Runway Guard Lights and Surface Sensors - Construction Support and Construction Inspection Services

The County of Westchester, acting through its Department of Public Works and Transportation, is soliciting a Request for Qualifications from engineering firms for construction support and construction inspection services for Runway Guard Lights and Surface Sensors at Westchester County Airport, with four copies of Expressions of Interest due November 17, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. No set-aside or preference program applies: the SDVOB, MBE, WBE, and DBE goals are each 0.00%, and the County encourages MWBE firms to propose and other proposers to include MWBE sub-consultants where appropriate.

The scope covers eleven elevated Runway Guard Lights on taxiways B, C West, D, E, F East, F West, G, K East, K West, L North, and L South; three in-pavement semi-flush lights on taxiways A North, A South, and C East; two elevated lights at the Taxiway A and Runway 11/29 intersection; and three in-pavement Runway Surface Condition Sensor Systems. Construction support includes permit acquisition, meeting coordination, schedule and submittal review, RFI responses, pay request processing, prevailing wage review, FAA weekly inspection reports, change order coordination, and as-built documentation. Construction inspection requires resident on-site presence during all construction, implementation of quality control plans, and final inspections and punch lists. Firms must have a minimum of fifteen years of experience in construction support and inspection of runway guard lights and runway pavement surface sensor systems at FAA 139 Certificated Airports with similar weather patterns. Submissions must include completed SF 330 forms for the prime and all proposed sub-consultants.

Per FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5100-14E, services are limited to projects the County reasonably expects to initiate within five years of the effective contract date, with additional projects requiring mutual written agreement with the FAA when conditions are met. Consultant retention depends on proposed key staff availability unless substitutes are approved during negotiations. The contract term runs April 2027 through December 2028. No contract value is stated.

Selection criteria, in decreasing order of importance, are the fifteen-year experience minimum, demonstrated understanding of project work, quality of proposed staff, approach and schedule, experience with similar airport projects, familiarity with Federal Aid Project procedures, logistics and familiarity with the project area, and knowledge of FAA requirements and applicable advisory circulars. Top-ranked firms may be asked for oral presentations. No site visit is required. The source identifies no previous identical or substantially similar contract awarded in the past five years. Questions and submissions go to Christopher Prashad at Westchester County Airport, 240 Airport Road, Suite 202, White Plains, New York 10604, or ckqp@westchestercountyny.gov.