RFP - PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR 2024 HIGHLAND RESERVOIR LONG TERM 2 ENHANCED SURFACE WATER TREATMENT RULE (LT2ESWTR OR LT2) COMPLIANCE PROJECT

The City of Rochester Department of Environmental Services, Bureau of Water is soliciting a Request for Proposals (RFP). The City seeks to enter into a Professional Services Agreement for engineering services as described in the RFP to bring Highland Reservoir into compliance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule (LT2ESWTR or LT2); requiring public water suppliers with uncovered finished water storage facilities to either cover the storage facility or treat the discharge of the storage facility that is distributed to consumers to achieve inactivation and/or removal of 4-log virus, 3-log Giardia, and 2-log Cryptosporidium. Similar requirements for protection of finished water storage facilities are also incorporated into Title 10 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations (10NYCRR) Subpart 5-1.32.

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All communications by parties who have an intent to submit or have submitted a proposal in response to this RFP (“Respondents”), including any questions or requests for clarifications, submission of the proposal, requests for status updates about the proposal selection process and any other inquiries whatsoever concerning this RFP shall be sent, in writing, to the following City contact(s):

Contact/Project Manager:

Michael Bushart, P.E.

Michael.bushart@cityofrochester.gov

Phone: 585-428-7567

No contact is permitted with any other City staff member with regard to this RFP during the RFP process unless specifically authorized in writing. Prohibited contact may be grounds for disqualification.

To ensure that all Respondents have a clear understanding of the scope and requirements of this RFP, the City contact(s) will respond to all timely questions submitted via e-mail to respondents who have provided an e-mail address by the question deadline stated in the RFP and post to the City website for this RFP. The City’s failure to timely respond or provide responses to any questions shall not delay or invalidate the City’s right to make a decision to award an agreement pursuant to this RFP.

The City will make every reasonable effort to keep Respondents informed about the RFP process. Notifications about timeline date changes, amendments to the RFP and other information about the RFP will be sent by e-mail to Respondents and will be posted on the City’s website for this RFP. The City’s failure to provide such information shall not delay or invalidate the City’s right to make a decision to award an agreement pursuant to this RFP.

A Pre-Proposal Zoom video conference meeting is scheduled for July 26, 2023 at 10:00 AM. The meeting URL, meeting ID, and dial-in information is below and is included in the proposal. There is no requirement to attend the pre-proposal conference and no obligation by the City to provide information from the conference to parties who fail to attend.

Meeting URL: https://cityofrochester.zoom.us/j/86945312347

Meeting ID: 869 4531 2347

Dial-in Only: 1-888-788-0099 US Toll-free

Five (5) proposal hard-copies and one (1) electronic proposal (preferably via USB storage drive) are to be submitted no later than August 30, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. to:

Michael Bushart, P.E.

Managing Engineer Water Design

Rochester Water Bureau

10 Felix Street

Rochester, NY 14608