RFSQ - Professional Engineering Services Vendor Pool for Traffic Engineering Services for the Development and Implementation of Traffic & Mobility Infrastructure Projects for Harris County Office of the County Engineer

Harris County is seeking multiple professional engineering firms with the experience, capabilities, and qualified available staff to provide various traffic engineering services, including traffic signals, as part of a vendor pool for the Office of the County Engineer (OCE).

Harris County is seeking Statement of Qualifications from qualified engineering firms to provide engineering design and construction services in connection with traffic projects for the OCE. All Respondents proposing to provide engineering services to the County shall have an established staff or team capable of providing the services indicated in the Scope of Work.

Harris County intends to recognize all firms eligible to be placed in the vendor pool. Vendors may be awarded contracts once a project is initiated by OCE and after successful negotiation with the firm.

The scope of work shall include engineering study, design services and construction phase services for projects focused on traffic engineering services and traffic signal projects. The firm(s) must be registered with the State of Texas, be able to provide fully licensed personnel to provide engineering services, and capable of providing services including but not limited to design of the project including sealing plans, assisting with writing specifications, estimates for bidding purposes, bid documents, submittal review and Requests for Information (RFI) review.

The services shall, at the sole discretion of Harris County, include but in no way be limited to, any and all of the following:

• Prepare traffic studies for signal warrants, including crash data analysis.
• Traffic Signal Design and Construction Services including preparing construction traffic control plans projects, including intersection geometrics.
• Perform preliminary traffic engineering, design services, and construction phase services for traffic signal construction projects.
• Prepare documents for purchase and installation of traffic signal projects including cost estimates
• Coordinate, prepare, conduct and verify topographic and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) surveys.
• Review Federal and State environmental requirements and complete necessary environmental documents.
• Provide topographic surveys for project design, boundary surveys and property descriptions (metes and bounds) include a survey map for property acquisition.
• Prepare documents for project advertisement and project procurement (bidding) including evaluation and recommendations for project award for construction contractors.
• Provide technical support for public meetings including exhibits, presentations, meeting summaries, and meeting attendance.
• Perform traffic engineering services for signal warrant studies, multi-way stop studies, traffic operations studies, speed zone analysis, pedestrian studies, signage and pavement marking studies (including school zones), Traffic Calming studies, signal timing for intersections and corridors, safety studies and analysis, and other traffic studies.
• Perform school zone signage exhibits
• Perform vision zero safety analysis and studies
• Conduct hydraulic and hydrology analysis and provide drainage design for intersection signal projects.

All studies should be performed in accordance with good engineering practice and follow applicable guidelines and regulations.

**Submission method:** Questions must be submitted in writing online within Bonfire at https://harriscountytx.bonfirehub.com. Sections I-III must be uploaded under Bonfire's Requested Information section.

Harris County may consider four (4) one-year renewal options, renewable one (1) year at a time, based upon the same terms, conditions and pricing as the original year. Renewal is subject to approval by Harris County Commissioners Court.

Award of contract(s) shall be made to the provider of the required services that is evaluated to be the most qualified on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications, and, after negotiations, whose pricing is considered to be fair and reasonable. No information regarding fees or prices is to be included with submitted SOQs.

The following considerations will be utilized in evaluating the qualifications (Maximum of 100 points):

• Experience, Team Organization, Background and Qualifications, Key Personnel, Key Sub-Consultant: **40 points**
• Understanding of the Project and Proposed Management Plan: **35 points**
• Experience with the Harris County / Greater Houston Region & Past Performance or Experience with other Geographical Regions with similar infrastructure as Harris County / Greater Houston Region & Past Performance: **25 points**

Form 1295 must be completed prior to submitting your response, and a copy of form 1295 must be returned with your response. Any submitted qualification and subsequent proposal shall remain valid for six (6) months after the RFQ due date or until Harris County executes a contract, whichever is sooner.