Road Asset Management

Bulloch County Board of Commissioners is accepting Statement of Qualifications submissions for FY27-ENGCP-002-6, Road Asset Management, with submissions due November 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM. Eligibility is restricted to GDOT Prequalified Contractors, who must show current active approval as of the bid submission deadline on GDOT's Directory of Prequalified Contractors webpage. The attached RFQ, issued by the Engineering Department and Office of Capital Projects, refers to these firms as GDOT Prequalified Consultants.

The work involves collecting and analyzing field data, building a road asset inventory for county-maintained roadways and associated transportation assets, and producing a prioritized list of CIP projects. Deliverables include roadway and pavement condition assessment, GPS/GIS-based data collection and mapping, pavement condition surveys, an asset management database, prioritization methodology, life-cycle cost analyses, GIS database development and visualization, decision-support tools, and a multi-year CIP with an outlook to fiscal year 2035. Prime consultants must be GDOT prequalified in eight specific Area Classes, including Traffic Projections, Rural Roadway Design, Traffic Operation Studies, Hydraulic and Hydrological Studies, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facility Design, Soil Survey Studies, and Geological and Geophysical Studies. The prime must employ a minimum of 50 percent of personnel providing services, designate a Principal-in-Charge with a minimum of 10 years of industry experience, and assign a Project Manager with a minimum of 10 years of experience, including 2 years managing Road Asset Management projects for Georgia municipalities.

Evaluation criteria and weights are prime consultant experience and qualifications/key personnel (20%), technical approach and understanding of project (20%), GIS, database, and asset management system capabilities (20%), asset condition assessment and prioritization methodology (15%), workload capacity (15%), and references of past projects (10%). The selected consultant must carry workers' compensation, general liability and auto liability of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, and professional malpractice of $1 million per occurrence. Either party may terminate with 30 days' written notice, and the county pays for all authorized work performed before termination.

No vendor conference will be held. Submissions may be sent electronically to procurementeng@bullochcounty.net or delivered physically to 115 North Main Street, Statesboro, Georgia 30458. The county will evaluate proposals by December 1, 2026, and reserves the right to reject any or all submissions and to negotiate terms with the highest-ranked consultant.