RFQ - Galvanized Pipe Replacement

Location:	North Carolina
Posted:	Mar 5, 2026
Due:	Apr 7, 2026
Agency:	State Government of North Carolina
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	47 - Pipe, Tubing, Hose, Fittings
Solicitation No:	345-03-05-2026
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Solicitation Number:	345-03-05-2026
Project Title:	RFQ - Galvanized Pipe Replacement
Description:	Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from consulting engineering firms for the design and contract administration services for a project to replace existing galvanized water system piping located in the Town of Wrightsville Beach in order to increase CFPUA’s water infrastructure reliability.
Opening Date:	4/7/2026 2:00 PM
Posted Date:	3/6/2026
Status:	Open
Department:	CAPE FEAR PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY


Solicitation Number * 345-03-05-2026	Department CAPE FEAR PUBLIC UTILITY AUTHORITY	Status Reason Open
Opening Date 2026-04-07T14:00:00.0000000	Posted Date * 2026-03-05T20:43:56.0000000Z	Primary Commodity Code Civil engineering
Mandatory Conference/Site Visit — —	Special Instructions —	Solicitation Type * Select RFP IFB RFI
Owner Teresa McPherson
Description Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from consulting engineering firms for the design and contract administration services for a project to replace existing galvanized water system piping located in the Town of Wrightsville Beach in order to increase CFPUA’s water infrastructure reliability.

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Request for Qualifications

Professional Engineering Consulting Services

Galvanized Pipe Replacement Project

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority

Wilmington, North Carolina

March 5, 2026

General Information

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from

consulting engineering firms for the design and contract administration services for a project

to replace existing galvanized water system piping located in the Town of Wrightsville Beach

in order to increase CFPUA’s water infrastructure reliability. This project will receive

funding from the 2023 Appropriations Act, Session Law (S.L. 2023-134).

The project will generally consist of replacing The Town of Wrightsville Beach’s aging

galvanized water system piping with an alternate material of piping, developing contract

drawings and technical specifications, obtaining necessary permits and encroachments (if

necessary), assisting in the bidding process, and providing construction administration and

observation-based services.

Submission of a Statement of Qualification (SOQ)

Consulting engineering firms are invited to submit a Statement of Qualification to

CFPUA to be received no later than Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at 2:00PM. Submittals

received after this deadline will not be considered.

CFPUA will address questions regarding the RFQ until Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at

2:00PM. Questions submitted after this time will not be addressed. Questions

concerning this advertisement should be directed to Ben Guerrieri, Procurement

Manager, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, at bids@cfpua.org.

SOQ’s shall be limited to 25-pages or less, excluding cover page, table of contents,

tabs, resumes and appendices.

Firms shall submit their statement of qualifications for consideration in .pdf format to

bids@cfpua.org. Maximum file size for .pdf submission is 25MB. A reply will be sent to the

email address submitting the statement of qualifications to confirm receipt. It is the

submitting firms’ responsibility to confirm that CFPUA has received a statement of

qualifications via email. If email reply is not received from bids@cfpua.org, please call

910-332-6472 or 910-332-6651 before deadline for submission.

Please see http://www.cfpua.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/370 for CFPUA’s MWBE Outreach

Plan for project goals.

An MBE/WBE (SBE) Compliance Form is attached as Exhibit A to the

RFQ that MUST be submitted with the qualification statement.

Submitted information shall comply with N.C.G.S. 143-64.31 through 64.34 (aka Mini

Brooks Act).

All SOQ’s will be evaluated by a CFPUA selection team.

One firm will be selected from this request for qualifications.

Description of Services

The scope of work is expected to include the services described below. No guarantee is

expressed or implied by CFPUA that all services will be performed or that the selected

consultant will perform all services associated with the project. CFPUA may terminate

work or pursue other consultant selections at any phase of the project.

CFPUA has recently consolidated the Town of Wrightsville Beach’s water and wastewater

system into its network. The Town has a variety of pipe materials in the network,

galvanized piping making up approximately 5% of its network. Most of this piping was

installed in the 1930’s and 1960’s and numerous failures over the years warrants

replacement in order to increase reliability. CFPUA has conducted a preliminary study and

come to the following conclusions in order to increase the Town of Wrightsville Beach’s

water infrastructure reliability into CFPUA’s system:

1. The Town currently has approximately:

a. The Town currently has approximately 9,386 linear feet of galvanized piping,

incorporating 6”, 4”, 3”, & 2” water lines, with the vast majority being 2”.

2. Several additional mains of different material were installed in the 1980’s, resulting

in some of these galvanized mains being made redundant.

a. Approximately 6,298 linear feet of the galvanized water lines are planned to

be replaced as a part of the scope of this project.

b. Approximately 3,087 linear feet of the galvanized water lines are planned to

be abandoned in place as a part of the scope of this project.

More galvanized water lines may be added if additional lines are discovered.

Overall objectives of this project are outlined below:

1. Gather and evaluate available information provided by CFPUA and perform

preliminary field investigations as needed for cost estimation.

2. Prepare detailed design and specifications for bidding.

3. Obtain all necessary permits and encroachment agreements (if necessary).

4. Provide bidding assistance, certified bid tabulation and letter of recommendation

to award

5. Construction administration and observation-based services

Schedule

The CFPUA selection team will place strong emphasis on a firm’s ability to meet the

schedule of deliverables outlined below. The selected consultant will be expected to

complete final plans and specification in accordance with the project schedule shown

below, or sooner. CFPUA will provide comments on all design submittals generally within

2 weeks from the date received.

o Submit SOQ

o CFPUA Selects Firm(s)

o Complete Scope and Contract

o 60% design documents

o 90% design documents

o Final contract documents and permits

no later than 2:00 PM Tuesday,

April 7, 2026.

7 days

30 days from contract execution

45 days from contract execution

60 days from contract execution

Consultant Selection

CFPUA will follow a qualifications-based selection process. Consultants must demonstrate

their level of competence and qualification, and each sub-consultant's level of competence

and qualification, with respect to the listed evaluation factors for the needed services.

SOQ’s will be evaluated based on the following four (4) considerations and the level of

importance for each consideration. The SOQ shall be formatted consistent with the

evaluation consideration. Criteria shown under each of the four (4) considerations are to

be addressed in the SOQ. Consultant’s may provide additional information, as necessary.

1. Project understanding and approach (30%)

a. Understanding of project drivers and scope of work to be performed

b. Approach to keep the project on schedule

c. Description of the design team’s quality control program

2. Relevant firm experience (25%)

a. Projects of similar size and scope

b. References and descriptions of similar projects

3. Overall staff experience proposed for this project (30%)

a. Project Manager to lead the design aspect of the project

b. Individual team members for each discipline and relevant experience

4. Record of success by the consultant (15%)

a. Managing design and construction costs within project budgets and design

estimates. Provide 3 previous projects of similar scope and complexity

indicating the engineer’s opinion of probably cost estimate compared to

construction low bid.

A more detailed scope of work and fee schedule will be negotiated with the best qualified

firm. If negotiations are not successful with any selected firm, CFPUA will terminate

negotiations with that firm and initiate negotiations with the next best qualified firm.

When a fair and reasonable fee is established, a contract award recommendation will be

made to the CFPUA Board for its consideration.

Insurance Requirements

The following criteria will be deemed necessary for selection:

• The firm must meet the following insurance requirements. Workers Compensation

may be waived if firm has no employees.

• General Liability $1,000,000 per occurrence/$2,000,000 aggregate. Authority must

be additional insured and endorsement required.

• Workers Compensation $500,000/$500,000/$500,000. Waiver of Subrogation

against the Authority and endorsement required.

• Auto Liability Insurance $1,000,000 per occurrence combined single limits

applicable to claims due to bodily injury and/or property damage. Authority must

be additional insured and endorsement required.

• Professional Liability not less than $2,000,000 per loss.

• Any firm wishing to be considered must be properly registered with the Office of the

Secretary of State.

Notification

The selected firms will be notified by telephone and/or email.

CFPUA reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals.

CFPUA will address questions regarding the RFQ until Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 2:00PM.

Questions submitted after this time will not be addressed. Any questions concerning this

advertisement should be directed to Ben Guerrieri, Procurement Manager, Cape Fear

Public Utility Authority, at bids@cfpua.org by Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 2:00PM.

EXHIBIT A

(To be sumitted with

qualifications statement)

MBE/WBE (DBE) Compliance Form

Contracting with Small and Minority Businesses, Women’s Business Enterprises and Labor

Surplus Area Firms

Engineer shall take the following affirmative steps to assure that minority businesses,

women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus area firms are used when possible as per

C.FPUA'S MWBE Outreach Plan.

(1) Placing qualified small and minority businesses and women’s business enterprises on

solicitation lists

(2) Assuring that small and minority businesses, and women’s business enterprises are

solicited whenever they are potential sources

(3) Dividing total requirements, when economically feasible into smaller tasks or quantities

to permit maximum participation by small and minority businesses, and women’s

business enterprises

(4) Establishing delivery schedules, where the requirement permits, which encourage

participation by small and minority businesses, and women’s business enterprises

(5) Using the services and assistance, as appropriate, of such organizations as the Small

Business Administration, the Minority Business Development Agency of the Department

of Commerce, and other agencies such as NC HUB Office.

Engineer has read CFPUA's MWBE Outreach Plan at http://www.cfpua.org/

DocumentCenter/Home/View/370 and where reasonable follow the affirmative steps

above to assure that minority businesses, women’s business enterprises, and labor surplus

area firms are used when possible.

__________________________________ _____________________________________

Engineering Firm Name (Print)

Engineering Firm Representative (Sign & Date)

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RFQ - Galvanized Pipe Replacement

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