On-Call_Construction_Quality_Assurance_Services_for_Kiefer_Landfill.pdf

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

2026-PURB RFP-0063

ON-CALL CONSTRUCTION QUALITY ASSURANCE SERVICES FOR

KIEFER LANDFILL

County of Sacramento

9660 Ecology Lane

Sacramento, CA 95827

RELEASE DATE: July 27, 2026

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: August 12, 2026

RESPONSE DEADLINE: August 24, 2026, 3:00 pm

RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO:

https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/saccounty https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/%7bproject.government.code%7d

County of Sacramento

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

On-Call Construction Quality Assurance Services for Kiefer Landfill

1. Introduction

2. General Rules

3. Scope of Work

4. Evaluation and Selection

5. Proposal Format and Content

6. Evaluation Phases

7. Vendor Submissions

Attachments:

A - Attach A - Table 1_KLF Base Liner Summary

B - Attach B - Fig 1 - Site Vicinity Map

C - Attach C - Geosyn Properties

D - Attach D - Prev Wage-Maintenance

E - Attach E -Standard Consulting Contract Agreement rev 2026.07.16

Request for Proposal #2026-PURB RFP-0063 Title: On-Call Construction Quality Assurance Services for Kiefer Landfill

1. Introduction

1.1. Summary

The County of Sacramento, Department of Waste Management & Recycling (DWMR) is soliciting proposals from qualified construction quality assurance (CQA) firms to perform construction monitoring, field and laboratory testing, and reporting associated with miscellaneous base liner system and / or final cover system construction for the Kiefer Landfill facility (KLF) on an on-call basis. CQA services will be performed in conjunction with the actual liner system or cover system construction performed by a separate contractor.

The KLF is located in southeastern Sacramento County at 12701 Kiefer Boulevard, Sloughhouse, California 95683.

Damage to the liner system affects the integrity of this environmental barrier and shall be repaired before covering the damaged liner with waste. Due to limitations on locations for active waste placement, repairs may be of a very high priority to maintain service for the waste stream entering the landfill. As such, emergency repairs will be needed on an on-call basis to keep the landfill operation running efficiently. Whenever emergency repairs are needed, CQA services will be also be needed to document the repairs.

In addition to emergency repairs, CQA services are also needed for materials used for the base liner system or final cover system to qualify such materials as meeting regulatory-approved specifications. Such materials may include sideslope leachate collection and removal system (LCRS) soil, final cover soil, or other materials placed by the landfill operator that may need laboratory testing to document that it meets regulatory requirements.

1.2. Background

The County owns and operates the KLF for the disposal of Class III municipal solid waste, servicing the residences and businesses within the County of Sacramento and nearby cities. Periodically, the KLF extends the landfill base liner system to incorporate more airspace to deposit waste. The landfill liner system is a subsurface barrier that contains waste and waste constituents from being released into the surrounding environment. The landfill final cover system is the final layer over landfilled refuse that controls the infiltration of stormwater, release of landfill gases, and protection against burrowing vectors.

The Kiefer Landfill is permitted for base liner systems in Modules M1L through M11. Module M1 (the original unlined area) was opened for waste fill operations in the summer of 1967. Module M-1L was opened for waste fill operations in March 1994 with the first base liner system. Currently, landfilling is occurring in Module M4. Modules 5 through 11 will be constructed in the future to meet the demand for disposal service. Five phases of final cover system have been placed over Module 1, and are being maintained indefinitely.

Since the landfill liner has been constructed in multiple phases, the liner system components and material types vary. A summary of the various liner system components is included with this RFP as

Attachment A

1.3. Contact Information

Any inquiries or requests regarding this solicitation must be submitted via OpenGov. Contact with unauthorized County personnel during the selection process may result in disqualification.

Project Contact:

Melissa Burnias

Senior Contract Services Officer

Email: burniasm@saccounty.gov

Phone: (916) 876-6369

Procurement Contact:

Melissa Burnias

Senior Contract Services Officer

Email: burniasm@saccounty.gov

Phone: (916) 876-6369

Department:

Waste Management and Recycling

Department Head:

Jennifer Claiborne

Director

1.4. Timeline

Release Project Date July 27, 2026

Pre-Proposal Meeting (Non-Mandatory) August 5, 2026, 9:00am

Kiefer Landfill

12701 Kiefer Blvd.

Sloughhouse, CA 95683

Question Submission Deadline August 12, 2026, 3:00pm

Proposal Submission Deadline August 24, 2026, 3:00pm mailto:burniasm@saccounty.gov tel:(916)876-6369 mailto:burniasm@saccounty.gov tel:(916)876-6369

2. General Rules

2.1. Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal

The County is accepting electronic proposal submissions. Proposers shall create a FREE account with

OpenGov Procurement by signing up at Sign Up (opengov.com). Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Draft Response", and follow the instructions to submit your electronic proposal.

2.2. General Rules

2.2.1 Overview

This Request for Proposals ("RFP") is an invitation for proposers to submit a proposal to the County. This

RFP does not commit the County to award a contract to any proposer. Submission of a proposal shall neither obligate nor entitle a proposer to enter into a contract with the County.

2.2.2 Proposal format and content

When submitting a proposal, proposers must follow the format and contents detailed in Section 5 below. Failure to do so will likely prolong the evaluation process and could result in a proposal not being considered.

2.2.3 Proposal submission

Proposals must be received BEFORE 3:00 pm on Monday, August 24, 2026 electronically via OpenGov.

Failure to submit a proposal on time may be grounds for rejection of the proposal; however, the County reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to accept proposals after the proposal due date.

2.2.4 Questions and communication

Questions concerning this RFP must be submitted in the project Q&A section in OpenGov Procurement by 3:00 pm on Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

Questions received via phone or e-mail to direct points of contact for this RFP will not be considered nor responded to. The County shall respond to questions properly submitted as described above via addenda, if the answer presents a material change to the solicitation, and/or via the Question & Answer section for non-material answers.

By submitting a response, proposer affirms review of all solicitation documents including all questions submitted and answers issued by the County on the project.

2.2.5 Addenda

The County reserves the right to modify this RFP at any time prior to the proposal due date. The County will modify the RFP only by written addenda. Proposal should be based on this RFP document and any formal written addenda. Proposers should not rely on oral statements. Addenda will be posted in

OpenGov Procurement. It is the responsibility of each prospective proposer to assure receipt of all addenda.

2.2.6 County's right to withdraw, cancel, suspend and/or modify RFP

The County reserves the right to withdraw, cancel, suspend, and/or modify this RFP for any reason and https://procurement.opengov.com/signup at any time with no liability to any prospective proposer for any costs or expenses incurred in connection with the RFP or otherwise.

2.2.7 Proposer's right to edit or cancel proposal

Proposers may edit or cancel their proposal in OpenGov Procurement prior to the due date.

2.2.8 Proposals will not be returned

Upon submission, proposals will not be returned.

2.2.9 Public disclosure of proposal documents

The County will treat all information submitted in a proposal as available for public inspection once negotiations with the selected party have been completed. If copies of proposals are included with

Board materials, the County will make proposals available for public inspection once staff has made a recommendation for award.

If a proposer believes protected data is included in its proposal, the proposer shall clearly identify the data and provide the legal basis in support of the asserted classification. Proposer must present such information separately as part of its proposal OR type in bold red letters the term "CONFIDENTIAL" on that specific part or page of the proposal which proposer believes to be confidential. Classification of data as trade secret data will be determined pursuant to applicable law, and, accordingly, merely labeling data as "trade secret" does not necessarily make the data protected under any applicable law.

In order for the County to assert the confidentiality of any such information in the event a California

Public Record Act request is received, the proposer must request, execute and submit a County-prepared written agreement to defend and indemnify the County for liability, costs and expenses incurred in asserting such confidentiality as part of the proposal. A copy of that written agreement is attached as Attachment E.

The final determination of whether the County will assert a proposer's claim of confidentiality shall be at the sole discretion of the County. Any information determined to be non-confidential shall be considered public record. If the County determines that your information does not meet the criteria for confidentiality, you will be notified of the County's intent to release the public record pursuant to any

California Public Records Act request.

The proposer agrees, as a condition of submitting its proposal, that the County will not, as between the parties, be liable or accountable for any loss or damage, which may result from a breach of confidentiality related to the proposal. The proposer agrees to indemnity and hold the County, its officials, agents, and employees harmless from all claims arising out of, resulting from, or in any manner attributable to any violation of any provision of the California Public Records Act, including legal fees and disbursements paid or incurred to enforce this provision.

2.2.10 Proposer's costs

The County shall not be responsible for any costs incurred by proposer in connection with this RFP.

Proposer shall bear all costs associated with proposal preparation, submission, and attendance at interviews, or any other activity associated with this RFP or otherwise.

2.2.11 Proposer's ideas

To the extent permitted by law, the County reserves the right to use any or all ideas, concepts, or other information provided in any proposals. Selection or rejection of the proposal does not affect this right.

2.2.12 Collusion

If the County determines that collusion has occurred among proposers, none of the proposals of the participants involved in the collusion shall be considered. The County's determination shall be final.

2.2.13 Conflict of interest

The proposer affirms that to the best of its knowledge the submission of its proposal, or any resulting contract, does not present an actual or perceived conflict of interest. The proposer agrees that should any actual or perceived conflict of interest become known, it will immediately notify the County and will advise whether it will or will not avoid, mitigate, or neutralize the conflict of interest.

The County may make reasonable efforts to avoid, mitigate, or neutralize a conflict of interest by a proposer. To avoid a conflict of interest by a proposer, the County may utilize methods including disqualifying a proposer from eligibility for a contract award or cancelling the contract if the conflict is discovered after a contract has been issued. The County may, at its sole and absolute discretion, waive any conflict of interest.

3. Scope of Work

DWMR is seeking a firm that is experienced in CQA services associated with soil and geosynthetics components of landfill base liner and final cover systems. Primarily, DWMR requires CQA services for emergency on-call repairs of the existing KLF base liner system, should damages occur during operation of the landfill. However, additional miscellaneous CQA services will be required for laboratory testing of the base liner sideslope LCRS layer and soil materials used for the final cover system repairs in Module

1. CQA services will conform to the specific Construction Quality Assurance Plan (CQA Plan) prepared for the original construction of the damaged base liner system or final cover system. The anticipated scope of services for the successful Proposer will include the following on-call tasks:

Assessment

Prior to coordinating repair with the on-call contractor, the CQA consultant will review the damages and repairs needed. This will include identifying the materials needed to complete the repair and confirming that approved material is available on-site. If materials are not available, this will need to be communicated to the on-call contractor so that it can be procured. A summary of the existing base liner system component materials is included as Table 1. Table 1 identifies eleven liner system installation phases and associated materials, although Module 4 is the only module with exposed base liner system. Generally, the on-call contractor will be required to keep a minor amount of geomembrane

(GM), geosynthetic clay liner (GCL), and geotextile (GT) on-hand specifically for repairs to M4. However, at the time of this RFP, DWMR has surplus materials of GM, GCL, and GT remaining from the construction of Module 4, Phase 2 stored at the on-site equipment maintenance shop, so the requirement to procure and store equivalent materials separately is waived for the contractor.

Documentation

During repair work, the CQA firm shall have a representative on-site to document the work. Documentation, in accordance with the CQA Plan, shall include the following:

• Confirmation that liner or cover repair materials have been approved.

• Photographs of the damage condition, repair work, and final condition.

• Confirmation that contractor’s repair personnel are qualified to perform the work.

• Observation, testing, and documentation of earthwork repairs, including compaction or other field testing, material sampling, and laboratory testing as needed to conform to applicable specifications and CQA Plans.

• Review of equipment calibrations to assure that equipment is working properly. This includes geosynthetic tensiometers, nuclear density gauges, etc.

• Observation and documentation of geosynthetics trial welds, seaming, non-destructive testing

(including air pressure and vacuum box testing), and destructive sampling and testing as needed to conform to applicable specifications and CQA Plans.

• Preparation of a CQA report or letter report summarizing the repair work for each event that will be certified by an engineer registered in the state of California. Such reports will be submitted to the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) for their review and records.

4. Evaluation and Selection

4.1 Proposal evaluation and recommendation for selection

The County reserves the following rights, to be exercised in the County’s sole and absolute discretion: 1) to determine whether any aspect of a proposal satisfactorily meets the criteria established in this RFP; 2) to seek clarification or additional information from any proposer; 3) to negotiate, sequentially or simultaneously, pricing and/or terms with any proposer or vendor; 4) to reject any or all proposals with or without cause; 5) to waive any irregularities or informalities in a proposal; 6) to cancel or amend by addenda this RFP, in part or entirely; 7) to award multiple contracts to proposers; and/or 8) award a contract to a vendor that did not submit a proposal.

Evaluation of proposals by a selection committee, evaluation panel, County staff, a technical advisory committee, or by another group, individual or entity is advisory only. The County of Sacramento Board of Supervisors or its designee may consider or reject such evaluation(s) for any or all proposals. Such evaluations are for the sole benefit of the County of Sacramento Board of Supervisors or its designee, and as such, they are not binding upon the County, nor may they be relied upon in any way by a

Proposer.

The County will issue a Notice of Intent to Award (NOIA) and/or a Notice of Award (NOA), as applicable, to be published on OpenGov Procurement naming County’s selected consultant following completion of the evaluation process.

4.2 Evaluation of responsiveness

The County will consider all the material submitted by a proposer to determine whether the proposer’s offer is in compliance with the terms and conditions set forth in this RFP. Proposals that do not comply with the provisions in this RFP may be considered nonresponsive and may be rejected.

4.3 Evaluation of responsibility

To determine whether a Proposer is responsible, the County will consider the Proposer’s general qualifications to perform the requested services in a satisfactory manner; financial responsibility;

integrity; skill; past performance; and ability. Proposals from proposers considered non-responsible will be rejected.

4.4 Evaluation panel and evaluation criteria

After review of each responsive proposal, the County may award a contract to a successful proposer based on the evaluation criteria, or it may establish a short list of proposers for further consideration.

The short list of proposers may be asked to provide additional information. The short list of proposers may also be asked to attend an in-person or telephone interview/presentation, as determined by the

County in its sole discretion.

Evaluation criteria shall include the following:

A. Quality of the proposed services, including:

o How well the proposed services meet the requirements as stated in the RFP o Ability to respond to emergency on-call repair CQA requests o Demonstrated understanding of the scope of work and County’s needs

B. Experience and qualifications, including:

o Firm’s experience o Expertise of staff o Capability o Past performance o References

C. Quality of proposal compliance, including:

o Compliance with proposal format & content o Acceptance of the County’s terms and conditions (Attachment E)

D. Overall project value.

The County will consider the trade-off between proposed cost and the other evaluation criteria in determining which proposal is most advantageous to the County.

4.5 Interviews

After review of each responsive proposal, the County may award a contract to a successful proposer based on the evaluation criteria, or it may establish a short list of proposers for further consideration.

The short list of proposers may be asked to provide additional information, or an interview/demonstration as determined by the County in its sole discretion.

4.6 Execution of contract

The selected proposer shall execute an agreement with the County of Sacramento, using the standard consulting agreement (Attachment E). Any requested revisions, deletions, or additions, to the language in the attached sample agreement shall be clearly set forth in the proposal for the County’s consideration.

Before a contract becomes effective between the County and any proposer, the contract must be reviewed by County Counsel and the contract award must be approved by the County Board of

Supervisors or its designee. If for any reason the County Board of Supervisors or its designee does not ratify and sign the contract then there are no binding obligations whatsoever between the County and the proposer relative to the proposed contract.

5. Proposal Format and Content

Proposals must include the following and shall adhere to the following format (and in the same order):

5.1 Cover letter

Proposers must submit a cover letter that includes the following:

A. A statement that the proposal is effective for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days or the date the contract takes effect, whichever is later;

B. A statement confirming that the proposer has reviewed and agrees to be bound by County of

Sacramento Terms and Conditions (Attachment E) including insurance provisions; or, alternatively, a statement confirming that the proposer has reviewed and agrees to be bound by

County of Sacramento Terms and Conditions (Attachment E), excluding only those provisions that have been redlined for negotiation purposes and are included in their proposal;

C. A statement that the proposer does not have an actual or perceived conflict of interest regarding this RFP or in submission of their proposal; or alternatively, a statement explaining any conflict of interest and how to avoid, mitigate or neutralize the conflict.

5.2 Proposal

Proposals shall be limited to a maximum of 10 pages plus a separate Cost Rate Schedule.

Information provided in the proposal shall contain the following:

A. A description of the organization's Construction Quality Assurance Services scope of work.

B. A Cost Rate Schedule for mobilization, personnel, equipment, materials, and expenses.

1. The Cost Rate Schedule shall include all unit rates for the types of labor expected to be used on the project. Equipment and materials required for each repair shall be billed at cost plus a percentage escalation factor. The Cost Rate Schedule shall list the escalation factor proposed for such equipment and materials. Proposers may provide, in an appendix, additional information on the firm as relevant to the scope-of-work.

C. A brief summary of the firm’s background and organization

D. Information regarding the organization’s prior experience:

1. Experience - Provide a brief summary of the firm’s experience and past performance with similar projects. Briefly describe projects, the date(s) that services were provided, the function the firm performed on the project, and the methodologies used.

2. Identify Key Project Staff: Include a list of personnel potentially available for the work, their position, and their experience. Listed experience may be in the form of resumes. Resumes shall not exceed 2 pages in length and may be provided in an appendix to the proposal.

E. A statement of the CQA Consultant’s capabilities, qualifications, and experience for performing the repair CQA services. This statement shall include a discussion of the firm’s ability to respond to emergency on-call requests.

F. Identification of any actual, apparent, or potential conflicts of interest that may result from the performance of the Work

G. A list of at least three references that may be contacted

1. Emphasis should be given to providing references where: 1) the resources used are the same or mostly the same as those who will be used for the County’s purposes, and 2) the references are governmental organizations of similar size to the County. The County may request additional references from proposer.

6. Evaluation Phases

No. Evaluation Criteria Scoring Method Weight (Points)

1. Quality of the proposed services o How well the proposed services meet the requirements as stated in the RFP o Ability to respond to emergency on-call repair CQA requests o Demonstrated understanding of the scope of work and County’s needs

N/A N/A

2. Experience and qualifications o Firm’s experience o Expertise of staff o Capability o Past performance o References

N/A N/A

3. Quality of proposal compliance o Compliance with proposal format & content o Acceptance of the County’s terms and conditions

N/A N/A

4. Overall Project Cost and Value N/A N/A

7. Vendor Submissions

7.1. Certification of Independent Contractor Status*

"I hereby certify that the Contractor/Consultant firm employs five or more full-time employees. “Full-time”, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, means persons employed for 20 or more hours per week, and excludes temporary employees whose term of employment will be less than one (1) month.

This certification satisfies the Internal Revenue Service criteria for treatment of the above-named consultant as an independent contractor, not an employee for tax withholding purposes."

☐ Yes, I certify that the firm has five (5) or more full-time employees.

☐ No, I certify that the firm does not have five (5) or more full-time employees, and the firm provides services to the general public. (The County will conduct a tax determination review if this option is selected.)

*Response required

7.2. Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 1*

WHEREAS it is in the best interest of Sacramento County that those entities with whom the County does business demonstrate financial responsibility, integrity and lawfulness, it is inequitable for those entities with whom the County does business to receive County funds while failing to pay court-ordered child, family and spousal support which shifts the support of their dependents onto the public treasury.

Therefore, in order to assist the Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services in its efforts to collect unpaid court-ordered child, family and spousal support orders, the following certification must be provided by all entities with whom the County does business:

Contractor/Consultant hereby certifies that either:

☐ the Contractor/Consultant is a government or non-profit entity (exempt), or

☐ the Contractor/Consultant has no Principals Owners (25% or more) (exempt), or

☐ each Principal Owner (25% or more) does not have any existing child support orders, or

☐ Contractor/Consultants Principal Owners are currently in substantial compliance with any court-ordered child, family and spousal support order, including orders to provide current residence address, employment information, and whether dependent health insurance coverage is available. If not in compliance, Principal Owner has become current or has arranged a payment schedule with the

Department of Child Support Services or the court.

*Response required

7.3. Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 2*

New Contract/Consultant shall certify that each of the following statements is true:

a. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all applicable state and federal reporting requirements relating to employment reporting for its employees; and

b. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders and notices of assignment and will continue to maintain compliance.

NOTE: Failure to comply with state and federal reporting requirements regarding a Contractor's employees or failure to implement lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders or notices of assignment constitutes a default under the contract; and failure to cure the default within 90 days of notice by the County shall be grounds for termination of the contract. Principal Owners can contact the

Sacramento Department of Child Support Services at 1-866-901-3212, by writing to P.O. Box 269112, Sacramento, 95826-9112, or via the Customer Connect website at www.childsup.ca.gov .

☐ Please confirm

*Response required

7.4. Proposal (without cost proposal)*

Upload your complete Proposal here. Do not include your cost proposal in this section.

*Response required

7.5. Cost proposal (separate)*

Upload your cost proposal here. Confirm that your cost proposal is not attached with your Proposal and is attached separately here.

*Response required

7.6. Confidential sections of proposal (if applicable)

The County will treat all information submitted in a proposal as available for public inspection once the

County has awarded a contract. If you believe that you have a legally justifiable basis under the

California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et. seq.) for protecting the confidentiality of any information contained within your proposal, you must identify any such information, together with the legal basis of your claim in your proposal, and present such information in this section as part of your proposal response package. The final determination of whether the County will assert a proposer's claim of confidentiality shall be at the sole discretion of the County. Click "file upload" below to upload any proposal documents you consider to be confidential documents.

7.7. Proposed Contract Exceptions

If proposing any exceptions to the County's Sample Contract, upload a redlined revision of the Sample

Contract attached to this solicitation here. Any submissions are for negotiation purposes only.

If no exceptions are proposed, please skip this question.

7.8. Provide the full contact name, title, and e-mail of the signatory for your firm. Provide contact information for the contract manager for your firm in order to distribute contract documents, including other recipients requiring a copy, if awarded.*

Signatory: name, title, email

Contract manager/admin: name, phone, email http://www.childsup.ca.gov/

7.9. PaymentWorks Contact*

Please provide the name and e-mail for a finance point-of-contact for your firm that will receive an invitation to complete the vendor registration process on the County's PaymentWorks portal.

To clarify, if you are set-up with other agencies using PaymentWorks, that information is not available to the County, so you must complete this process for the County.