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The City of Oxford, Mississippi, is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for engineering services to support its Regional Water Resources Development Program encompassing water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure. The procurement seeks qualified engineering firms to provide comprehensive services including data collection and investigative services, modeling and analytical services, GIS services, facilities and general planning, design phase services, contract bid document preparation, technical specification development, cost estimating, construction engineering and review, construction management and administration, program management, topographical and boundary surveying, and real estate interest and land acquisition services. Qualified firms must demonstrate specified experience and technical expertise with similar services, documented past performance records with the City of Oxford and other clients regarding work quality, timeliness and cost control, and adequate capacity to perform the work within required time constraints considering current and planned workload. All proposals must address personnel availability and firm capacity, technical expertise and previous projects undertaken, and a scope of services demonstrating understanding of the Regional Water Resources Development Program and associated tasks. Statements of qualifications must be received by the City Clerk, Leslie McCormick, at 107 Courthouse Square, Oxford, Mississippi 38655 by 10 a.m. CST on April 10, 2026, with proposals received after this deadline rejected. Specific work assignments will be detailed through task orders issued under the negotiated contract with selected engineering firm(s).

The City of Oxford actively encourages Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs) and Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs) to submit qualifications, and the City operates as an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. The RFQ does not identify any incumbent vendors or current contractors, nor does it specify an award value or budget range for the contract. Funding for the Regional Water Resources Development Program derives from multiple sources including EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants (EPA-STAG), Environmental Infrastructure Grants through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Water Pollution Control State Revolving Fund (WPCRLF), and Mississippi Department of Health Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). The City reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and will award the contract to the firm(s) deemed most qualified based on the evaluation criteria outlined in the solicitation. No specific infrastructure, technology integration requirements, or incumbent vendor information was identified in the available documentation.