On-Call Professional Engineering Services for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Engineering Services for Water, Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, Stormwater, and Administrative Facilities

El Paso Water, a Public Service Board in Texas, is soliciting statements of qualifications for on-call mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering services under RFQ42-26, with submissions due December 2, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. MST and a non-mandatory pre-submittal meeting on November 9, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. MST via Microsoft Teams. Eligibility is restricted to firms registered in Texas, and the team must include Texas-registered Professional Engineers with a minimum of eight years of experience in mechanical and electrical and plumbing systems design, respectively.

Scope covers water, wastewater, reclaimed water, stormwater, and administrative facilities, with technical memoranda, schematic design, design development, construction cost estimates, construction documents, and construction administration and inspection. Systems include HVAC, pump selection, power generation and distribution, lighting, fire alarm and security, communications, instrumentation and control, corrosion control, and domestic water and sewage. Respondents must provide four past project experiences from the preceding ten years and two Project Reference Forms completed directly by previous clients, submitted to aeselections@epwater.org. Submissions go electronically through ionwave or as sealed packets to the El Paso Water Purchasing Department at 1154 Hawkins Blvd., El Paso, TX 79925. Files are limited to five megabytes with a minimum 11-point font.

The contract runs three years from award as an on-call arrangement with multiple task orders and a maximum cumulative task order amount of $1.5 million. Individual project costs are estimated at $100,000 to $10 million for engineering and construction combined. El Paso Water may select multiple consultants. Statements of qualifications are scored on a 100-point scale: firm profile (20 points), proposed team and team member experience (40 points), and past project experience (40 points). Selected teams are expected to be notified on December 11, 2026, with presentation to the Board for approval on February 10, 2027.