On-Call_Professional_Third-Party_Testing,_Construction_Administrative,_and_Observation_Consulting_Services.pdf

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

2070-RFQ

ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL THIRD-PARTY TESTING,

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATIVE, AND OBSERVATION

CONSULTING SERVICES

City of Rock Hill

757 S. Anderson Road, Building 103

Rock Hill, SC 29730

RELEASE DATE: May 13, 2025

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: May 28, 2025

RESPONSE DEADLINE: June 11, 2025, 10:00 am

RESPONSES MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY TO:

https://procurement.opengov.com/portal/cityofrockhill

City of Rock Hill

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

2070-RFQ

On-Call Professional Third-Party Testing, Construction Administrative, and Observation Consulting Services

I. Introduction II. Request for Qualifications

III. Scope of Work IV. Submission Format V. Terms and Conditions

VI. Local Purchasing VII. Evaluation Process

VIII. Evaluation Criteria IX. Vendor Questionnaire

Attachments:

A - City of Rock Hill Agreement for Services SAMPLE

Request for Qualifications (RFQ) #2070-RFQ Title: On-Call Professional Third-Party Testing, Construction Administrative, and Observation Consulting Services

1. Introduction

1.1. Summary

The City of Rock Hill, South Carolina is requesting qualifications from interested and qualified consulting firms to provide testing, construction administration, and observation services. Potentially qualified firms must demonstrate their corporate and individual staff experience in the proposed services within this area and in an urban environment. The firm(s) should be well-versed in the permitting requirements of both the City of Rock Hill and South Carolina.

1.2. Contact Information

Sarah Kesler

Procurement Analyst

Email: sarah.kesler@cityofrockhill.com

Phone: (803) 329-7070

Department:

Multiple Departments

1.3. Timeline

Solicitation Release Date May 13, 2025

Question Submission Deadline May 28, 2025, 4:00pm

Qualifications Submission Deadline June 11, 2025, 10:00am

The City of Rock Hill's eProcurement Portal only.

NOTE: The qualifications opening is virtual. No in-person meeting will be held.

mailto:sarah.kesler@cityofrockhill.com tel:(803)329-7070

Title: On-Call Professional Third-Party Testing, Construction Administrative, and Observation Consulting Services

2. Request for Qualifications

PROJECT: On-Call Professional Third-Party Testing, Construction Administrative, and Observation

Consulting Services

RFQ Number: 2070-RFQ

Qualifications DUE DATE: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 before 10:00 am

2.1. General Information

Electronic submissions will be received by the Procurement Division of the City of Rock Hill, South

Carolina via the City's eProcurement Portal up to but not later than the published date and time. The eProcurement Portal clock is the official timekeeper for determining all deadline dates and times.

Without exception, responses will not be accepted after the submission deadline, regardless of any technical difficulties such as poor internet connections. The City strongly recommends completing your response well ahead of the deadline.

2.2. Purpose

The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is to obtain information about consulting companies interested in providing professional services for testing, construction administration, and observation for the City of Rock Hill. The professional services may include, but are not limited to one or more of the following: construction of water mains, sewer mains, stormwater and drainage, fill placement, roads, site plans, pedestrian amenities, parking areas, pavement markings, retaining walls, footers for mast arms/pedestrian lighting, landscaping, curb installation, and sidewalk or trails that will be City-owned.

The scope of services will include tasks necessary to complete the project, including materials testing, observation, and reporting of construction conformance to approved plans and specifications, construction administration and observation, etc. Geotechnical investigation may be required for the construction of some projects. All work in relation to the proposal submitted by qualified firms will be done at the contract price with no other contracts or price negotiations. Projects will be specified with individual scopes to which addenda will be incorporated into the master contract.

This RFQ is for on-call services, in which the selected firm(s) will be listed for a period of up to a maximum of five (5) years to be contracted by the City for various engineering consulting services on an as-needed basis. The number of firms selected for the services will be based on the diversity of the teams submitting responses to this RFQ and any specific disciplines identified by the firm, if any.

The City will utilize the information provided in the response to evaluate each interested company by using the criteria outlined in this RFQ. Multiple Departments are responsible for this project.

2.3. No Pre-Qualifications Meeting

There will be no pre-qualifications meeting for this project. Companies are expected to fully inform themselves as to the conditions, requirements, and specifications necessary to submit qualifications.

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2.4. Anticipated Contract Schedule

The anticipated start date is September 15, 2025. The initial term will be thirty-six (36) months with two

(2) 12-month options if options are exercised.

2.5. Selection Consideration

To be considered for selection, the company shall be qualified and capable of delivering the following services for the identified project(s). If sub-consultants are to be used for any portion of the work, the sub-consultant should be identified, and pertinent information related to their aspect of the team should be provided.

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3. Scope of Work

Upon need and reasonable request, the selected firm(s) shall meet with City officials, staff, team representatives, and the project manager, who will provide information concerning the project. The requirements for data and design shall be reviewed and established.

3.1. Non-Exclusive General Potential Scope of Services

The City will request services on an as-needed and as-requested basis. There is no guarantee that all or any of the services described in this RFQ will be assigned during the term of the Agreement. The firm is to provide the City with a detailed approach, schedule, and team proposed to perform the project tasks.

No task shall be performed by the Consultant until after the City has approved a detailed task work order and executed a Contract Addendum.

To be considered for selection, the firm shall be qualified and capable of delivering the following services for the identified projects. If sub-consultants are to be used for any portion of the work, the sub-consultant should be identified, and pertinent information related to their aspect of the team should be provided.

• Physically visit the construction site every day that construction of City infrastructure occurs, including times when specific tasks are being completed.

• Perform reporting and photographic documentation of daily construction activities.

• Provide project construction and materials testing as stipulated per the approved plans/specifications.

• Document any construction conflicts with proposed construction plans.

• Provide daily updates to City staff while work is occurring.

• Provide a monthly report summarizing work that was accomplished.

• Laboratory testing of materials needs to be accomplished in-house by a lab inspected by CCRL

(Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory) and is accredited by AASHTO (American

Association of State and Highway and Transportation Officials) and ACI (American Concrete

Institute).

• Provide construction observation and administration of geotechnical investigations, construction inspection/administration, quality assurance testing, etc.

• Observe and perform necessary compaction testing of infrastructure that will be used by City electric facilities, such as duct banks, conduit sleeves, roadway accesses, transformers, and substation building pads, but will not be required to inspect electrical Code items.

• Perform geotechnical exploratory testing and analysis.

• Provide construction administration and observation as a third-party consultant to the City.

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• Review As-Built Record Drawings.

• Scope and allowance to be reviewed by City staff and negotiated prior to the execution of the contract.

• Prepare and provide Benefit-Cost Analysis upon request.

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4. Submission Format

4.1. Proposal Format

To facilitate the review of the Statement of Qualifications by the City of Rock Hill, please ensure the submission conforms to the following format:

4.2. Coversheet

List the RFQ Statement, the name of the company, and the name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of a contact person for questions concerning the qualifications submitted.

4.3. Qualifications & Experience of the Company

Brief history and organization of the company, the legal entity that will enter into the contract, location of the office where the work will be performed, and the name and title of the person authorized to enter into a master contract agreement (must be an officer, partner, or member of the company). List any sub-consultant companies that will support your company.

Provide a narrative of the company’s prior experience and qualifications pertaining to the Scope of Work and provide a list of projects with similar scopes. For companies that specialize in a specific discipline

(i.e., third third-party testing, construction administration, observation consulting, etc.) and only want to be considered for work associated with that discipline, please provide a statement clarifying which type of work you are requesting.

4.4. Project Team

Provide a list of the project team members (including the office location where they currently work) that you propose to use and identify each team member's responsibility, clearly detailing each team member's experience. Provide a brief resume for each person listing specific similar project experience, educational experience, and licensure/certifications.

List any of specialties or roles on the team. Provide an hourly rate summary for project team members.

Please also provide copies of proof of professional licensure in the State of South Carolina (Certificate of

Authorization) for the staff performing the various tasks.

4.5. Project Management, Approach to the Project, & Quality Control

Demonstrate project management, approach to projects, and quality control methods employed by the company. This section shall also include an organizational chart for each team member (including sub-consultants) and list their roles with responsibilities.

4.6. Capacity and Response Capability

Provide a statement of the company’s current workload, proposed schedule of action for when the City requests these services, and capacity to meet the project schedules.

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4.7. History of City of Rock Hill Projects

Provide a list of projects that the company has completed (or is currently working on) with the City of

Rock Hill over the past 5 years. Be sure to identify the project manager, total construction cost, year completed, or status if it is currently in progress. If you have no experience with the City of Rock Hill, please provide similar projects located within North/South Carolina.

4.8. References

Provide the name, address, and telephone number of at least three (3) references familiar with the quality of work done by the company of a similar nature as contained in the above Scope of Work. By submission of the references, you are authorizing the City of Rock Hill to contact these references.

References are not required if you have worked for the City of Rock Hill on at least two (2) projects over the past two (2) years.

4.9. Legal, Safety, Insurance, and Financial

The company's submittal shall provide documentation of any history of litigation associated with project performance or professional liability during the past ten years. A short statement of any safety problems that the company may have encountered in projects. A statement or other information to describe the company's general financial standing and current insurance coverage.

4.10. Insurance Capacity

The submitting company (lead company if submitting as a team) shall be able to post the minimum, specified insurance requirements for this project as follows:

1. Professional Liability: $2,000,000.00 per occurrence, and $2,000,000.00 aggregate

2. Worker's Compensation: $500,000.00

3. Automobile Liability: $1,000,000.00 per occurrence for each vehicle, and $1,000,000 in aggregate for all vehicles

4. Comprehensive/General Liability: $2,000,000.00 per occurrence, and $2,000,000 aggregate

Coverages must be maintained throughout the life of the contract, including any applicable warranty period.

4.11. Other Supporting Information

Include any additional information relevant to the selection of your company.

The Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) shall not exceed twenty (30) pages, excluding the cover page, back page, letters of introduction, and table of contents. Font size shall be no smaller than ten (10) point. Any SOQs exceeding the page count may not be considered at the sole discretion of the City.

4.12. Qualifications Submission

Statement of Qualifications must be submitted via the City's eProcurement Portal. It must be submitted before 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Mailed, facsimile, or e-mailed copies will not be accepted. The City assumes no responsibility for late submittals.

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The e-Procurement Portal uses an 'electronic lock box' system to receive and protect all Company responses. Only the Company can see that they have submitted a response and the information contained in that response. The Company may withdraw its submission and resubmit anytime until the due date and time. Once the submission phase has ended, the City can view the submissions and begin the evaluation.

4.13. Availability of the e-Procurement Portal

All responses to the Solicitation must be submitted electronically through the e-Procurement Portal.

Should any technical issues with the Portal (not user/Supplier issues) prevent any Supplier from submitting a response within the two (2) hours immediately before the due time, the Solicitation due date and time shall be extended for a period of 24 hours. The technical issue must be by the Portal provider (OpenGov) and affect all participating Suppliers. The City shall verify the technical issue or unavailability of the Portal with OpenGov, the system provider. Technical issues localized to a single supplier will not be considered cause for an extension.

The e-Procurement Portal will not allow submissions after the established due date and time have passed.

4.14. Contract

A master contract will be developed with the selected companies, and fees shall be established based upon provided draft plans to be used to determine an agreed-upon scope of work by and between the selected companies and the City of Rock Hill.

The selected companies will be required to use the City of Rock Hill's standard contract (see attached).

If there are parts of the City’s standard contract where there is an issue or disagreement, please upload a redline document via the vendor questionnaire. The City intends to award contracts to selected companies within 60 days of receipt of qualifications.

4.15. Submission Requirements

This section provides details for preparing and submitting materials required from responding entities to be considered for selection.

1. Submission Preparation: All RFQ responses shall be submitted electronically through the City's eProcurement Portal. The Statement of Qualifications shall be submitted by an authorized representative of the company. Each submission constitutes an offer and may not be withdrawn except as provided herein.

2. Qualifications Submission:

The response shall be submitted before 10:00 am on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

No submission may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the due date unless approved in writing by the Procurement Office. All submissions must be approved by the Rock Hill City

Manager and the department(s) in charge of the project. Failing an agreement, the City may reject all submissions and request new submissions or make any other decisions it deems to be in its own best interest.

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3. Errors in Submittals: Submitters or their authorized representatives are expected to fully inform themselves as to the conditions, requirements, and specifications before submitting the requested materials. Failure to do so will be at the company's own risk. If an error is made, the submittal may be withdrawn before the submission deadline, edited, and resubmitted before the deadline. The City reserves the right to waive any informalities, technical defects, and minor irregularities in submittals received.

4. Discrepancies and Questions: Companies shall have no contact related to this project with the City of

Rock Hill elected or appointed officials or employees during the solicitation process, other than the contact person specified within this solicitation. Any such contact will subject the Company to immediate disqualification.

Should the Company have questions, find discrepancies in the plans and/or specifications, or be in doubt as to the meaning or intent of any part thereof, the Company shall request clarification from the City via the eProcurement Portal, not later than 4:00 pm on Wednesday, May 28, 2025.

All questions will be answered, and any changes will be communicated through an addendum posted on the City’s eProcurement Portal. As a registered Company, you will also receive addenda notifications via email by clicking “Follow” on this project. It is the Company's responsibility to check the website for this information before submitting. Failure to request such clarification is a waiver of any claim by the

Company for additional expenses because its interpretation was different from the City’s.

5. Compliance with laws: The successful entity shall obtain and maintain all licenses, permits, liability insurance, and worker's compensation insurance, and comply with all other standards or regulations required by federal, state, county, or City statutes, ordinances, and rules during the performance of any purchase between the company and the City. Any such requirement specifically outlined in any purchasing document between the company and the City shall be supplementary to this section and not in substitution thereof.

6. Suspension and Debarment: The Company certifies, by the response to this RFQ, that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal, state, or local agency. Where the submitting entity is unable to certify any of the statements in this certification, such Offeror shall attach an explanation to this proposal.

7. Subcontractors: The selected company agrees that they shall not delegate, subcontract, or assign all or any portion of the project to any third party without the express written consent of the City.

8. Local Providers: Companies tendering submissions should keep in mind the City's goal of supporting local businesses and supply houses for materials and labor whenever practicable, so long as pricing and other contract conditions are not adversely affected.

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5. Terms and Conditions

5.1. Insurance

The Company agrees that the Company shall provide, in a form acceptable to the City, certificates of all insurance required as specified in this solicitation. Coverages must be maintained throughout the life of the contract, including any applicable warranty period.

5.2. Illegal Immigration Reform Act Compliance

The company certifies that the company will comply with the requirements of Chapter 14, Title 8 of the

South Carolina Code of Laws titled Unauthorized Aliens and Public Employment and agrees to provide to the City of Rock Hill any documentation required to establish either; (a) the applicability of such law to the company, subcontractor, and sub-subcontractor; or (b) the compliance with this law by the company and any subcontractors or sub-subcontractors.

5.3. Indemnification

The Company shall indemnify and hold the City harmless from and against all liability, loss, damages, or injury, and all costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs of any suit related thereto), suffered or incurred by the City, to the extent arising from the company’s or its contractor’s negligent performance of the services under this agreement, intentional misconduct, negligent acts or omissions, or breach of any term, covenant, representation, or warranty of this agreement.

5.4. Freedom of Information Act

All submissions will be public information, per FOIA guidelines.

5.5. Iran Divestment Act

By signing its submission, the Company certifies that it is not identified on the list of persons determined by the Executive Director of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to engage in investment activities in the country of Iran as described in South Carolina Code of Laws Section 11-57-310 (as amended), or any other list of prohibited investments created by the State legislature; will not take any action causing it to appear on any such list during the term of the Final Contract; and will not utilize any subcontractor that is identified on any such list to provide goods or services thereunder.

5.6. Agreement

The selected company will be required to use the City of Rock Hill’s standard agreement. See attached sample agreement.

5.7. Non-Appropriation of Funds

This agreement shall be subject to the availability and appropriation of funds by Management and City

Council. If the Council does not appropriate the funding needed by the City to make payments under this agreement for a given fiscal year, the City will not be obligated to pay amounts due beyond the end of the last fiscal year for which funds were appropriated. No act or omission by the City, which is attributable to non-appropriation of funds, shall constitute a breach of or default under this agreement.

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5.8. Statement on Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE)

(i) The City recognizes that business firms owned and operated by minority persons and women have been historically restricted from full participation in our free enterprise system to a degree disproportionate to other businesses.

(ii) The City believes that it should work to ameliorate past discrimination by facilitating the participation of underrepresented groups in the City’s economic community and that such participation is in its best interests and the best interests of its citizens.

(iii) The City will work to ensure that such underrepresented groups, and the businesses they own and lead, are afforded the maximum practicable opportunity—in balance with financially safe and sound business practices–to compete for and perform contracts when the City is procuring construction services, supplies, equipment contracts, lease agreements, or consultant and other services, within the laws of the State of South Carolina.

(iv) The City endeavors to develop, establish, implement, and administer its policies, programs, and procedures to promote balanced economic growth throughout its community.

Accordingly, the City shall not discriminate and shall prohibit discrimination in its selection and retention of contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, against any person or business on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, status as a parent, age, disability, genetic information, or military status. The City recognizes that disparate treatment on any such basis in the pursuit of economic opportunities is intolerable discrimination.

5.9. City Business License

The successful Company, prior to execution of the contract, must possess or obtain a City of Rock Hill business license. Such license must be maintained throughout the contract. The fee for such a license is based on the amount of the contract with the City if the company is not currently doing other business inside the City limits. If the company is currently doing other business within the City limits of Rock Hill and does not possess a business license, then the fee for the license is based on the total gross receipts from customers within the City limits. Contact the City Business License Office at 803-329-5590 to determine the exact amount or to ask other pertinent questions regarding doing business in the City of

Rock Hill. Companies do not need to possess a business license to submit their qualifications.

5.10. Excluded Companies

Submissions from companies may be excluded for any of the following reasons:

(i) Reason to believe collusion exists among the companies

(ii) The Company is involved in any litigation against the City

(iii) The Company is in arrears on any existing contract or has defaulted on a previous contract with the

City

(iv) Lack of financial stability

(v) Failure to perform under previous or present contracts with the City

(vi) Is currently debarred by the State of South Carolina Procurement Services

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Excluded vendors/contractors can resubmit complete company information with references for City review after a minimum of one (1) year from the last excluded Bid. The City will contact the submitting vendor/contractor with its decision within thirty (30) days of company information submittal. The City reserves the right to include or exclude said vendor/contractor based on findings.

5.11. Customer Service

Please remember, although you are a contracted City service, you each represent the City of Rock Hill during all work performed, face-to-face as well as telephone conversations. These guidelines are to give all contract employees a solid feeling of what the City of Rock Hill expects from any contracted service.

Overview:

• Be friendly, courteous, and helpful

• Company uniforms must be worn at all times

• Employees must look and act professionally at all times

Company's Employees:

Before the company's employees can enter the project site, it shall investigate and determine that its employees working on the project site are not listed on the sexual offender registry. The contractor shall require all subcontractors to make a similar investigation. One such investigation within six (6) months of commencement of the project work, by the employer, fulfills the City’s requirement for the project.

The Rock Hill Police Department along with the City of Rock Hill also reserves the right to cancel any contracts, agreements, purchasing or distribution, etc., if they feel the project, purchasing, vehicle(s), and or property(s) may be in jeopardy due to the company's employee(s) having a criminal history which may lead to ethical issues while dealing with City workings or investigative activities.

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6. Local Purchasing

The City of Rock Hill intends to promote the use of local businesses and hire citizens living within the local Rock Hill/York County area when possible.

(i) Local vendors, services, contractors, companies, and businesses (Rock Hill/York County) with a valid

City of Rock Hill business license may have the opportunity to receive a 3% or a 5% adjustment factor during the consideration of bids. A local vendor, service, contractor, company, or business is defined as a business offering the services and or products being requested. The business must have been established for not less than one year within York County limits and hold a valid City of Rock Hill

Business License for the entire year before the solicitation date. City Council shall be entitled to make the final decision as to whether such business is local and may at its discretion consider factors such as the length of time before issuance of the local business license, the actual physical presence within the corporate limits or within York County, property taxes attributable to such entity received by the City of

Rock Hill, local employment, and any other reasonable factors to ensure that this policy is not being circumvented.

(ii) Businesses located within the Rock Hill municipal limits may be considered for a 5% adjustment factor.

Businesses located in York County outside the Rock Hill municipal limits may be considered for a 3% adjustment factor.

(iii) The maximum value of the percentage adjustment factor will be capped at $25,000.

(iv) If a local business is within the percentage guideline, not exceeding $25,000 of the lowest proposal received, the local business may be considered for the award if it is willing to provide goods or services at the price of the lowest proposal received.

(v) If the conditions above are met, and the local business is not willing to provide goods or services at the price of the lowest proposal received, the consideration of the award will revert to the lowest proposal received or the next lowest local business within the percentage (maximum $25,000) adjustment factor threshold.

(vi) The contractor and/or business must reasonably attempt to hire local Rock Hill/York County residents.

(vii) Selected businesses must make a reasonable effort to purchase/lease all material, equipment, and supplies associated with the awarded proposal from a local business with a valid City of Rock Hill

Business License.

(viii) Businesses receiving the award must supply the City with a list of their employees working on the project, that includes the city in which they reside, along with a list of all equipment, material, suppliers, and subcontractors and their addresses. This list will be used in the evaluation process.

(ix) Special consideration may be given to companies that have products produced and/or manufactured in the United States.

(x) Local Purchasing provisions of this section will be in effect and apply to bidding until June 30, 2025 and expire unless re-authorized by the City Council.

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(xi) Local Purchasing adjustment factors cannot apply:

(a) to Federally Funded Projects

(b) to State-Funded Projects where the State restricts the use of local preferences under such circumstances; or

(c) to projects funded by Bond proceeds, where the Bond covenants restrict the manner of procurement.

(xii) Utilization of the Local Purchasing program requires a minimum of three bids. If three or more bids are not received, the Local Purchasing program cannot be utilized.

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7. Evaluation Process

1. All responses are subject to a determination of "responsive" and "responsible" prior to selection. The

Procurement representative is the sole judge as to the submitting entity's "responsiveness" and

"responsibility." The City reserves the right to request additional information.

2. The Evaluation Team will review all submissions and reserves the right to request necessary modifications, waive minor technicalities, reject all submissions, reject any submission that does not meet the mandatory requirement(s), or cancel this RFQ, according to the City's best interests.

3. The Evaluation Team may elect to interview one or more proposing companies before making an award. This committee will review each compliant submittal and may invite, at its sole discretion, up to five (5) companies for interviews, but this is not a required step in the selection process. The City will provide written notification to any companies chosen of its intent to pursue contract negotiations. The

City shall not reimburse the company for the costs associated with the interview process. The City assumes no responsibility for costs incurred in responding to this RFQ.

4. The Evaluation Team may elect to first rank submissions with a simple numeric score and then detail score only the top tier of submissions.

5. The Evaluation Team will evaluate responses on a weighted evaluation system. The categories and points assigned for each category are listed in the Evaluation Section.

The City of Rock Hill will review all qualified Statements of Qualifications received and may select one or more companies for contract consideration.

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8. Evaluation Criteria

No. Evaluation Criteria Scoring Method Weight (Points)

1. Qualifications of the Firm Points Based 30 (30% of Total)

2. Project Experience Points Based 20 (20% of Total)

3. Project Understanding Points Based 20 (20% of Total)

4. Response Capability Points Based 20 (20% of Total)

5. Historical Performance Points Based 10 (10% of Total)

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9. Vendor Questionnaire

9.1. Company Information*

Please provide the following information as it should appear in a potential agreement with your company:

• Company (legal entity that will enter into the contract)

• Name and Title (person authorized to enter into contract)

• Address (location of the office where or from which the work will be performed)

• Telephone Number

• Email Address

*Response required

9.2. Company Confirmation*

The company affirms that we have read and understand the enclosed RFQ requirements and specifications and submit this Statement of Qualifications for On-Call Professional Third-Party Testing, Construction Administrative, and Observation Consulting Services.

☐ Please confirm

*Response required

9.3. Submission of Qualifications *

Upload the Statement of Qualifications.

*Response required

9.4. Other Supporting Documentation

Include any additional information relevant to the selection of the company.

9.5. References

Provide the name, address, email, and telephone number of at least three (3) references familiar with the quality of work done by the company of similar nature as contained in the Scope of Work. By submission of the references, you are authorizing the City of Rock Hill to contact these references. This is not required if you have worked for the City of Rock Hill on at least two (2) projects over the past two

(2) years.

9.6. Sub-Consultants

Please provide the following information for each of the sub-consultants to be utilized by the Company for this project: Discipline, Contact Name, Company, Address Line, Phone Number, and E-mail Address.

If you are not employing sub-consultants or this information is noted in the Qualifications submitted, no response is required.

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9.7. Suspension and Debarment Certification*

The Company certifies, by submission of this RFQ, that neither it nor its principals are presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participation in this transaction by any federal, state, or local agency. Where the submitting entity is unable to certify any of the statements in this certification, such company shall attach an explanation to the submission.

☐ Please confirm

*Response required

9.8. Illegal Immigration Reform Act Compliance *

The Company certifies that it will comply with the requirements of Chapter 14, Title 8 of the South

Carolina Code of Laws titled Unauthorized Aliens and Public Employment and agrees to provide to the

City of Rock Hill any documentation required to establish either; (a) the applicability of such law to the

Company, subcontractor, and sub-subcontractor; or (b) the compliance with this law by the Company and any subcontractors or sub-subcontractors.

☐ Please confirm

*Response required

9.9. Iran Divestment Act *

The Company certifies that it:

1) is not identified on the list of persons determined by the Executive Director of the State Fiscal

Accountability Authority to engage in investment activities in the country of Iran as described in South

Carolina Code of Laws Section 11-57-310 (as amended), or any other list of prohibited investments created by the State legislature;

2) will not take any action causing it to appear on any such list during the term of the Final Contract; and

3) will not utilize any subcontractor that is identified on any such list to provide goods or services thereunder.

☐ Please confirm

*Response required

9.10. Customer Service*

The Company representative has read and agrees to the standards set forth in the City's Customer

Service agreement.

☐ Please confirm

*Response required