RFQ for Professional Engineering Services for TMWRF Dewatering Building Construction Management - USD 2026-06

The City of Reno is requesting qualifications for professional engineering services to provide construction management on the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) Dewatering Building Project in Washoe County, Nevada, with responses due October 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. local time via PlanetBids. This is a federally funded project under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF), making it subject to Davis-Bacon prevailing wage requirements, American Iron and Steel (AIS) provisions, Build America Buy America (BABA) compliance, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) utilization goals — key compliance filters for team structure and procurement decisions.

The consultant must be a Nevada-licensed professional engineering firm providing construction management engineering services, construction administration, commissioning coordination, and federal funding compliance from construction initiation through 100 percent completion and closeout. Required qualifications include comprehensive experience in wastewater treatment infrastructure construction management and complex dewatering equipment oversight. The consultant must maintain Comprehensive General Liability Insurance of at least $2 million per occurrence and $4 million annual aggregate, Errors and Omissions Liability Insurance of at least $2 million per claim and $4 million annual aggregate for six years post-completion, and automobile insurance of at least $1 million combined single limit.

Responses must not exceed 30 pages of content (15 pages front and back) plus up to 4 pages in 11-by-17-inch tri-fold format and a resume appendix. Evaluation weights are Technical Competence and Specialized Dewatering Experience (30 points), Qualifications and Licenses of Key Personnel (25 points), Construction Management Plan and Project Approach (20 points), Past Performance on Federal and Public Agency Projects (15 points), and Capacity to Respond and Local Knowledge (10 points). Questions are due October 15, 2026. The City anticipates short-list notification by October 29, interviews on November 12, and consultant selection notification by November 19, 2026. The City reserves the right to withhold award for up to 90 days from RFQ opening.