Bid Notice-Progressive Design Build Project Fifth Street Elevated Water Tank.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- CIP ET8290
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- Yolo County, California
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This is a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) issued by the City of Davis, California for a Progressive Design Build project involving the Fifth Street Elevated Water Tank. The project aims to provide operational resiliency to the city's water system by constructing a new 0.5 million-gallon elevated water tank with associated infrastructure at the city-owned Parks & Community Services Corp Yard located at 1818 5th Street in Davis. The scope includes replacing the city's existing elevated tank, which has reached the end of its useful life and does not meet current seismic design standards, along with upsizing six undersized distribution pipeline segments from 10 inches to 16 inches as identified in Brown & Caldwell's 2023 Water System Optimization Plan. The project also includes construction of a control room, offices, restroom, server room, new electrical service with backup power, and new connections to the tank. Design-build firms and teams must be prequalified through this RFQ to be eligible to submit proposals in the subsequent Request for Proposals phase. A virtual pre-SOQ meeting is mandatory on September 1, 2026, with hardcopy Statement of Qualifications due by 2:00 p.m. on October 5, 2026. The anticipated schedule includes RFP issuance on October 15, 2026, proposal submission on December 16, 2026, interviews on January 7, 2027, selection announcement on January 11, 2027, and City Council approval to award on February 2, 2027, with preconstruction notice to proceed on February 17, 2027.
Design-build firms and teams must be appropriately licensed and registered in the State of California for architectural, engineering, and construction services. The city reserves the right to reject any or all responses and requires compliance with all RFQ and contract conditions, nondiscrimination requirements, and prevailing wage standards at the work location. All questions regarding the RFQ must be submitted in writing via email to Project Manager Brian Wiese at Bwiese@cityofdavis.org by September 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Hardcopy submittals must be delivered to the City Clerk's office at 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 1, Davis, California 95616, with no electronic submissions or late submittals accepted under any circumstances. The project is not schedule-based, and all estimated dates are subject to change.
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City of Davis Request for Qualifications for Progressive Design Build Project
Fifth Street Elevated Water Tank
The City of Davis requests Statement of Qualifications (“SOQ”) on or before 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, 2026 from qualified firms interested in providing Design Build services described below for the following project:
FIFTH STREET ELEVATED WATER TANK, CIP ET8290
Design-Build firms or design-build teams that have been prequalified by the City in response to this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) will be eligible to submit proposals in response to the City’s subsequent Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for the Project.
Design Build firms/teams must be appropriately licensed and registered in the State of California for architectural, engineering, and construction services as needed to complete the Project.
The primary objective of the Project is to provide the Owner with operational resiliency within their water system. The Owner desires an elevated tank system that can provide sufficient capacity and include a control strategy to account for downtime or drops in pressure due to power outages or severe loss of communications. Installing a larger elevated tank volume will improve system operations by limiting pressure fluctuations, requiring less frequent operation/cycling of the wells, and providing a larger buffer for the system when UC Davis starts and stops taking water. In addition to the elevated tank, the Owner would like to upsize six undersized distribution pipeline segments identified by Brown & Caldwell’s (B&C) 2023 Water System Optimization Plan which will improve hydraulic performance and address significant head loss and fire flow deficiencies.
The preferred location for the proposed elevated tank is at the Owner’s Parks & Community Services Corp Yard at 1818 5th Street in Davis. This site was selected based on operational functionality, location on city-owned property, and visibility from I-80.The Project includes replacing functionality of the Owner’s existing elevated tank, which has reached the end of its useful life and does not meet current seismic design standards. The Project will include a new 0.5 MG elevated water tank; a control room, offices, restroom, and server room adjacent to the tank; a new electrical service with backup power; and upsizing existing distribution pipeline segments from 10” to 16” along with new connections to the tank.
Completed Statement Qualifications must be submitted in hardcopy no later than 2:00 p.m. Monday, October 5, 2026. SOQ submission documents will not be accepted after the due date and time. No supplemental data or additional project information will be accepted after due date and time unless specifically requested by the City of Davis. No electronic submittals will be accepted.
Design Build firms/teams must agree to comply with all City of Davis RFP and Contract Conditions for the project.
The City of Davis reserves the right to reject any or all responses to this notice.
Each Consultant may be required to show evidence of its equal employment opportunity policy. The successful firm and their subconsultants will be required to follow the nondiscrimination requirements set forth in the Bidding Documents and to pay prevailing wages at the location of the work.
RFQ Schedule The City anticipates the general schedule/milestones below; however, this is not a schedule-based contract. These dates are estimates and may change.
Activity Estimated Dates
RFQ Issued August 25, 2026
Virtual Pre-SOQ Meeting September 1, 2026
Pre-SOQ Site Tour September 3, 2026
Deadline for Questions on the RFQ September 15, 2026
Deadline for Comments on Draft PDB Agreement Terms Sheet
September 22, 2026
SOQ Submittal Date October 5, 2026
Shortlist Announcement October 14, 2026
RFP Issued (Including Draft PDB Agreement) October 15, 2026
Pre-Proposal Site Tour October 21, 2026
Deadline for Comments on PDB Draft Agreement
November 11, 2026
Confidential Meetings October 29 – November 5, 2026
Deadline for Questions on RFP November 19, 2026
Proposal Submittal Date December 16, 2026
Interviews January 7, 2027
Selection Announcement January 11, 2027
City Council Approval to Award Contract February 2, 2027
Preconstruction Notice to Proceed February 17, 2027
Contact Information for Questions/Communications All requests, questions or other communications regarding this RFQ shall be made in writing to the City via email only. Address all communications to:
Project Manager Brian Wiese Senior Civil Engineer Public Works Department Bwiese@cityofdavis.org
Questions about this RFQ are required to be submitted via email to Project Manager by
September 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Questions submitted after the due date or via phone will not be accepted. All substantive questions and answers will be posted below (PDF format) and distributed to applicants.
Submittal Information
Design Build firms/teams must attend a virtual pre-SOQ meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 1, 2026 (RSVP by 12 p.m. on Monday, August 31, 2026) to be eligible to submit.
Hardcopy Statement of Qualification submittals as defined in the RFQ must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. (local time) on October 5, 2026 at the offices of:
City of Davis: City Clerk 23 Russell Boulevard, Suite 1 Davis, California 95616
(530) 757-5648 Attention: Brian Wiese
No late submittals will be accepted for any reason. No exceptions will be allowed.
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