Ralph Brennan WTP Storm Hardening & Resiliency Project

The City of Daytona Beach is soliciting responses from qualified Design-Build Teams to provide progressive design-build services for hardening and upgrades at the Ralph Brennan Water Treatment Plant under RFQ 2659, with responses due September 22, 2026, and a pre-proposal meeting on August 26, 2026.

The project addresses infrastructure vulnerabilities from extreme weather events at the city's only potable water treatment facility serving over 100,000 customers. The scope encompasses four primary components — electrical system replacement, lime softening basin expansion, finished storage expansion, and chlorine generation system conversion — plus an optional fifth component for distribution system hardening. Design-build teams must demonstrate experience with water treatment facility projects of at least 15 million gallons per day permitted capacity, substantially completed within ten years of the RFQ due date. The designer must meet qualifications under Florida Statutes 287.055(2), and the design-build team must meet qualifications under Florida Statutes 287.055(5). The project must comply with American Iron and Steel and Davis-Bacon Wage Rate statutes; Build America Buy America requirements may apply if supplemental federal funding is added.

The project is fully funded through the Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai'i Wildfires under Florida's Drinking Water State Revolving Fund with a sponsor cap allocation of $35.139 million and an additional $7.435831 million on the waiting list. A single master contract will be issued with multiple Guaranteed Maximum Price submissions anticipated to procure long-lead items and address critical vulnerabilities sequentially. Anticipated project completion is July 2031, with a funding hard deadline of December 15, 2031.

Evaluation occurs in two phases: Phase 1 (Selection Committee Meeting week of October 5) assesses team qualifications (15%), collaborative delivery approach (20%), builder past performance (35%), and designer past performance (30%); Phase 2 interviews (week of October 26) for shortlisted teams evaluate team organization (20%), team member qualifications and experience (30%), and project understanding and delivery approach (50%). Contract negotiations begin the week of November 2, 2026, with City Commission approval expected in February 2027. Questions are due September 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. A non-mandatory site visit is scheduled for September 2, 2026 at the WTP located at 3651 LPGA Boulevard, Daytona Beach, Florida.