WWTP Headworks Upgrade

The City of Ashland, located in Jackson County, Oregon, is seeking professional engineering services for Project 2024-02 WWTP Headworks Upgrade, a comprehensive project to improve the city's wastewater treatment plant infrastructure. The procurement is a qualifications-based selection (QBS) process for engineering services focused on upgrading the plant's headworks process. Key project objectives include validating replacement recommendations from a recent Facilities Assessment, evaluating and proposing alternative solutions, designing a new or upgraded headworks system, providing construction oversight, performing SCADA programming, testing equipment, and developing a final operations and maintenance (O&M) plan. Proposals are due by July 30, 2024, at 2:00 PM PST, with an expected project completion timeline of 42 months after contract award. Evaluation criteria will encompass the firm's project approach, similar project experience, general experience, staffing availability, schedule responsiveness, and ability to complete similar projects on time and within budget. The project will be conducted across four primary phases: need validation, alternative evaluation, solution recommendation, engineering design, bidding services, construction administration, system testing, and O&M plan development.

The procurement documents indicate potential funding through the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Clean Water State Revolving Fund, though specific award values or budget ranges are not explicitly stated. No specific set-aside designations or restrictions for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned in the available documentation. The City of Ashland reserves the right to cancel the procurement or reject any and all proposals in accordance with Oregon statutes. Consultants will be required to comply with applicable laws and regulations, including those related to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are identified in the procurement documents. The project appears to require integration with existing wastewater treatment plant infrastructure, with a focus on modernizing and improving the headworks process through comprehensive engineering services. Interested engineering firms will need to demonstrate technical expertise in wastewater treatment plant design, SCADA programming, and municipal infrastructure upgrade projects.