North Arlington - Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting Engineering Services

Location:	New Jersey
Posted:	Dec 11, 2025
Due:	Jan 8, 2026
Agency:	North Arlington borough
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services
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The North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting will consider

proposals only from firms or organizations that have demonstrated

the capability and willingness to provide high quality services in the

manner described in this Request for Qualifications.

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

FOR THE PROVISION OF ENGINEERING SERVICES –

NORTH ARLINGTON – LYNDHURST JOINT SEWER MEETING

ISSUE DATE: December 10, 2025

DUE DATE: January 8, 2026

Issued by

The North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting

Designated Contact Person:

Mr. Richard Hughes

Secretary

North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting

Borough Hall

214 Ridge Road

North Arlington, New Jersey 07031

naljm@northarlington.org

GLOSSARY

The following definitions shall apply to and are used in this Request for Qualifications:

“Joint Meeting” - refers to the North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting.

“Qualification Statement” - refers to the complete responses to this RFQ submitted

by the Respondents.

“Qualified Respondent” - refers to those Respondents who (in the sole judgment of

the Joint Meeting) have satisfied the qualification criteria set forth in this RFQ.

“RFQ” - refers to this Request for Qualifications, including any amendments thereof

or supplements thereto.

“Respondent” or “Respondents” - refers to the interested firm(s) that submit a

Qualification Statement.

SECTION 1

INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INFORMATION

1.1. Introduction and Purpose.

The Joint Meeting is soliciting Qualification Statements from interested persons

and/or firms for the provision of engineering services, as more particularly described

herein. Through the Request for Qualification process described herein, persons and/or

firms interested in assisting the Joint Meeting with the provision of such services must

prepare and submit a Qualification Statement in accordance with the procedure and

schedule in this RFQ. The Joint Meeting will review Qualification Statements only from

those interested persons and/or firms that submit a Qualification Statement that includes

all the information required to be included as described herein (in the sole judgment of

the Joint Meeting). The Joint Meeting intends to qualify person(s) and/or firm(s) that (a)

possesses the professional, financial and administrative capabilities to provide the

proposed services, and (b) will agree to work under the compensation terms and

conditions determined by the Joint Meeting to provide the greatest benefit to the

taxpayers of North Arlington and Lyndhurst.

1.2. Procurement Process and Schedule.

The selection of Qualified Respondents is not subject to the provisions of the Local

Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq. The selection is subject to the “New

Jersey Local Unit Pay-to-Play” Law, N.J.S.A. 19:44-20.4 et seq., however. The Joint

Meeting has structured a procurement process that seeks to obtain the desired results

described above, while establishing a competitive process to assure that each person

and/or firm is provided an equal opportunity to submit a Qualification Statement in

response to the RFQ Qualification Statements will be evaluated in accordance with the

criteria set forth in Section 2 of this RFQ, which will be applied in the same manner to

each Qualification Statement received.

Qualification Statements will be reviewed and evaluated by the Joint Meeting and

its legal and/or financial advisors (collectively, the “Review Team”). The Qualification

Statements will be reviewed to determine if the Respondent has met the minimum

professional, administrative and financial areas described in this RFQ. Under no

circumstances will a member of the review team review responses to an RFQ for a job

which they or their firm submitted a response. Based upon the totality of the information

contained in the Qualification Statement, including information about the reputation and

experience of each Respondent, the Joint Meeting will (in its sole judgment) determine

which Respondents are qualified (from professional, administrative and financial

standpoints). Each Respondent that meets the requirements of the RFQ (in the sole

judgment of the Joint Meeting) will be designated as a Qualified Respondent and will be

given the opportunity to participate in the selection process determined by the Joint

Meeting.

The RFQ process commences with the issuance of this RFQ. The steps involved in

the process and the anticipated completion dates are set forth in Table 1, Procurement

Schedule. The Joint Meeting reserves the right to, among other things, amend, modify or

alter the Procurement Schedule upon notice to all potential Respondents.

All communications concerning this RFQ or the RFQ process shall be directed to

the Joint Meeting’s Designated Contact Person, in writing.

Designated Contact Person:

Mr. Richard Hughes

Secretary

North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting

Borough Hall

214 Ridge Road

North Arlington, New Jersey 07031

naljm@northarlington.org

Qualification Statements must be submitted to, and be received by, the

Borough, via mail or hand delivery, by 12:00 p.m. on January 8, 2026. Qualification

Statements will not be accepted by facsimile transmission.

Subsequent to issuance of this RFQ, the Joint Meeting (through the issuance of

addenda to all firms that have received a copy of the RFQ) may modify, supplement or

amend the provisions of this RFQ in order to respond to inquiries received from

prospective Respondents or as otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate by (and in

the sole judgment of) the Joint Meeting.

TABLE 1

ANTICIPATED PROCUREMENT SCHEDULE

ACTIVITY

DATE

1. Issuance of Request for Qualifications

December 10, 2025

2. Receipt of Qualification Statements/

Opening of Bids

January 8, 2026

3. Appointment of North Arlington – Lyndhurst

Joint Sewer Meeting Engineer

January 15, 2026

or as soon thereafter

1.3. Conditions Applicable to RFQ.

Upon submission of a Qualification Statement in response to this RFQ, the

Respondent acknowledges and consents to the following conditions relative to the

submission and review and consideration of its Qualification Statement:

• This document is an RFQ and does not constitute a Request for Proposals

(“RFP”), nor does it commit the Borough to issue an RFP.

• All costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with responding to this

RFQ shall be borne solely by the Respondent.

• The Joint Meeting reserves the right in its sole judgment to reject for any

reason any and all responses and components thereof and to eliminate any

and all Respondents responding to this RFQ from further consideration for

this procurement.

• The Joint Meeting reserves the right in its sole judgment to reject any

Respondent that submits incomplete responses to this RFQ, or a

Qualification Statement that is not responsive to this RFQ.

• The Joint Meeting reserves the right, without prior notice, to supplement,

amend, or otherwise modify this RFQ, or otherwise request additional

information.

• All Qualification Statements shall become the property of the Joint Meeting

and will not be returned.

• All Qualification Statements will be made available to the public at the

appropriate time, as determined by the Joint Meeting (in the exercise of its

sole discretion) in accordance with law.

• The Joint Meeting may request Respondents to send representatives to the

Joint Meeting for interviews.

• Any and all Qualification Statements not received by the Joint Meeting by

12:00 p.m. on January 8, 2026 will be rejected.

• Neither the Joint Meeting, nor their respective staffs, consultants or advisors

(including but not limited to the Review Team) shall be liable for any claims

or damages resulting from the solicitation or preparation of the Qualification

Statement, nor will there be any reimbursement to Respondents for the cost

of preparing and submitting a Qualification Statement or for participating in

this procurement process.

1.4. Rights of The North Arlington – Lyndhurst Joint Sewer Meeting.

The Joint Meeting reserves, holds and may exercise, at its sole discretion, the

following rights and options with regard to this RFQ and the procurement process in

accordance with the provisions of applicable law:

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