Design Services for the Buckman WRF Upgrades

Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) is soliciting qualifications for professional engineering and permitting services for the Buckman Water Reclamation Facility Upgrades, with responses due October 6, 2026, and mandatory pre-response meeting and site visit scheduled for September 1 and 2, 2026. Respondents must be on JEA's Qualified Proposers List (QPL) in the WE1 category (Water Wastewater Treatment Plant Systems and Pump Stations, Class III and IV) to be eligible. JEA intends to award one contract, though reserves the right to award multiple contracts based on work groupings. This procurement follows Florida's Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), with price excluded from the initial evaluation phase.

The scope encompasses design, permitting, and related professional services for infrastructure rehabilitation and construction across seven project areas: Influent Pump Station Rehabilitation, Primary Clarifiers 1–8 Structural Rehabilitation, Talleyrand Avenue Lift Station Rehabilitation, Vacuum Truck Unloading Facility Upgrade & Expansion, Potable Water and Gravity Sewer Improvements, Sludge Receiving Pump Station, and Grit Removal System Improvements. Services include surveys, geotechnical investigations, process and hydraulic modeling, multidisciplinary design, permitting activities, and construction-phase services. Place of performance is 221 Buckman Street, Jacksonville, Florida.

Evaluation criteria are professional staff experience (25 points), design approach and workplan (40 points), company experience (30 points), and use of Jacksonville Small and Emerging Business (JSEB) firms (5 points). JEA encourages but does not require subcontracting with JSEB firms; respondents who are JSEB-certified receive maximum points in that category. Responses must be submitted through JEA's Zycus E-Procurement and Contract Management Portal. After qualifications are ranked, JEA will enter into rate negotiations with the highest-ranked respondent. The contract may be renewed for two additional one-year periods at JEA's discretion, contingent upon lawfully appropriated funds.