Advertisement _ North Belair Widening.docx

This is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) advertisement issued by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners Procurement Department in Evans, Georgia for engineering services related to the North Belair Road widening project (PI# 0021741, RFQ# 2026023-RFQ2911). The project involves widening approximately 2.4 miles of North Belair Road (CR 580) from two lanes to three lanes, extending from Evans to Locks Road to SR 28 (Fury's Ferry Road). The proposed design will include one mainline travel lane in each direction, a continuous central turning lane, select right-turn deceleration lanes, and a shared-use path for multimodal connectivity between the Fury's Ferry Road corridor and Evans Town Center. The project scope also encompasses infrastructure and safety upgrades at the CSX railroad crossing. Qualification packages must be submitted no later than Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET via the Bonfire e-procurement platform. All solicitation documents are available through registration on the Columbia County Bonfire portal at https://columbiacountyga.bonfirehub.com.

The selected consultant will be responsible for delivering all project phases in accordance with current Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) policies and guidelines, including concept development, field surveys and database establishment, environmental documentation, public involvement support, preliminary and final construction plans, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), active utility coordination and relocation management with GDOT Chapter 14 compliance, and right-of-way plans. No pricing information, set-asides, funding amounts, or other contract terms are specified in this qualification advertisement; these details will be contained within the complete solicitation documents available through the Bonfire platform.