TOWN OF ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS  

TOWN OF ENFIELD – RFQ # 01-2010

ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES

INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER

March 1, 2010

          Sealed Qualifications for the project named above will be received at the office of the Director of Finance until 5:00pm, Thursday, April 1, 2010.  Thereafter, Qualifications will be reviewed and firms will be notified within 30 days.  The Town will then select five (5) qualified candidates to submit project proposals to the Town for final review.

          RFQ documents may be obtained from the Enfield Office of Community Development at telephone number (860) 253-6390, or on the Town’s website, www.enfield-ct.gov.

A site visit and pre-submission conference will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Town’s Village Center facilities, 100 High Street, Enfield, CT to outline requirements as well as to provide the opportunity for questions and explanation.

Qualifications must be submitted to, Enfield Finance Department, Town Hall, 820 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT. 06082, on or before 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, April 1, 2010.  Qualifications received after the deadline will not be considered and will be returned to the firms unopened.  Any changes, or any requests for changes in the specifications, will not be recognized after Qualifications are submitted to the Town.  The review period for Qualifications will be from April 1, 2010 through April 15, 2010, at which time the Town will select five (5) qualified candidates to submit project proposals to the Town for final review.

Submissions will be rated on the basis of schedule of DBE participation with stated goals met.  The Proposal asserting the greatest percent of DBE participation will receive 10 points.  All other submissions will receive between 1 and 9 points based on the numerical relation of their percent DBE participation to the DBE participation in the submission having the greatest percent DBE participation.  The DBE participation goal for this proposal is 7%.

Any contract resulting from this Request for Qualifications is subject to a financial assistance contract between the Town and the U.S. Department of Transportation. All firms will be required to certify that they are not on the U.S. Comptroller General's Debarred Bidders Lists of ineligible contractors.  Further, the contractor will be required to comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws and regulations.

The Town of Enfield hereby notifies all firms that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this Request for Qualifications, advertisement or solicitation, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full opportunity to submit responses, and will not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex or national origin in consideration for an award.

The Town of Enfield reserves the right to accept or reject any, all, or any part of submissions, to waive formalities or informalities, and to award the submission deemed to be in the best interests of the Town.

Lynn Nenni, Director of Finance

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