Locating and Marking Underground Facilities Services

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water), Maryland, is soliciting sealed responses for locating and marking underground facilities services throughout Prince George's and Montgomery Counties under an RFP due September 29, 2026 at 2:00 p.m., with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on September 4, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams.

The contractor must provide comprehensive utility locating and marking services for all WSSC Water underground water and sewer assets, including 24/7/365 customer service operations, receipt and processing of all Miss Utility One-Call Center tickets per Maryland Public Utilities Article Title 12, field locating by trained personnel, photographic documentation maintained in a searchable database for seven years, two-hour emergency response capability, and monthly reporting. The contractor must designate a Project Manager available 24/7/365 and attend monthly contract meetings and Maryland Damage Prevention Committee meetings. All field personnel require background investigations approved by WSSC prior to work commencement and annual Miss Utility Damage Prevention Training at contractor expense. Minimum qualifications: five years' experience performing similar work. Non-compensable tickets include no-response, cancelled, certain internal WSSC activities, expired work, and work within Rockville city limits or the Belair section of Bowie.

Evaluation criteria are Firm Experience (25%), Key Personnel (20%), Technical Approach (30%), and Pricing (25%). Technical proposals are limited to 50 single-sided pages, with pricing submitted separately. All prices remain firm during the initial contract term; any subsequent adjustments are considered annually at WSSC's discretion, capped at 10% per year unless extraordinary circumstances with documented justification warrant higher increases.

Required insurance includes Workers Compensation, Commercial General Liability ($1 million each occurrence / $2 million aggregate), Business Auto Liability ($1 million), and Umbrella Liability ($1 million), with WSSC named as additional insured and waiver of subrogation required. Questions are due September 9, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.