project, the backgrounds of those individuals, and other similar projects your company has recently completed or are now active. Your Statement of Qualifications must be submitted with your firm’s Letter of Interest. See § 8.285 to 8.291, RSMo.

We encourage DBE firms to submit letters of interest as prime consultants for any project they feel can be managed by their firm. The contractor shall not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, gender, religion, or sex in the performance of this contract. If the prime contractor awards subcontracts, the prime contractor must follow the steps set forth in subsections (a) through (e) of the Code of Federal Regulations, 40 CFR 33.301.  See Exhibits A & B for further details.

Submittals must be received by the Macon Municipal Utilities Office in a sealed envelope that is clearly marked with REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Engineering & Construction Services for Sewer Collection System Rehabilitation no later than 12:00 PM C.S.T. on December 2, 2024. The City’s selection team will evaluate and score the firms based on their Statements of Qualifications submitted.

There is no express or implied obligation for the City to reimburse the responding firms for any expenses incurred through the preparation of responses to this Request for Qualification and no reimbursement will be made. The City reserves the right to cancel this solicitation at any time.

 

MMU reserves the right to reject any and all statements and will not be responsible for any costs associated with the preparation of said statements.