RFQP - 26-001 As-Needed Materials Testing Services

The City of Jackson is currently inviting qualified consulting firms to submit proposals for the as needed materials testing for the 2026 and 2027 construction season projects. This list is tentative and subject to change with projects being added or removed.

These projects include, but are not limited to, the following:

The projects listed above are subject to the appropriation of monies by bodies outside of Engineering. In the event that a project is unfunded, it will be removed from the project list and not tested, without penalty to the City. In the event additional projects are added to the project list by the City, it shall be tested at the contract unit prices for the items listed in the Schedule of Unit Prices.

CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES

The City will have the following responsibilities in conjunction with a contract resulting from this RFQP.

1. Provide information as to the City's requirements for the project and make available all pertinent information, which may be useful in the project work, including any drawings or equipment data relative to the project.
2. Designate in writing a person to act as the City's project Director with respect to the work to be performed. Such person will have the authority to transmit instructions, receive information, interpret and define the City's policies and decisions with respect to materials, equipment and other such elements pertinent to the work.
3. Coordinate as necessary the efforts of the consultant to make provisions to enter upon public or private land as required to perform his work.
4. Examine all studies, reports, estimates, proposals and other documents prepared by the consultant and render in writing, if necessary, decisions pertinent thereto within a reasonable time.

The consultant will develop or obtain from other agencies all other material, information and data necessary to perform the work.