ST-0207 Advertisement.pdf

NOTICE TO ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City of Oklahoma City has public improvement work that requires the professional services of a consulting firm ("Consultant").

In order to be considered, the Consultant rnust timely submit a Letter of Interest as provided herein and comply with the Resolution establishing procedure for "Selection of Architects and E,ngineers" adopted by the City Council on August 29, 2023, a copy of which may be obtained at www.okc.gov/depaftrnents/public-works/engineer-arch itect-resources/notice-to-a-e/consu ltant-selection-procedures. Letters of lnterest must be submitted through the electronic bidding system at https://wrvw.bidnetdirect.com/ prior to 5:00 p.m. nlay 9, 2025. Emailed and hand-delivered subrnittals are not accepted.

Project Title: ST-0207,Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion, Phase I

Scope of Work: The consultant shall evaluate all requirements to expand capacity at the Deer Creek Wastewater Treatrnent Plant (WWTP) from 15 million gallons per day (MGD) to 20 MGD. Final design, bidding, construction administration and managernent, inspection, and as-built services rnay be completed under a future amendment. Construction cost to be determined.

There is an optional pre-submittal meeting and site visit at the Deer Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant on April 16,2025. at I :00 p.m.

S i milar Proj ect Expe r ie nc e o Indicate the key aspects or characteristics of the reference project that are relevant to OCWUT for the project the letter of interest is being submitted.

o Indicate the members of the proposed project team that worked on the reference project and what role they served on the project.

Project Team Availability . Specifically address the availability of each proposed project member and communicate in a quantifiable manner how much availability they have (e.g..25o/o, 50yo,75yo,100%).

o If the firm has existing projects with The City of Oklahoma City or any of its Trusts, provide a list of those projects, the members of the proposed project team working on those projects, and how much of their workload is allocated to those projects.

Available I nformation:

Upon execution of a non-disclosure agreement. the following information will be made available for review in preparation of the Letterof Interest submissions. The executed form must be subrnitted to Joy Kotey 1.k5.Kotel,tglokc.gor,) and Patty Pool (patt).lrurenhoff,Ookc.gov,) via e-mail.

o Relevant plant operational data.

o Available as-built drawings.

. Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (OPDES) Effluent Pennit.

Time Schedule for the above Scope of Work: Engineering Report - Task I required within two hundred and ten days (210) days of City/Trust approval of the Notice to Proceed.

All questions must be submitted through Bidnetdirect by 10:00 a.m. on April 21,2025. Answers to the questions will be posted in Bidnetdirect by noon on April25,2025.

Letters of Interest must provide your understanding of the project and scope of seruices; your approach and concept; designation of your Project Team and their detailed expertise and experience on similar projects, and accessibility to City staff. The Consultant may not change the Project Tearn without prior consent of the City Engineer. Letters of lnterest must be 50 pages or less. Please provide a contact name and email address in your Letter of Interest.

The City and its related Trusts use the Contract located on u1r.r1.9kc.gor,'iclepamrnentsipublic-rtect-resou Please review the Contract, particularly the insurance and indemnity paragraphs to ensure requirements will be met. Contract terms are not negotiable. The City rnay negotiate Scope of Work, Compensation, and Additional Services. If the City or Trust determines, in its sole discretion, the City or Trust is not able to timely negotiate an acceptable Scope of Work, Compensation, and Additional Services with the selected Consultant, then the City or Trust may terminate such negotiations and commence negotiation with another Consultant.

Please include a 254 Form with your Letter of Interest

The City and its Trust reserve the right to award the Contract(s) or not and to revise the Scope of Services and/or the Project scope or description, as may be in the best interest of the City or Trust.

All subrnissions are subject to the mandates of the Oklahoma Open Records Act, 5l Okla. Stat. $$ 24A.1. et seq. The purpose of the Act is to ensure and facilitate the public's right of access to and review of government records so they may efficiently and intelligently exercise their inherent political power.

Almost all "records," as that term is defined in the Act, may be disclosed to the public upon request.

Except where specific state or federal statutes create a specific and express exemption or confidential privilege, persons who submit information to public bodies have no right to keep this information from public access nor have a reasonable expectation that this information will be kept from public access.

If Respondent believes that any submission to the City of Oklahoma City is exempt or confidential under a specific state or federal statute, and therefore not subject to public access under the Oklahoma Open Records Act, Respondents must comply with the following:

l. Place said portion of the submission in a separate electronic file attachment marked "Confidential". DO NOT label your submission "Confidential" - label only those porlions of the submissiott that Respondent feels are exempt or are made confidential by state or federal law as "Confidential".

2. For each portion of the submission which Respondent is claiming an exemption or a confidential privilege, identify the specific federal and/or state law that creates said privilege, e .g., fbr trade secrets, see 2l O.S.$ 1732 (Larceny of Trade Secrets) and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.78 O.S. $$ 85, et seq.

Should an Open Records request be presented requesting infonnation identified as "Confidential," Respondentwill be responsible fordefending Respondent's position in the District Court, if needed.

If Respondent fails to identiflz any part of your submission as "Confidential", Respondent agrees that said subrnission is not exempt or confidential and is subject to public access.

Upon receipt of a request review or copy records properly identified as "Confidential," Respondent will be notifled of the request and allowed to immediately enforce and protect Respondent's rights by initiating an action in enforce Respondent's released.

r a court of competent jurisdiction. Should Respondent fail to bring an action to rights within seven (7) calendar days of notice, then the requested records will be

Debbie Miller, P.E Public Works/ City Engineer