Town of Christiansburg
Purchasing Office
100 East Main Street
Christiansburg, VA 24073
ADDENDUM #1
August 20, 2026
RFP 27500001 – Stormwater On-Call Engineering Services
This Addendum #1 amends or supplements RFP 27500001 –Stormwater On-Call Engineering
Services as indicated below:
• To provide clarification on questions received
Question
Response
1 Do we need to cover all services fully, or will Yes, our desire is for the prime contractor to
it be amenable to the Town to address traffic cover all services either through in-house
and roadway engineering activities through resources or through partnership and
whichever firms the Town identifies from
collaboration with other firms. Traffic and
their current open end contracts?
Roadway engineering activities do not
generally fall within the scope of services
identified within the RFP. It is not the Towns
expectation that these services would be
covered apart from what has been identified
in the RFP.
2 Would the Town consider allowing firms
submitting as prime contractor for this
opportunity to also serve as subconsultants?
Per section I. General "A firm submitting an
EOI as a Prime Consultant shall not also
serve as a subconsultant on any other team
that includes the same Prime Consultant's
personnel or affiliated firms."
3 Could the Town please provide the required Per the Towns General Terms and
minimum policy limits for each required line Conditions, the minimum insurance
of insurance for this project?
requirements would be as follows: “ a.
Workers’ Compensation: Statutory
requirements and benefits. Coverage is
compulsory for employers of three or more
employees, to include the employer. b.
Employer's Liability: i. Each Accident:
$100,000 ii. Disease, Each Employee:
$100,000 iii. Disease, Policy Limit:
$500,000 c. Commercial General Liability: i.
General Aggregate $2,000,000 ii. Each
Occurrence $1,000,000 iii. Commercial
General Liability shall include bodily injury
and property damage, personal injury,
advertising injury, products and completed
operations coverage. General Aggregate limit
shall apply separately to the project.
Contractor’s insurance coverage shall be
primary and non-contributory. d. Automobile
Liability: Combined Single Limit of
$1,000,000 e. Professional Liability: i.
General Aggregate $2,000,000 ii. Each
Occurrence $1,000,000 f. Umbrella Liability:
$2,000,000 per occurrence.” Note: The
Towns General Terms and Conditions are
not a condition or consideration of the
proposal and would be utilized only after
the top ranked firms are identified and
negotiations have commenced.
4 According to the DPOR memorandum dated Since business branch offices are no longer
April 29, 2026, regarding Action 6394 / Stage required to maintain separate registration or
11045: General Review of the Board for
licensure profiles with DPOR, it will not be
APELSCIDLA Regulations, effective May 1, required as part of the RFP submittal.
2026, businesses are no longer required to
obtain or maintain a separate branch office
license for each office location in VA. Please
clarify.
5 Are the following criteria expected to be
All or some of the information can be
included as part of the 330 in section H or
included in Section H of the 330 form.
should it be included as separate sections
However, it is also acceptable for some or all
outside of the 330?
of it to be provided apart from the 330 form.
• 6. Qualifications and Resources Summary The offeror can decide how to present the
(2 pages or less). A summary of the
information; however, we would ask that you
Offeror's qualifications and resources to adhere to the volume limits specified.
perform the scope of work described in
Section III.
• 7. Subconsultant Integration and Quality
Approach (2 pages or less). A description
of the team's approach to integrating
subconsultants into assigned tasks,
assuring quality of work products from
both prime and subconsultants, and
meeting required schedules.
• 8. Current Workload (1 page).
Information regarding the firm's current
workload and its ability to meet the
anticipated schedule for this contract.
• 9. Additional Information (up to 2
additional pages, beyond the limits listed
above).
6 Section V requires SF330 Part I, followed by Yes, items 6 through 9 can be submitted as a
a separate “Response to RFP Expression of separate section within the proposal and
Interest Items,” and also states that
cross-reference is acceptable as necessary to
information furnished in SF330 Parts I and II provide cohesion within the proposal. In
should not be duplicated elsewhere in the
general, we would like to keep the proposal
submittal. Please confirm that Items 6 through as concise as possible and therefore would
9 are intended to be submitted as separate
like to limit potential duplication of
narrative sections outside SF330 Part I,
information.
Section H, and that cross-references to
information contained in SF330 Parts I and II
are acceptable where appropriate.
7 Section V.2 requires resumes for “Key
No, it is not necessary to identify a
Personnel.” Please clarify whether the Town technical/task lead for each major service
expects to identify the Project Manager or the area. Instead, we would like you to provide
primary technical/task leads for each major information on who you deem to be the "Key
service area in Section III as Key Personnel. Personnel" as it pertains to your
understanding and approach to fulfilling the
requirements of the RFP.
8 Will each evaluation criterion in Section VI Each criterion will be evaluated based on the
be evaluated based on the EOI as a whole, or EOI as a whole. However, providing specific
does the Town intend for specific portions of summary sections corresponding to the
the EOI to serve as the primary response to specific criterion could be provided if desired
each particular Scope of Service? If specific and is often beneficial during review.
sections correspond to particular criteria,
please clarify those relationships
9 Section VII encourages maximum practicable SWaM participation will not be considered
SWaM participation, while Section VI does as part of the evaluation criterion. However,
not identify SWaM participation as a
we do encourage SWaM participation and
separately weighted evaluation criterion.
would ask that you identify any intended
Please clarify whether proposed SWaM
participation as part of the proposal.
participation will be considered in the
evaluation and ranking of EOIs and, if so,
under which evaluation criterion it will be
considered.
10 For mailed or hand-delivered proposals, how We require just a single printed copy if it is
many printed copies of the EOI are required? to be hand-delivered.
11 Are we allowed graphics outside of Project
Examples and Section H?
Yes, graphics are acceptable outside of the
Project Examples. We do ask that you keep
the proposal as concise as possible, which
would include limiting redundant graphics or
eliminating unnecessary ones.
All other terms, conditions, and descriptions in the RFP remain the same. The due date and hour
remain Thursday, September 3, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. local time.
A signed acknowledgment of this Addendum must be included with your Proposal.
I acknowledge that I have read and understand this addendum in its entirety.
Authorized Signature:___________________________________ Date:__________________
Company
Name:_______________________________________________________________________
