Addenda 2~1.pdf

ADDENDA NO. 2 June 17, 2025

Geotechnical Engineering On-Call Services RFP No. S-Q10054-00013941

RFP Posting Date: May 30, 2025

This addendum modifies the solicitation document(s) only to the extent indicated herein. All other areas not specifically mentioned or affected by this addendum shall remain in full force. This addendum shall be added as a part of the original solicitation document and shall become part of the work required.

Description of Change(s) and Clarifications:

1. Item #1 These are the Question and Answers from the OregonBuys Q&A Tab:

Question # Question Subject Question Answer

1 Scope Item L For scope Item L - Can you please provide a description of what this scope entails?

Thank you.

Contract Administration will include the monitoring and performance and manage changes through change orders and ensuring adherence to agreed upon terms. The CA will maintain through records to ensure transparency and accountability.

3 DEI Question Does the District have a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) goal for the next five years? For example, is there a target percentage of contracts intended to be awarded to COBID-certified firms?

While the District does not have a formal goal, the Board has mandated that intermediate and formal procurements include outreach to minority- and women-owned businesses

2 Scope of Work Question

Do you anticipate that field investigations such as soil borings and cone penetration tests as well as laboratory testing will be part of the scope of work?

It is likely those types of geotechnical field investigations will be needed at some point during the on-call period.

4 7.5 Written Evaluation Criteria Proposal Phase 1 | 1.

Qualifications

This section of the RFP requests that we include a copy of relevant license and/or certifications in proposal. Does this mean to include a business license? Or do you want copies of professional licenses (e.g.

PE licenses) for each key personnel member? And is this section exempt from the page limits?

The District requests a Professional Engineering license that is current in the State of Oregon.

Yes, the license and certifications are not counted in the page limit.

5 Coverage Area Can you please confirm the levee systems/work service areas covered as part of this Project? Based on our understanding, the levee systems included are those associated with 4 drainage districts: Peninsula Drainage District #1, Peninsula Drainage District #2, Multnomah County Drainage District #1 and Sandy Drainage Improvement.

The Urban Flood Safety and Water Quality District's managed floodplain includes the now dissolved districts you mentioned. Work areas would be constrained to those levees and the managed floodplain.

6 Scope of Services

Does this contract include environmental services or Federal, state, and local permitting support?

Environmental and/or permitting work in support of drilling or sampling efforts would be included in this contract.

PROPOSAL DUE DATE AND TIME: Proposal due date and time remains unchanged. The Proposal Deadline is July 1, 2025 @ 9:00 AM.

RECEIPT OF THIS ADDENDUM BY THE BIDDER IS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED BY

ENTERING THE ADDENDUM NUMBER IN THE APPROPRIATE AREA ON THE BID FORM.

Addendum prepared by:

Trisha Schultz, Procurement and Contract Administrator

TSchultz@urbanfloodsafetyor.gov

URBAN FLOOD SAFETY & WATER QUALITY DISTRICT

mailto:TSchultz@urbanfloodsafetyor.gov