Geotechnical & Materials Testing Services – A-E Task Order Contract

The County of Orange (County), consisting of 22 agencies and departments (and its respective divisions), and the Orange County Flood Control District (District) deliver a broad range of services to the residents of Orange County. Services provided include public protection, public health, infrastructure maintenance, and community and social services. As the District relies on County staff to carry out its duties, the District will also be included as a party to any contract(s) resulting from this solicitation. It is the primary responsibility of the County’s public works department (OC Public Works) to enrich the community through efficient delivery and maintenance of public works infrastructure, planning, capital improvement and development services.

OC Public Works intends to pre-qualify firms to provide services for Architect-Engineer (A-E) and A-E related County-wide and District-wide services for their various maintenance and capital projects. To satisfy this need, this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process will enable the County to establish Qualified Vendor Lists (QVL) for A-E disciplines to provide those services. The QVL for is typically renewed at least once every three years to give additional firms the opportunity to give additional firms an opportunity to participate.

The County reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to make multiple awards to respondents for services requested in this solicitation.

The A-E will be contacted by County or District Project Management staff on an “as-needed” basis as projects arise to provide A-E for professional services. Requirements will be discussed by both Parties and A-E shall prepare a written Scope Statement that will include the specific work to be performed, including the costs and time required to complete the project/task. County or District Project Management staff will then review the A-E’s Scope Statement, proceed with negotiation of task costs and when satisfied, issue a Contract Task Order (CTO) against this Contract.

The A-E shall serve as lead of a design team that may include other construction design professionals working together to ensure that the original design is carried through to the finished product, with no alterations in materials or design that would lead to safety issues or compromise the quality of the public works facilities. Other team members who may be retained by the lead to support a project as a consultant may include but are not limited to landscape architects, lighting designers, data consultants, security consultants, controls engineers, commissioning consultants, traffic engineers, surveyors, estimators, special inspection, civil engineers, structural engineers, geotechnical engineers, etc.