RFQ Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for Consultant Services – Various Disciplines
| Location: | California |
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| Posted: | Nov 21, 2025 |
| Due: | Dec 4, 2025 |
| Agency: | City of San Bruno |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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RFQ Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for Consultant Services – Various Disciplines
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| Category: | Request for Proposals/Qualifications |
| Status: | Open |
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City of San Bruno
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
for
Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for
Consultant Services – Various Disciplines
City of San Bruno
Department of Public Works
567 El Camino Real
San Bruno, CA 94066
RFQ Due Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 5:00 pm
Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines
Announcement and Summary
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
Page 1 of 7
City of San Bruno
1. PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)
The City of San Bruno (“City”) wishes to establish a list of qualifying firms to provide
various engineering and professional consulting services, including architectural, design,
civil, construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural, landscape architecture, traffic
and transportation, project management, plan check, development review, electrical,
mechanical, plumbing, fire suppression, geographic information system, financial
advisory, real property transaction, and public outreach and engagement.
This list of services will be valid for five (5) years. There is no guarantee of work, and
firms will be considered as relevant projects are developed.
As projects are developed, a Consultant Services Agreement will be entered into with
one (or more) consultant(s) to provide professional services for a variety of projects on
an on-call basis. The work assigned may be discrete, short-term assignments or may
be part of larger capital projects, planning projects, maintenance efforts or engineering
efforts. On an on-call, as-needed basis, the selected firm(s) may later be asked to
provide professional engineering services proposals on specific needs, based on an
agreed-upon scope of services and fees.
The City, at any time, may abolish the list(s) established using this process prior to the
expiration period and initiate a new Consultant selection process to establish new list(s).
The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses received as a result of
solicitation; to extend the submission due date for; to modify, amend, re-issue or re-
rewrite this document; and to procure any or all services by other means.
All costs associated with the preparations and responses to this Request for
Qualifications (RFQ) shall be borne solely by the Consultant and at no cost to the City.
Submission of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) indicates acceptance by the firm of
the conditions contained in the RFQ unless clearly and specifically noted in the SOQ
submitted and confirmed in the contract between the City of San Bruno and the firm
selected.
2. GENERAL INFORMATION
The City’s Public Works Department provides professional, strategic, and cost-effective
maintenance and capital improvement to critical City infrastructure, including the delivery
of potable water, traffic and transportation, street lights, wastewater and stormwater
collection systems, recycling and environmental sustainability, facility maintenance, and
the City fleet. The Department is made up of eight divisions that are responsible for
managing administration and engineering activities, the City’s streets maintenance,
water, stormwater, wastewater, building and facilities, central garage, and solid waste
operations.
The City annually adopts a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget, which provides
funding for major infrastructure improvements throughout the City. The general
engineering projects may include storm drain, water and sewer improvements, pump
Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines
Announcement and Summary
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
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City of San Bruno
stations, sidewalks, bike paths, pavement rehabilitation, park and facilities
improvements, green infrastructure design, striping, neighborhood traffic calming
studies, traffic signal modifications, landscaping and irrigation systems design, HVAC
system designs, building security, facility electrical design, structural design, plumbing
design and other related projects as required. On occasion, the City may need
consultant services for surveying, plan check, geotechnical, traffic studies, electrical
design, mechanical design, structural design, construction management and inspection,
environmental and public health plan reviews and inspections, public outreach and
engagement, and financial advisory and utility rate modeling.
3. SCOPE OF SERVICES
Under general direction of the City’s staff, qualified firms may be responsible for, but not
limited to, providing the services in the following areas listed below:
1) Architectural
2) Civil (inclusive of Surveying)
3) Construction Management and Inspection
4) Development Review
5) Electrical
6) Environmental Public Health and Safety
7) Financial, Economic Advisory and Utility Rate Modeling
8) Fire Suppression
9) Geographic Systems Information (GIS)
10) Geotechnical
11) Landscape Architecture
12) Mechanical
13) Plan Check / Plan Review
14) Plumbing
15) Project Management: 1. General
2. Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
3. Land Development
16) Public Outreach and Engagement
17) Real Estate (Commercial) Advisory and Brockerage
18) Special Testing / Inspection
19) Structural
20) Transportation / Traffic
The Scope of Services, found in Attachment 1, includes examples of the general tasks
to be performed by the Consultant. Final tasks shall be developed as a Consultant is
selected for a particular project. At that time, if the Consultant believes the project can be
enhanced in any way by the addition of other tasks or the deletion of any specified tasks,
such information should be incorporated into the final project proposal.
Consultants who wish to be considered for multiple disciplines must include individual
responses and qualifications within the submittal for each discipline. Only one
comprehensive submittal is required. Submittals must include the Service Category
Checklist provided in Attachment 3.
Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines
Announcement and Summary
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
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City of San Bruno
Consultants responding to this RFQ must focus their responses with specificity
describing the expertise, direct involvement, and experience of the anticipated team to
be allocated for completing the requested services. If there are any exceptions to the
core of requested services, the Consultant shall list said exceptions in the SOQ. For
specialized work for which the prime consultant shall require a sub-consultant, the prime
consultant shall service as an administrative liaison between the City and the sub-
consultant.
Services shall be requested by the City on an as-needed basis and paid according to an
approved rate schedule. Upon determination of a need for service, the City will inform
the selected firm(s) of the specific staffing need and/or scope of work. The firm(s) will
prepare a detailed scope and cost proposal. Upon agreement of a detailed scope and
cost, the City will issue a task order for the work.
4. SELECTION PROCESS
The RFQ process will establish a ranking based on how each SOQ meets the
qualifications of the Scope of Services and the requirements of the RFQ. The SOQ
shall conform to the Qualifications Format and Submittal Requirements (Attachment 2).
It is important that all listed items be included in the SOQ. Responses which do not
comply with all of the requirements per the RFQ deadline will not be considered. The
City reserves the right to reject any or all SOQs without qualifications and negotiate
specified requirements and costs using the selected proposal as a basis.
The selected consultant shall be required to enter into the City’s standard consultant
services agreement (Attachment 4). All Consultants that respond to the RFQ shall
assume that the execution of the agreement, without changes, will be a required
condition.
All submitted Proposals must include:
1) Complete the “Service Discipline Category Checklist” (Attachment 3)
2) A signed copy of the “Standard Agreement Acknowledgement” (Attachment 5); and
3) A statement responding to the “Litigation and Criminal Investigation”
questionnaire (Attachment 6).
Furthermore, the City reserves the right to reject any or all SOQs without qualifications,
negotiate specific requirements and costs using the selected proposal as a basis, and
waive any and all irregularities to choose the firm which, in the City’s opinion, best
serves the City’s interests.
Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines
Announcement and Summary
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
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City of San Bruno
5. SELECTION CRITERIA
Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
Criteria
1. Quality and completeness of Proposal.
5%
Presentation, completeness, clarity, organization, and conformance to the
RFQ content and requirement.
2. Proposed Work Plan and Approach.
5%
Consultant’s proposed work plan and approach.
3. Project Management and Problem Solving.
15%
Demonstrated ability and specific experience with problem solving,
development of solutions, project management, and quality control/quality
assurance, and successful management of multiple projects of varying
sizes. Strongest examples will include those identifying and representing
the specific project managers proposed for the City’s projects.
4. Experience with Government Agencies and Community Stakeholders.
Prior experience and ability to work with governmental agency staff and
direct interactions with community members and other stakeholders; and
translating various requirements and interests into successful projects.
15%
5. Staff and Resource Availability and Depth.
15%
Availability and depth of staff and resources to deliver quality products on
schedule, including work and short notice and under time constraints.
6. Staff Qualifications and Experience.
Qualifications and experience of the firm’s key personnel, particularly
those being proposed as project managers.
25%
7. Completion of Similar Projects and References.
Demonstrated professional work examples and references.
15%
8. Communication Skills.
5%
Strength of written and verbal communication/presentation skills.
100%
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Announcement and Summary
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
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