CDBG-DR East Taylor Road, DeLand, Pump Station and Water Retention Expansion Design and Engineering

Volusia County's Office of Recovery and Resiliency is issuing a Request for Statements of Qualifications (RSQ) for design and engineering services related to flood mitigation improvements on East Taylor Road in DeLand, Florida. This procurement seeks a qualified firm or firms to design a stormwater pump station, force main installation, and water retention expansion intended to address hurricane-related damage from Hurricane Ian (September 2022) and Hurricane Milton (October 2024) within the 1,080-acre Lake Towanda basin. The project is funded through a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). The scope of work encompasses twenty deliverables including topographic and boundary surveys, comprehensive environmental review with wetland delineation and endangered species surveys, utility identification, pre-application meetings with regulatory agencies (St. Johns River Water Management District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers), geotechnical and subsurface utility engineering services, preparation of construction documents at 30%, 60%, 90%, and 100% completion phases, engineering reports, project manuals with supplemental technical specifications, schedules of values, and final technical memoranda with presentations to county and city councils. Qualifications will be evaluated based on firm qualifications and assigned personnel (30% weight), relevant experience with similar projects and regulatory compliance demonstrating a minimum of five years of service in stormwater design, floodplain management, environmental engineering, and state and federal permitting programs (40% weight), and project approach and methodology (30% weight). Responses must be submitted electronically through the County's eProcurement Portal by 3:00 p.m. on May 21, 2026, with a question submission deadline of May 7, 2026. The contract award will be made to one or multiple firms for an initial contract term through project completion with the project schedule structured as 9 months for final design and permitting, 3 months for bid advertisement and contractor selection, 16 months for construction, and 2 months for grant closeout.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on organization types are identified in the available procurement documents. Respondents must comply with federal E-Verify requirements, register with SAM.gov, maintain professional licensing in Florida, comply with public records law, provide debarment certifications, submit human trafficking attestations, and meet comprehensive insurance requirements including workers' compensation with a $1,000,000 each-occurrence limit for commercial general liability, $2,000,000 general aggregate, $1,000,000 combined single limits for auto liability, and $2,000,000 per claim/$2,000,000 aggregate for professional liability, with the County named as an additional insured on all policies. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. The County will remit payment on undisputed invoices within forty-five business days of receipt, with compensation structured through task assignments that may be fixed fee, time and materials, cost-plus-fixed-fee, or guaranteed maximum-not-to-exceed bases; specific contract values are not disclosed in the available documents, though the Engineer's Estimate of Probable Construction Costs is referenced but not provided in the procurement materials. The County has reserved the right to reject any or all proposals and retains authority to terminate the contract with thirty days' notice or for non-appropriation of funds.