RFQ NO. 26-11 Martin Luther King Drive Shared Use Path and Roadway Improvements

The City of Huntsville, Texas is requesting qualifications for professional engineering design services for the Martin Luther King Drive Street Improvement project under RFQ No. 26-11, with responses due March 3, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time. This is a qualifications-based selection (QBS) procurement under Texas Government Code Chapter 2254 with no pricing submission required; award is contingent upon Texas General Land Office (GLO) Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) program funding approval and City Council contract execution.

The scope encompasses site investigation, preliminary and final design plans and specifications, and biddable construction documents for roadway rehabilitation, pavement restoration, pedestrian and bicycle facility improvements, curb and drainage enhancements, ADA compliance upgrades, and culvert replacement along Martin Luther King Drive and 9th Street. Design deliverables must be submitted in hard copy and electronic formats suitable for permitting and bid advertisement. Optional services include grant management, GLO compliance coordination, bid-phase services, and limited construction-phase support. The selected firm must provide its own third-party consultant to ensure GLO grant compliance.

Respondents must hold a Texas professional engineering license, maintain professional liability insurance at a minimum of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate, comply with federal debarment and suspension requirements, and meet all GLO grant requirements and federal compliance obligations including Section 3 economic opportunity provisions and MBE/WBE affirmative steps. No defined MWBE goal is established at this time.

The Statement of Qualifications is limited to 10 pages (excluding cover letter, table of contents, and required compliance documents), with resumes limited to 3 pages total. Five bound copies, one unbound "Original," and one PDF on USB drive are required. Evaluation criteria are firm qualifications (30 points), capacity and personnel (30 points), previous work performance (30 points), and quality of submittal (10 points). Interviews with selected respondents are anticipated for March 16–19, 2026. Questions were due February 19, 2026. Addendum No. 2 was posted February 24, 2026 and must be acknowledged and included with all responses.