Utility Line Locating Services

The City of Corinth is seeking proposals for an annual contract (RFP #1190) to provide comprehensive underground utility line locating services for water and wastewater utilities. The successful contractor will be responsible for locating and marking all buried utilities using Texas811 color code standards, operating a 24/7 ticket management system, and providing real-time access to work status information. Deliverables include all necessary equipment, materials, supplies, labor, permits, insurance, and licenses to fulfill the scope of work. The contractor must maintain commercial general liability insurance at $500,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate, workers compensation as required by Texas law, and automobile liability at $500,000 combined single limit, while achieving performance standards of less than two at-fault damages per 1,000 locates and 99.8% accuracy in timeliness, accuracy, and completeness. The City will evaluate proposals based on cost (30 points), experience and qualifications (25 points), performance and capacity (15 points), service schedule (10 points), and references (5 points) for a total of 100 points. Pricing must be submitted on a per-Texas811 ticket basis for six line items: normal business hours locates (estimated 6,500 annual tickets), emergency or after-hours locates (estimated 250 tickets), re-locates (estimated 50 tickets), project locates exceeding 30 minutes (estimated 500 tickets), damage investigation fees (estimated 5), and a lump sum ticket management portal fee. An optional pre-proposal meeting will be held on March 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. CST via Microsoft Teams, with a questions and clarifications deadline of March 30, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. CST. Sealed proposals must be submitted electronically through the Bonfire e-procurement system by April 6, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. CST, with public opening at 2:00 p.m. the same day and an evaluation deadline of April 13, 2026, with an anticipated contract effective date of May 2026.

The City of Corinth encourages minority and small business vendors to submit proposals and reserves the right to reject any and all proposals. The successful contractor will receive a 12-month contract with the option for four additional one-year renewal periods if both parties agree in writing, with contract pricing remaining firm for the entire contract period and any option period renewal requiring updated insurance certificates and performance bonds submitted 30 days prior to commencement. No specific incumbent vendor or current contractor information is disclosed in the solicitation materials. All bidders must comply with Texas-specific statutory requirements, including provisions regarding boycotts of Israel and energy companies, discrimination against firearm entities, and foreign terrorist organization restrictions, with certifications required through the Certificate of Interested Parties (Form 1295) filed with the Texas Ethics Commission prior to contract execution. Bidders must also submit vendor references from three government entities or businesses of similar size with comparable utility line locating service experience, along with completed Submittal Exception Forms, Vendor Litigation Disclosure Forms, and Certification Forms acknowledging compliance with all specifications and terms. The exact award value or budget range is not specified in the solicitation materials; pricing will be determined based on the contractor's per-ticket rates applied to the estimated annual ticket volumes provided by the City.