RFQ 2024-Q02 Professional Engineering Services

Hays County, Texas is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to maintain and further develop a pool of pre-qualified engineering firms to provide on-call engineering design, review, coordination, administration, consultation, and general engineering expertise. The selected firms will then negotiate professional services agreements with Hays County to perform engineering services for federally funded, state funded, and locally funded projects within Hays County and the City of San Marcos. The RFQ outlines the required qualifications and experience, including the firm's history, capacity, and staff qualifications. Responses to the RFQ are due by April 10, 2024 at 11:00 AM, with questions due by March 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM. The initial contract term is June 2024, with annual openings for the company profile review.

Hays County will consider factors such as the firm's history, capacity, and staff qualifications when evaluating responses. The county aims to build a diverse pool of qualified engineering firms, without regard to size, economic, social, or ethnic status, and will strive to involve certified historically underutilized businesses (HUBs) to the greatest extent feasible while maintaining competition and quality standards. The RFQ does not specify pricing terms, set asides, or funding amounts, but indicates that individual projects will be awarded to firms from the pre-qualified pool, and the chosen firm will then negotiate a professional services agreement with Hays County.