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The City of Morton, Mississippi has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking engineering services for the implementation of approved Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project(s). The procurement requires qualified firms or individuals to provide comprehensive engineering services, including preparing detailed project cost estimates, developing comprehensive plans and specifications, distributing bid documents, assisting with bid openings, executing construction contracts, conducting pre-construction conferences, and performing construction inspections. Proposals must be submitted in eight (8) physical copies to the City Clerk by 10 a.m. on May 2, 2025. The evaluation of proposals will be based on a point system: qualifications will receive 40 points, experience will be worth 40 points, and capacity for performance will be assessed at 20 points. The selection process allows the committee to hold proposals for up to 30 days to review content and investigate qualifications, with the City reserving the right to reject any or all submissions.

The City explicitly encourages proposals from Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), Woman-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), and Section 3 eligible businesses, with a particular emphasis on providing job training and employment opportunities for lower-income residents. The contract will be awarded on a fixed-price basis for each individual project, contingent upon CDBG funding and the removal of environmental conditions. The ultimate contract will be awarded to the firm achieving the highest cumulative points and deemed most advantageous to the City, with the City retaining full authority to terminate the selection process at any time. While specific budget ranges are not explicitly detailed in the documentation, the procurement is tied to CDBG funding for the fiscal year 2025. The contract will be specific to Tate County, Mississippi, and focuses on engineering services that support community development infrastructure projects.