"As Needed" Geotechnical Engineering, Special Inspections and Materials Testing (Annual Contract)

The Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and the County of Chatham (the “District”), the body corporate responsible for public education in Chatham County, which is commonly known as the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (“SCCPSS”), seeks Qualifications Statements as specified in this Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”), RFQ C27-08 “As Needed” Geotechnical Engineering, Special Inspections and Materials Testing (Annual Contract).

Through this process, SCCPSS will prequalify “responsive” and “responsible” Offerors to Geotechnical Engineering, Special Inspections and Materials Testing Services. The District may negotiate with any of the successfully prequalified Offerors for future SCCPSS contracts in its discretion on an “as needed” basis for at least a year after SCCPSS publishes the list of approved vendors. No successfully prequalified Offeror is guaranteed the future award of a project and SCCPSS may periodically add additional vendors to the list by reopening new prequalification windows.

Offeror to provide one or all of the following services; Geotechnical, Special Inspection or Materials Testing Services. The successful offeror shall be in communication with the District’s Contract Representative, Mr. Ross Cairney at (912) 531-0891, or his designated Project Manager.

Prequalified Offerors will be able to negotiate for individual projects, even those in excess of $100,000, with District staff, subject to applicable approval levels required by Board Policy based on the dollar value of the contract, which may sometimes require approval by the elected School Board. Awards will not flow directly from this RFQ, but will depend on the Offerors subsequent price and performance proposals.

Pre-qualified Offerors will be contacted by District staff about specific work orders. Final selections will be made in the discretion of District staff considering the Pre-qualified Offerors project-specific proposals including total price, proposed staffing of the project, and the proposed performance time.

Submission

Offerors shall timely deliver Qualifications Statements by uploading them to the e-Procurement portal, https://sccpss.bonfirehub.com, BEFORE THE “RFQ Closing Date and Time”. Qualifications Statements shall be uploaded to the portal as PDF documents.

The “Technical Proposal” shall be a separate, single PDF uploaded on the District’s e-Procurement Portal. Please upload with your Technical Proposals all other documents requested by this solicitation, including, but not limited to, a copy of your firm’s current business license and certificate of insurance.

Insurance

• Commercial General Liability Insurance with combined single limits of not less than **$1,000,000** per occurrence, **$2,000,000** aggregate.
• Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance with limits not less than **$1,000,000** combined single limit per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage.
• Worker’s Compensation Insurance Statutory limits in accordance with O.C.G.A.34-9-120 et. seq.
• Umbrella Insurance with a limit of not less than **$2,000,000** per claim, **$2,000,000** aggregate.

Bonds

If construction projects equal or exceed **$100,000**, Offeror must provide Performance and Payment Bonds in an amount equal to the total amount payable by the terms of the contract.