2659RFQ - Ralph Brennan WTP Storm Hardening & Resiliency Project
Closed State & local contract opportunity
- Solicitation number
- 2659RFQ
- State
- Florida
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP codes
- 90625 Design Build Services
- 90638 General Construction - Architectural
- 90680 Sewage Collection, Treatment, And Disposal - Architectural
- 912 Construction Services, General, Including Maintenance And Repair Services)
- 913 Construction Services, Heavy, Including Maintenance And Repair Services
- 91339 Construction, Pipe Culvert
- 91340 Construction, Pipeline
- 91391 Maintenance And Repair, Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 91842 Engineering Consulting
- 91897 Utilities: Gas, Water, Electric Consulting
- UNSPSC codes
- 81103300 Geomatics engineering
- 81101500 Civil engineering
- 72140000 Heavy construction services
- 81103402 Front-end engineering design services
- 81103403 Detailed engineering services
- 81103405 Onshore engineering procurement and construction services
- 81103400 Engineering procurement and project management services
- 81103404 Offshore engineering procurement and construction services
- 70170000 Water resources development and oversight
- 72141124 Pipe laying service
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- Point of contact
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- Purchasing Purchasing purchasing@daytonabeach.gov (386) 671-8082
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The City of Daytona Beach is soliciting responses from qualified Design-Build Teams for progressive design-build services on the Ralph Brennan Water Treatment Plant Storm Hardening & Resiliency Project under RFQ 2659RFQ, with responses due September 22, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. The project is fully funded by the Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai'i Wildfires (SAHM) under Florida's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund with an initial allocation of $35.139 million and an additional $7.435 million on the waiting list, with a hard funding deadline of December 15, 2031.
The scope encompasses four primary components at the WTP — electrical system replacement with storm hardening focus, lime softening basin expansion, finished water storage expansion, and conversion of bulk chlorine storage to on-site hypochlorite generation — plus an optional fifth component addressing potable water distribution system hardening contingent on available funding. The WTP, the City's only water treatment facility serving over 100,000 customers across Daytona Beach, South Daytona, portions of Daytona Beach Shores, and unincorporated Volusia County, was originally constructed in the mid-1970s and expanded in the mid-1980s to 24 million gallons per day capacity. It is highly susceptible to impacts from extreme weather events including localized site flooding and wind-driven rain damage to electrical components.
The Designer must meet qualifications under Florida Statute 287.055(2); the Design-Build Team must meet qualifications under Florida Statute 287.055(5). Compliance is mandatory with American Iron and Steel and Davis-Bacon Wage Rates statutes; Build America Buy America requirements will not apply if the project remains fully funded through SAHM but may become applicable if supplemental federal funding is secured. A single contract will be issued with multiple Guaranteed Maximum Prices anticipated to facilitate long-lead procurement and address critical vulnerabilities sequentially.
Evaluation proceeds in two phases: Phase 1 weighted criteria include team qualifications (15%), collaborative delivery approach (20%), builder past performance (35%), and designer past performance (30%); Phase 2 consists of interviews and presentations weighted on team organization (20%), team member qualifications and experience (30%), and project understanding and delivery (50%). Phase 1 selection committee evaluation is anticipated for the week of October 5, 2026; Phase 2 interviews for the week of October 26, 2026; and contract negotiations beginning the week of November 2, 2026, with City Commission approval anticipated in February 2027. The anticipated final project completion date is July 2031. A non-mandatory pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for August 26, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., and a non-mandatory site visit for September 2, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at 3651 LPGA Boulevard, Daytona Beach. Questions and interpretations are due by September 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. Submissions must be made electronically through the OpenGov platform and must include completed vendor questionnaires, W-9 forms, insurance certifications, conflict of interest disclosures, and various statutory compliance certifications including E-Verify, drug-free workplace, human trafficking attestations, and SAM.gov registration verification.
Opportunity text
The City of Daytona Beach is hereby soliciting responses from qualified Design-Build Teams to provide progressive design build services for the design and construction of a hardening and upgrades project at the Ralph Brennan Water Treatment Plant (WTP).
The project consists of four individual components located at the WTP with a fifth component that covers the potable water distribution system. This project will address several key needs within the City's only water treatment facility including hardening critical infrastructure and improving operational efficiency and reliability.
Ralph Brennan WTP
The Ralph Brennan WTP is the City's only water treatment facility and provides potable water to over 100,000 customers located throughout the Cities of Daytona Beach and South Daytona and portions of Daytona Beach Shores and unincorporated areas of Volusia County. The WTP was originally constructed in the mid-1970's and was expanded in the mid-1980's. Since that time, process specific improvements have taken place, but no plant-wide projects have occurred. The WTP is permitted as a lime softening treatment facility capable of treating up to 24 million gallons per day (MGD) of potable water. Given the age of the facility and being located within a coastal community, the facility is highly susceptible to impacts from extreme weather events such as hurricanes. Localized site flooding has occurred on-site during past hurricane events and wind-driven rain has rendered electrical components inoperable. In addition to the environmental vulnerabilities, various treatment components have been identified to have reliability concerns, including operational deficiencies and equipment obsolescence.
A complete Design Criteria Package is included with the RFQ and provides further details on the project and its individual components.
Project Funding
This project is fully funded by the Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai'i Wildfires (SAHM) under the State of Florida's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF). SAHM funding was eligible due to damage sustained and disruption of essential functions where there was potential impact to public health caused by Hurricane Milton. In June 2025, the City submitted a Request for Inclusion (RFI) for funding related to damage sustained from Hurricane Milton and, in November 2025, the City was placed on the SAHM Priority List for the Sponsor Cap amount of $35,139,169, with an additional $7,435,831 placed on the waiting list. Depending on construction costs, the SAHM allocation may need to be supplemented with additional funding. While it is anticipated that any additional funding needed will come from the General SRF Program, the selected Design-Build Team will work with the City to identify and apply for other grant programs for which this project might be eligible for. Additionally, limited portions of the project will be funded directly by the City.
The following provisions will apply to this project given SRF funding:
- FDEP Supplementary Conditions have been included with the RFQ for reference as they will be applicable to the construction phase of this project.
- Given the project funding mechanisms, the entirety of this project will be required to comply with American Iron and Steel (AIS) and Davis-Bacon Wage Rates statutes. Should the project be fully funded from the SAHM allocation, Build America Buy America (BABA) requirements will not apply to this project. However, if supplemental federal funding is added to this project, then BABA may become applicable. In that case, the Design-Build Team may be asked to provide cost analytics with BABA during creation of the guaranteed maximum price submissions (GMPs) to determine if a waiver is justified.
- The Designer on the selected Design-Build Team shall meet the qualifications of 'professional services' as defined in F.S. 287.055 (2).
- The Design-Build Team shall meet the qualifications of a 'design-build' team as defined in F.S. 287.055 (5).
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