On-Call Professional Cultural Resources Consulting Services

The City of San Antonio, Public Works Department is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for On-Call Professional Cultural Resources Consulting Services. The City is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified professional firms to provide on-call or as-needed consulting services related to compliance with federal, state, and local cultural resources laws, rules, and regulations. The selected firms will be expected to perform a variety of tasks, including cultural resources surveys, historic research, archaeological testing, mitigation, and permitting. The City intends to award up to five contracts with an initial three-year term and two optional one-year renewal periods. Responses are due on August 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM CT, and a non-mandatory pre-submittal conference is scheduled for June 27, 2024. The City has established a maximum aggregate contract value of $15,000,000, with each contract anticipated to be for an amount not to exceed $1,800,000 for the initial three-year term, plus up to two one-year renewals at $600,000 per extension.

The RFQ includes a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation requirement, with a goal of 8.5% DBE utilization. The City will attempt to allocate work evenly among the selected consultants based on competency. No information is provided regarding any incumbent vendors or current contractors, and the RFQ does not specify any existing infrastructure or technology that requires integration.