BCS 2025-04 Supplemental Consultant Engineering Support Services for Office of Construction (OOC), District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7 and Statewide

The Maryland State Highway Administration, Office of Procurement and Contract Management, is requesting technical proposals for supplemental consultant engineering support services across Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and statewide operations under RFP BCS 2025-04, with technical proposals due January 8, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST. No DBE, MBE, or SBE goals are established.

The procurement seeks up to twelve open-end, task-order-based IDIQ contracts with a five-year term and total funding authority not to exceed $30 million across all awards. Services include highway design, hydrologic/hydraulic services, wetland services, utility coordination, construction inspection, change order analysis, survey work, specification and constructability review, eConstruction support, schedule management, traffic safety analysis, stormwater management, and environmental permit assistance. Upon award, each firm is assigned to a designated office at the discretion of the Office of Construction based on operational needs. No minimum work or funding is guaranteed.

Key staff qualifications are decision-gating: a Maryland-licensed Professional Engineer with twelve years of highway/structures/traffic experience as Project Manager; a Transportation Engineer (TE IV equivalent) with ten years of experience as Secondary Liaison; a TE III or higher with eight years of construction management experience; and a Transportation Engineer Technician (TET IV equivalent) with five years of construction experience. All four key staff must attend oral presentations. Relevant project experience must be from the past four years; key staff experience must demonstrate work within the last three years.

Evaluation weights: technical questions and oral presentation (40%), key staff qualifications (30%), and work plan (30%). Firms must maintain minimum insurance of $1 million professional liability, $1 million commercial general liability, $1 million comprehensive automobile liability, and workers' compensation per Maryland requirements. Payroll burden and overhead rates require MDOT approval letters or certified public accountant audits under 48 CFR Part 31.

A pre-proposal virtual meeting was held December 10, 2025; written questions were due December 17, 2025. Addendum No. 1, posted December 23, 2025, addresses fifty-three consultant questions and clarifications. Standard Form 330 Part II submission is required only for Prime and Joint Venture consultants, not subconsultants. Acknowledgment of receipt of Addendum No. 1 must be included in all technical proposal submissions.