New Hope – Lambertville Toll Supported Bridge Rehabilitation Design

1199 Woodside Road Yardley, Pennsylvania 19067 Phone (215) 394-6700 “Preserving Our Past, Enhancing Our Future” November 15, 2022 To: All Consultants Re: Request for Proposal (RFP) Professional Engineering Services New Hope - Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge Rehabilitation Design Contract No. C-694A: Capital Project 1430A The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (the “Commission”) invites Proposals from Consultants for professional engineering design services for the New Hope – Lambertville Toll- Supported Bridge (NH-L TSB) Rehabilitation Design. This solicitation for a Proposal is for professional consultant design services to include verification of condition assessment, preliminary and final design, and post design services for rehabilitation of the New Hope - Lambertville Toll- Supported Bridge. The term “Consultant” as used throughout this Request for Proposal (RFP) shall mean the Consultant Team including the prime consultant, the consulting firm with which a consultant

is affiliated (if any), and the respective subconsultant(s) of the foregoing that jointly comprise the team to be used for this Project (as defined below), if awarded to a Consultant. The term “Approve” and its variations (e.g., “Approval”) when capitalized in this RFP refers to the Commission’s acceptance for its own internal purposes. The Commission’s Approval shall not be construed to mean the Commission’s endorsement or assumption of liability. No other person or entity including, without limitation, the Consultant may treat or rely upon the Commission’s Approval in a manner inconsistent with this definition. The intent of this RFP is for the Commission to select a Prime Consultant, based on their proposal submission and in accordance with the RFP Process (One-Step Process) outlined in the Procurement Process Guidelines for Professional Services in Support of Commission Operations and Capital Improvement Program. A copy of the guidelines is available at the following Commission website: http://www.drjtbc.org/wp-content/uploads/Procurement_Guidelines_July_2017.pdf. Consultants who possess previous project experience meeting the requirements similar to that of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PENNDOT”) and/or New Jersey Department of Transportation (“NJDOT”) disciplines noted below, which can provide a committed full-time staff as required to perform the services described herein, are encouraged to submit a Proposal. Each Proposal submitted must meet the requirements stipulated herein, and the submitting Consultant must agree to the terms and conditions, set forth in Administrative and Contractual Information (Attachment I) of this RFP. Consultants must, through their submission, demonstrate their ability http://www.drjtbc.org/wp-content/uploads/Procurement_Guidelines_July_2017.pdf Request for Proposal Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Contract No. C-694A New Hope – Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge Capital Project 1430A Rehabilitation Design 2 to perform the scope of services required for this Project within budget, on schedule and in a manner consistent with industry Quality Assurance/Quality Control (“QA/QC”) standards. Prior successful completion of projects of similar scope and magnitude is essential (“Similar Projects”). Consultants responding to this RFP must have a proven track record in similar design projects; be proficient with both working knowledge and experience in inspection, evaluation, repair, and rehabilitation of old truss bridges. The Consultant Team responding to this RFP shall demonstrate in their proposal, as a minimum, collective previous project experience, including Project Descriptions (client, fee, description of service), meeting the requirements similar to that of the PENNDOT prequalification categories of Structural Design and Bridge Inspection, or equivalent NJDOT prequalification categories’ experience. Also, all consultants and/or subconsultants shall demonstrate, in the proposal, project experience in the areas of work they will be performing. Consultants are not required to be prequalified by PENNDOT or NJDOT in the aforementioned disciplines, however, are requested to submit current PENNDOT or NJDOT certificates in these technical disciplines if available. The Prime Consultant submitting a proposal must submit documentation verifying that they are pre- qualified, as of the date of the proposal submission, to do business with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or State of New Jersey. To respond to this RFP the Prime Consultant must have an office located within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or State of New Jersey that is within a 2-hour drive of the Commission’s Yardley, PA headquarters. The Prime Consultant’s Project Manager must be assigned to the same office and must be a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or State of New Jersey. The Prime Consultant must perform the largest percentage of the work of any consultant team member. The Commission recently adopted a formalized Contract Compliance Program policy to encourage the utilization of Identified Business Enterprises (IBEs) in all phases of contract opportunities. The goal of this policy is to provide equal opportunity and access for all consultants, subconsultants, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers for the economic benefits provided by contract opportunities generated by this Commission. By extending meaningful and substantial opportunities for all businesses, the policy helps to prevent exclusionary and discriminatory business practices. The Commission is committed to fostering an environment in which all businesses are free to participate in business opportunities without the impediments of discrimination and to contract with the Commission on an equitable basis. The policy builds on the record of achievement the Commission has realized in recent years through its establishment of contractual goals for minority, women and small-business enterprises. In addition to Minority, Women and Small-business enterprise designations, the IBE designation Request for Proposal Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Contract No. C-694A New Hope – Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge Capital Project 1430A Rehabilitation Design 3 extends opportunities in public contracts to other duly-certified business enterprise designations. These include Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Veterans Business Enterprises, and Disabled Business Enterprises. The Prime Consultant shall indicate in their Technical Proposal their commitment to the IBE utilization target for this contract. Full information on the Commission’s Contract Compliance Program along with a copy of the necessary submission forms can be found on the Commission’s website under the heading Doing Business. On November 29, 2004 the Commission adopted Guidelines on Conflict of Interest and Recusal. These can be found at http://www.drjtbc.org/wp-content/uploads/Recusal_Guidelines.pdf. Consultants must include in their Proposal a certification in the form of the Conflict of Interest and Recusal Certification Form (Attachment IV) indicating that they have read, understood and will be guided by these guidelines when performing work for the Commission. The Contract requirements are more fully described in the below “Background”, “General Project Overview” and “Scope of Services for The Proposal” sections. BACKGROUND The Commission owns and operates twenty (20) bridge facilities crossing the Delaware River from Morrisville, Pennsylvania in the south to Milford, Pennsylvania approximately 140 miles to the north. Of these, eight (8) are “Toll Bridge” facilities consisting of 11 bridges over the river, including 3 sets of parallel bridges, and the remaining 12 are "Toll-Supported Bridges" (tolls are not collected on these bridges). In total, the Commission owns and maintains 62 bridges including the 23 river crossings referenced above, 32 facility approach bridges, 6 pedestrian bridges and 1 pedestrian tunnel. The present New Hope - Lambertville Toll Supported Bridge connects the Borough of New Hope in Pennsylvania with the City of Lambertville in New Jersey, and is the third bridge to span the Delaware River at this point. The New Hope-Lambertville bridge is a six span steel, pin connected Pratt truss bridge containing 962 tons of steel. The structure is 1,045’-6 1⁄2” long, center to center of end bearings and 23’ wide center to center trusses. Span lengths are 171’-1/8” each, center to center of bearings. The roadway width is 20’-5” face to face of guiderail. The trusses are approximately 27 feet deep. The upper chords, end posts and truss verticals consist of box sections composed of a top plate, side channels and lacing bars. Lower chords in the two panels at either end of each truss consist of a box section with two channels connected with lacing bars top and bottom. The remaining lower chords are made up of steel I-bars – a pair in the third panel from each end and four in the remaining three centermost panels. The bridge deck is 5” open grid steel supported by a steel stringer / floorbeam system. Both abutments, all piers, and U-type wing walls are random ashlars faced masonry, built in 1814. The piers are stone filled and founded on timber cribbing. Riprap and concrete apron were placed http://www.drjtbc.org/wp-content/uploads/Recusal_Guidelines.pdf Request for Proposal Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission Contract No. C-694A New Hope – Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge Capital Project 1430A Rehabilitation Design 4 in 1964. The bridge is posted for a 4-ton gross weight limit and 15 MPH speed limit. The height of the roadway is 25 feet above normal low water. The New Hope-Lambertville Bridge suffered considerable damage in Span No. 2 from debris, trees, houses, etc., crashing against it during the flood of August 19, 1955. Damage was of such a nature that the bridge was closed to all but emergency vehicles on August 20th. Repairs were quickly underway and were paid for by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. In order to support Span No. 2, steel bents were constructed and placed under each floor beam along the upstream side of the roadway. The lower chord for 2 panels, the lower end of one post and the lower portion of one vertical hanger were cut out and replaced in kind with new fabricated steel. One joint in the downstream truss of Span No. 2 was straightened and reinforced. The entire repair was made within 5 weeks and the bridge reopened to vehicular traffic on September 22, 1955. Subsequent repair, strengthening and painting was performed in 1965, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1995, 1998, 1999 The most recent rehabilitation was performed in 2003 under contract TS-370A. Work included deck replacement, sidewalk replacement, steel repairs and member replacements to the trusses, stringer and floorbeam replacement, cleaning and painting of the bridge, substructure repairs, replacement of guide rail, replacement of electrical systems, and installation of new lighting. An NBIS bridge inspection was performed in 2022. GENERAL PROJECT OVERVIEW A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Commission is preparing to carry out a rehabilitation project of the New Hope - Lambertville Toll-Supported Bridge (NH-L TSB). The scope of the rehabilitation outlined below is based on NBIS inspection findings as well as Commission initiatives. The scope of the rehabilitation as outlined herein shall be verified and amended as needed based on available information, initiatives and findings identified in the consultant’s in-depth inspection and evaluation. The need for the proposed NH-L TSB rehabilitation stems from the Commission’s commitment to the maintenance of the Commission owned bridges as well as the need to provide transportation services to the communities on both sides of the Delaware River. The intent of this project is to provide all repairs required so that the bridge will not need any additional major repairs for a period of fifteen (15) years. The Consultant shall perform a thorough review of the 2022 bridge inspection report and recommendations for the development of this proposal. The final design shall include contract documents to be use by the Commission to procure a contractor for the implementation of the rehabilitation described herein and as amended based in the consultant’s in-depth inspection findings. In addition, this project shall include the design of the esthetic lighting. The esthetic