1:00 PM Pacific Time on 10/25/2023,

CITY OF SEATTLE
NOTICE TO CONSULTANTS
Request for Proposals (RFP) for
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COMPLEX SPOT SEWER REPAIRS
SPU RFP/Contract# 23-171-S

Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is seeking a civil engineering consulting team to lead and execute design services to achieve complex sewer repairs at up to 70 sites throughout the City of Seattle. SPU plans this consulting services contract for an estimated budget of $5M to $7.5M. Repair sites were reported for priority repairs between 2 years to over 15 years ago, with an average reported age of over 5 years, with 15 sites reported over 6 years ago. 

Sites for repairs include one (or more) factors including engineering, ADA compliant ramp design, SDOT and/or Parks property approvals, railway (BNSF) permitting and coordination, traffic control requirements from SDOT and WSDOT, tree removal, construction dewatering, no established physical access, inaccessible from the public ROW, excavations over 20-ft or within zones of influence of buildings, bridges or other utilities requiring structural shoring, Environmentally Critical Areas (ECAa) for water, steep slopes, poor or contaminated soils. There are also sites that require private property coordination including constructing repairs and requesting access on private property, with only some repairs that have existing permanent easements.

Interested consultants are encouraged to review the solicitation, background documents, and any addenda online at https://cityofseattle.bonfirehub.com/portal.

The deadline for submitting responses is 1:00 PM Pacific Time on 10/25/2023, electronic submittals are to be uploaded to the City’s Procurement Portal: https://cityofseattle.bonfirehub.com/portal.

PM to 1:45 PM Pacific Time, via MS Teams Meeting ID: 297 281 445 693, meeting passcode: CxM2Yv at URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjgwOTA1NmItYTI2YS00YjI5LWIzMzItYjBkNGVmOGJhZTU1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2278e61e45-6beb-4009-8f99-359d8b54f41b%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228b196d23-a6bf-4741-9ff6-47d95d532d1c%22%7d

Or join by phone at: +1-206-686-8357; Phone Conference ID: 885 509 056#. SPU will review the scope of work, consultant expectations, and answer questions from the prospective bidders. Although attendance at this meeting is not mandatory, attendance is highly encouraged.

Proposers may submit questions to the procurement portal (Bonfire) under the Vendor Discussions section. The City strongly prefers that consultants submit questions in Bonfire but will accept questions submitted to the Contract Administrator in email format, as well. Questions shall be directed to Sherry Shaffer Contract Administrator & SPU’s designated contact person, at sherry.shaffer@seattle.gov. To facilitate preparation of responses to questions, please submit questions by no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Time on 10/5/2023. All responses to questions will be posted at https://cityofseattle.bonfirehub.com/portal under the Public Notices Section in the respective procurement opportunity.

Consultant selection for this solicitation will be subject to all applicable laws and ordinances. The participation of women- and minority-owned firms is a high priority cultural value of the City of Seattle and is strongly encouraged at all tiers.