Professional Architectural and Related Services for The Gateway Improvements Project

Professional Engineering and Related Services for The City of Tuscaloosa – 25th Street Basketball Court Project. Part 2 of this Request for Qualifications (hereinafter “RFQ”) provides a general description and abbreviated scope of services for the project. The scope of services for the project may include but is not limited to basic engineering services such as preliminary and final design, plans and specifications, estimates of construction costs, bid phase services, services during construction, studies, investigations, and evaluations. This is a procurement of professional services and will be conducted in a manner to provide full and open competition. A select group of City staff will review all proposals and evaluate firms based on criteria identified in this RFQ as detailed below. City staff will select and recommend a firm to the Tuscaloosa City Council Public Projects Committee. Should the Tuscaloosa City Council Public Projects Committee authorize the selection of a firm, the

City will enter into negotiations with the chosen firm. Pending successful negotiations, the Tuscaloosa City Council will authorize a contract with the chosen firm to provide professional engineering and related services for this project. PART 2 – THE PROJECT AND SCOPE OF WORK The City of Tuscaloosa seeks the services of a professional firm that has the knowledge, experience and expertise to perform the services as requested by the City: Professional Engineering and Related Services for engineering of The City of Tuscaloosa –25th Street Basketball Court Project that includes the following: Develop a preliminary and final design, bid documents and construction plans with specifications. Provide bid phase and construction phase services. The firm must comply with all applicable state, local, and federal regulations related to the services provided to the City. The City reserves the right to either expand or limit the scope of services as needed, subject to negotiation and agreement in writing with the selected firm. The selected firm shall have sufficient personnel to complete the tasks required by this scope of service and shall complete the required tasks in a timely and efficient manner according to the terms and conditions in the contract negotiated by the parties. 2 Rev 04/2024 PART 3 – CONTENT OF RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS To facilitate City staff evaluation of the responses to this RFP, each firm shall include the following content in the following order:  Experience  Licensing and Professional Standing  Conflicts of Interest  Project Understanding and Approach  Quality Assurance and Quality Control Each of these items is discussed in more detail in the following sections. 3.1 Experience a. Provide a brief narrative about the firm’s experience, history, ownership, primary expertise and clients served by the firm. Include a statement as to whether the firm is a Disadvantaged Owned Business Enterprise (DBE).1 b. List the firm’s proposed project team and each team member’s qualifications, experience, and capacity to take on this project. c. Provide examples of satisfactory performance of at least three (3) recently completed projects with the same or similar scope as this City of Tuscaloosa project performed by the firm within the last five (5) years. Relevant experience will be judged based on the experience of those individuals named to the firm’s project team for this project. The following elements of recently completed projects shall be provided: 1. Title of Project 2. Client Name and Address 3. Contact person for reference client including position/title, telephone number and email address. 4. Project cost and firm contract price 5. Firm’s status for Project (lead consultant firm, subconsultant, or other - please elaborate.) 1 Definition of a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) DBEs are