Metro District Water Resources Design and MS4 Support 2026-2029

Location:	Minnesota
Posted:	Nov 13, 2025
Due:	Dec 9, 2025
Agency:	State Government of Minnesota
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	C - Architect and Engineering Services - Construction R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services Y - Construction of Structures and Facilities
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MnDOT Contract No. 1061342

Exhibit C: Specifications, Duties, and Scope of Work

Table of Contents

1. Project Overview .................................................................................................................................. 2

2. Project Management (Source Type 1010) ........................................................................................... 4

3. Design and Permitting Activities .......................................................................................................... 5

4. MS4 Compliance Support (Source Type 2195)..................................................................................... 9

5. Plan and Design review (Source Type 1141) ........................................................................................ 9

MnDOT Contract No. 1061342

Exhibit C: Specifications, Duties, and Scope of Work

Scope of Work

1. Project Overview

1.1. General Statement of Scope of Work

1.1.1. Contractor will manage its staff and work with the State’s Water Resources Engineer to ensure

that the work required by the contract meets the State’s quality standards and is provided to meet

established schedules and meets the knowledge and skill requirements. Contractor is responsible for

determining the means, methods, and sequence of work necessary to meet the expected outcomes

and will perform such other work as the Contractor, in its professional opinion, deems necessary to

achieve the expected outcomes of this contract.

a. The scope required for each assignment will be determined when work is assigned. Contractor

will provide an estimated effort prior to starting work.

1.1.2. Contractor will provide water resources engineering staff as requested to assist State’s water

resources design teams to complete State projects listed in Group 1 or Group 2. The Contractor is

expected to have prior experience on design of drainage for highway construction projects

performing preliminary design, final design, and permitting, including the use of Open Roads

Designer with Bentley Software as well as other stormwater software to complete water resources

design aspects of highway projects. Projects and associated tasks on each project will be determined

when assigned and may consist of a subset of the general work types described in this scope. The

Contractor will be able to perform the following tasks as needed:

a. Water resources design, plans, division S special provisions, and cost estimates

b. Water resources scoping and cost estimates

c. Coordination with other State functional groups

d. Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC)

e. Water resources related permits

f. Review of water resources components of plans and design

1.1.3. The engineering staff may be experienced Licensed Engineers or engineer-in-training, graduate

engineers with at least two years of relevant experience, or experienced engineering technicians who

are supervised by a Licensed Engineer. The Contractor may need to certify their designs, applicable

plan sheets, stormwater reports, and permits.

1.1.4. Depending on available funds in each fiscal year, Contractor may provide additional services

including:

a. Technical services for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit compliance.

b. Engineering review of development permits and stormwater designs prepared by others for

projects in or affecting State right of way.

1.2. Format of Deliverables

1.2.1. Software

a. Files must be delivered to the State by email, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or through

ProjectWise as directed by the State’s Water Resources Engineer. Contractor will be required

to use ProjectWise to access and submit files for highway projects.

b. Contractor will be experienced in highway construction projects performing water resources

design, including use of software such as:

MnDOT Contract No. 1061342

Exhibit C: Specifications, Duties, and Scope of Work

i. Open Roads Designer (Drainage)

ii. Flowmaster

iii. HydroCAD

iv. XPSWMM and PCSWMM (unlimited node, 2D licenses)

v. Hydraulic Toolbox

vi. CulvertMaster

vii. HY-8

viii. HEC-RAS

ix. P8 Urban Catchment Model

x. PEAKFQ

xi. SHSAM

xii. SMS

c. Computer-aided Design and Drafting (CADD) deliverable source files must meet the State’s

Level 2 Enhanced CADD Data Delivery Specifications.

d. All applicable spatial data and maps created in Geographic Information System (GIS) software

must be provided in a standard shapefile format (.shp) that is compatible with current

versions of ArcMap software.

e. All source files also must be converted to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf extension), and the Portable

Document Format (PDF) must be searchable, with scanned pages eliminated except for

signature pages.

1.2.2. State uses the Primavera P6 (P6) scheduling tool. The Contractor is not required to know how

to use P6 or work within the program itself. The Contractor is, however, expected to understand the

concept of Critical Path Method scheduling, understand hardcopy reports printed by the P6 schedule,

update the hardcopy reports, and recommend changes to the schedule to reflect changes in the

scope or flow of work.

1.3. Standards and Guidance

1.3.1. Deliverables must be prepared in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal

requirements, including:

a. Current version of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction

Stormwater General Permit

b. Current version of the NPDES MS4 General Permit

c. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Minnesota Stormwater Manual

d. Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103G. Waters of the State and implementing Minnesota Rule

6115.0150 to 6115.0280

e. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Public Waters Work General Permit

2004-0001

f. Minnesota Guide for Stream Connectivity and Aquatic Organism Passage Through Culverts

g. Minnesota DNR Permitting and Reporting System (MPARS)

h. Minnesota DNR Best Practices for Meeting DNR General Public Waters Work Permit

i. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Hydraulic Design Series No. 4, Introduction to

Highway Hydraulics

j. FHWA Hydraulic Design Series No. 5, Hydraulic Design of Highway Culverts

k. FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circular Number 14 (HEC-14), Hydraulic Design of Energy

Dissipators for Culverts and Channels

l. FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circular Number 15 (HEC-15), Design of Roadside Channels with

Flexible Linings

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Exhibit C: Specifications, Duties, and Scope of Work

m. FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circular Number 21 (HEC-21), Design of Bridge Deck Drainage

Systems

n. FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circular Number 22 (HEC-22), Urban Drainage Design Manual

o. FHWA Hydraulic Engineering Circular Number 23 (HEC-23), Bridge Scour and Stream

Instability Countermeasures: Experience, Selection and Design Guidance, Volumes 1 and 2

p. United States Geological Survey (USGS), Generalized Skew Coefficients for Flood-Frequency

Analysis in Minnesota

q. Minnesota Local Road Research Board and Minnesota Department of Transportation

(MnDOT), Minnesota Guide for Stream Connectivity and Aquatic Organism Passage through

Culverts

1.3.2. Failure of this scope of work to list a specific standard under a specific deliverable does not

absolve the Contractor’s obligation to comply with all laws, regulations, and standards that apply to

highway projects within the State of Minnesota. The Contractor must comply with all state, federal,

and local standards, laws, and regulations related to the scope of work and project area. Work must

comply with the latest edition or revision of that standard in effect on the proposal due date,

including any amendments in effect on that date, unless otherwise specified in the contract or

otherwise directed by the State.

1.3.3. All deliverables must be prepared in accordance with MnDOT Transportation Project

Development Process (TPDP).

1.4. Items Provided by the State

1.4.1. The State will provide the items relevant for each project. Some items are developed as the

project progresses. The Contractor is responsible for requesting or preparing the needed information

during the project development. Items provided by the State will include:

a. Available existing plans for completed projects on the corridor

b. MicroStation files of base mapping, cross-sections, utilities, detail design plans/layout,

proposed surface, corridor model, and construction plans

c. Project and construction limits

d. Right-of-way information and proposed acquisition map

e. Project scoping document and staff approved layout

f. Applicable environmental assessment results

g. Wetland delineation

h. MnDOT survey and geotechnical request form

i. Soil boring information

j. Existing drainage systems information

2. Project Management (Source Type 1010)

2.1. Project Coordination and Administration

2.1.1. Project management includes work necessary for communicating and completing the project

tasks on time and within budget. The Contractor must not reassign the project manager or their

primary duties without the written consent of the State’s project manager. The Contractor’s staff

must have the training and expertise necessary for the work tasks to which they are assigned.

2.1.2. The Contractor will:

a. Prepare invoices accompanied by progress report explaining the status of the project and

each task, including supporting data for spending and updated task schedules

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b. Provide task budget estimates to the level of detail requested by the State’s Water Resources

Engineer. When additional work is assigned, request additional budget prior to exceeding the

authorized budget.

c. Manage, coordinate, direct, and monitor subcontractor services, including reviewing progress

reports, deliverables, schedule, and invoices.

d. Update State’s contact on the status of the task schedules, budget and general status on a bi-

weekly basis.

e. Store all deliverables in an organized electronic document management system and make

deliverables available to the State’s project manager as needed whether the file is

incomplete, in draft form, or the final deliverable by email, FTP site, or ProjectWise.

2.1.3. The State will provide restricted access to ProjectWise document center for use as the project

file transfer vehicle and repository.

3. Design and Permitting Activities

3.1. Hydraulic Design (Source Type 1141)

3.1.1. The Contractor will coordinate with other State functional groups and consultants to deliver

designs. Design decisions and changes will be reviewed with the State Metro District Water

Resources Engineer. The Contractor will prepare a MnDOT contact list and will distribute the plans to

State staff for comment.

3.1.2. Preliminary Stormwater System and Hydraulics Design (P6 Activity Code PND1000 and

HYD1000)

3.1.2.1 The Contractor will compile available water resources-related information, regulatory

requirements applicable to the project, and develop water resources design criteria

summary.

3.1.2.2 Develop preliminary existing and proposed conditions hydrologic/hydraulic models of the

project area and perform modeling as necessary to ensure project conformance to project

design standards and permitting requirements.

3.1.2.3 Prepare a preliminary stormwater system design and a corresponding preliminary

stormwater design memo with drainage overview maps. The memo must include

documentation of the preliminary design, including how it meets the requirements

identified in the water resources design criteria summary.

3.1.2.4 Prepare a 30 percent hydraulic design by creating or updating existing and proposed

conditions hydrologic/hydraulic models of the project area and perform modeling to

evaluate conformance to project design standards and permitting requirements. Analyses

will be completed for the design storm events identified in the water resources design

criteria summary document.

3.1.2.5 Prepare hydraulic and stormwater system design plans and corresponding hydraulic design

memo.

3.1.3. Request Soil Borings/Piezometers (P6 Activity Code PND1010)

3.1.3.1 The Contractor will prepare and submit a request for a soil boring investigation for the

potential stormwater treatment system locations identified in the preliminary stormwater

design report. The request must include a map of the requested stormwater treatment

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