PCCP Engineering Services

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), a bi-county agency serving Maryland including Prince George's County, is soliciting sealed responses for professional engineering, inspection support, and technical services to support its Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) Management Program under Contract No. 101598. Services will be provided on an as-needed basis and include condition assessment, inspection, evaluation, rehabilitation planning, emergency response, and long-term management of WSSC's PCCP transmission infrastructure, with specific deliverables encompassing laboratory accreditation, geotechnical investigation, soil and PCCP materials testing, forensic investigations, finite element analysis, transmission system design, and program development. The Prime Consultant must possess a minimum of five years of experience and have completed at least five water transmission system design projects within the past five years involving transmission pipelines, large valves and vaults, and entry ports and vaults; all key personnel must hold current Civil Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Maryland and have at least five years of work history in their respective areas. Evaluation criteria include firm experience (30%), key personnel (35%), technical/project approach (20%), and pricing (15%), with proposals scored on a 0-5 scale. The non-mandatory pre-bid meeting was held on May 12, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. via Microsoft Teams; the question submission deadline is May 14, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.; and sealed proposals must be submitted via WSSC's eProcurement Portal at https://procurement.opengelov.com/portal/wsscwater no later than 2:00 p.m. on June 2, 2026, with late responses not accepted. The contract base term is three years commencing on the Notice to Proceed date, with two additional one-year option terms available at WSSC's discretion.

This procurement includes a 22% Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Small Local Business Enterprise (SLBE) subcontracting goal, with a 5% bid price preference available for certified MBE and WSSC-approved SLBE firms. Eligible government entities and cooperative purchasing organizations may access contract terms and pricing negotiated under this solicitation through the Mid-Atlantic Purchasing Team Intergovernmental and Cooperative Purchasing Clause. Insurance requirements are substantial, including Workers' Compensation and Employer's Liability, Commercial General Liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence with $2,000,000 general aggregate, Umbrella Liability of $1,000,000, and Errors and Omissions Liability of $1,000,000 each claim and aggregate, with WSSC named as additional insured. Prevailing wage determinations issued by the Maryland Department of Labor for both Montgomery County and Prince George's County apply to this contract, with hourly rates ranging from $20.00 for truck drivers to $59.50 for cement masons plus applicable fringe benefits; contractors must electronically submit certified payroll records within 14 calendar days after the end of each payroll period. The contract is structured as a requirements contract with no guaranteed minimum quantities, with compensation available on either a lump-sum or cost-reimbursement basis depending on individual task orders, though specific award values or budget ranges are not disclosed in the solicitation materials.