Paving Design Services

Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government's Public Works & Assets Department issued Request for Proposals RFP 260155 on April 3, 2026, for Statements of Qualifications for professional municipal engineering services to be provided on an as-needed basis. The procurement solicits qualified engineering firms capable of delivering a comprehensive range of services including development plan review, comprehensive planning, estimating, design, field surveys, preparation of construction documents, right-of-way acquisition, easement acquisition, consent release acquisition, construction administration, construction inspection, public meeting participation, and public works project design. Qualified firms must maintain at least one Professional Engineer licensed in Kentucky and demonstrate the capability to provide or coordinate additional specialized services such as surveying, landscape architectural design, geotechnical analyses, construction management, and environmental reviews. Proposers must maintain prequalification with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in multiple service areas including environmental analysis, geotechnical services, highway design, surveying, right-of-way services, traffic engineering, and construction engineering. The evaluation process employs a 100-point scoring scale assessing consultant personnel experience with federal-aid and KYTC projects (20 points), demonstrated range of services and staff qualifications (20 points), past performance record on similar projects (30 points), project approach and public engagement strategy (20 points), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) participation plan (10 points). The question submission period runs from April 3, 2026 through April 17, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. EST, with proposals due by 3:00 p.m. EST on April 24, 2026, submitted through the Bonfire web-based portal at https://louisvilleky.bonfirehub.com/opportunities/230054.

Metro offers local vendor preference benefits for businesses established in the Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area for twelve consecutive months with current Revenue Commission accounts, providing a 5% reduction or 5 points in evaluation scoring. A minimum wage preference of 5% applies to businesses paying all full-time employees at least $10.10 per hour, with false certification subject to liability equal to 30 percent of awarded contract value. The RFP requires submission of completed Good Faith Efforts forms (GFE-1 and GFE-2) addressing good faith efforts to utilize minority, female, and handicapped-owned business subcontractors, establishing minimum utilization goals of 15% minority-owned, 5% female-owned, and 0.5% handicapped-owned businesses. Required insurance includes professional liability coverage of $1,000,000 per wrongful act and $2,000,000 aggregate, along with commercial general liability coverage of $1,000,000 combined single limit. Consultants must comply with all applicable Kentucky Revised Statutes, OSHA requirements, Louisville Metro ordinances regarding employment practices and workplace sexual assault reporting, the ban-the-box hiring compliance outlined in LMCO Section 112.30, and web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 Level AA). The RFP does not indicate a guaranteed minimum workload, and individual project-specific contracts will be established with separate scopes of work, with the selected consultant required to provide monthly status reports at no charge to Metro.