RFQ 2027-001, Solid Waste Engineering Professional Services

Union County, North Carolina's Solid Waste Department is requesting Statements of Qualifications from engineering firms to provide on-call professional services for solid waste engineering and environmental compliance, with SOQs due August 4, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. EDT under RFQ 2027-001. This is a North Carolina Mini-Brooks Act procurement under N.C.G.S. 143-64.31; pricing is not submitted or evaluated, and the County will negotiate fees with the best-qualified firm following ranking.

The scope encompasses engineering, environmental compliance, permitting, design, and planning services for operation, maintenance, expansion, and long-term planning of the County's solid waste facilities. Specific services include groundwater monitoring and assessment, landfill gas monitoring and extraction system design, air quality permitting, construction-and-demolition landfill expansion design, municipal solid waste transfer station design, leachate collection system design, composting site design, landfill capacity analysis, convenience center design, household hazardous waste program support, and material recovery facility design.

Respondents must be qualified professional engineering firms with at least one North Carolina-licensed Professional Engineer responsible for work performed. Professional Liability Insurance of $1,000,000 Claims Made coverage is required, with evidence of continuation for two years following contract termination.

The County intends to establish contracts with one or more qualified firms on an as-needed basis through written task orders. The initial contract term is two years with three optional one-year renewal periods, subject to annual budget appropriation. Evaluation criteria are project experience (45% weight), project team and resource availability (40% weight), project management and quality control (10% weight), and project approach (5% weight). Statements of Qualifications must not exceed 25 single-sided pages, submitted electronically as one complete document with a maximum file size of 20 MB, and include a signed cover letter, firm background, project team information, project management approach, minimum five representative projects, and required anti-collusion certification and forms.