REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES
 
This is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to provide Engineering Services for the George County Board of Supervisors-Industrial Park Railroad Extension Project (SB 3468 2024 Regular Session). This state appropriation will be utilized for the purpose of developing and designing a railcar and trucking transload facility inside the George County Industrial Park.
Interested individuals or firms may submit a RFQ to the George County Chancery Clerks Office, 355 Cox Street, Lucedale, MS 39452; no later than 1:00 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan 03, 2025.  Those desiring consideration should submit one original RFQ letter and four copies. The RFQ packets will be reviewed at the next regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting.
The contract will be awarded to the candidate or firm whose RFQ packet is written within a competitive range and determined to be the most advantageous to the County.  Major factors for consideration will be engineering capacity and experience with: industrial & “short track” rail design, large scale earth moving; slope, grading, and drainage planning, design of railcar switches and turnouts, heavy haul trucking loading requirements, development of a transload facility for rail and trucking, planning for expanding and/or relocation of major utilities, and railroad traffic crossings necessities. 
The candidate or firm will also have a full understanding of requirements from the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) as related to the County.
Factors to be considered in evaluating RFQ and their relative importance are set forth below. The engineer shall perform all necessary services to properly carry out the activities of the project in accordance with all state appropriation requirements through the DFA.  The project includes the following activities:
A.  Prepare final plans and specifications for the project;
B.  Prepare and distribute construction bid packets (ensuring that all DFA and Federal requirements are met in contract preparation);
C.  Assist in bid opening and prepare bid tabulation to meet DFA requirements;
D. Conduct pre-construction conference with contractor(s) and County and State representatives, documenting files with minutes of meeting;
E. Conduct work-in-progress inspections giving quarterly reports to the Board and DFA approving any and all partial payment requests. 
            Those individuals or firms desiring consideration should submit RFQ by the time and date stated above and must include the following:
1. Qualifications - List of qualifications of each staff person to be assigned to the project.
2. Experience - Information regarding the experience of the firm.  Information shall include types of project activities undertaken.
3. Capacity for Performance - Identify the numbers and titles of staff available to be assigned to provide services.  Also include an estimated time required to accomplish each phase of the project.
The RFQ will be reviewed by a Selection Committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors using the above criteria.  This committee will make a recommendation to the full Board. All proposals will be rated on the following system to determine the best respondent: Qualifications-25, Experience-40, Capacity-35, Total: 100 Points. 
Negotiations will be conducted to determine a mutually satisfactory contract first with the offeror receiving the highest number of points.  Contractual awards will be made to the qualified offeror whose proposal is most advantageous to George County.
The George County Board of Supervisors reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. George County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
 
Publish: Nov. 28, 2024 & Dec. 05, 2024