Engineering Request for Qualifications

Town of Canaan, NH
Request for Qualifications (RFQ)
Municipal Infrastructure Engineering Services
April 8, 2024

The Town of Canaan, New Hampshire requests interested engineering firms to submit qualifications statements for Preliminary Engineering of the aforementioned project.  Services are to include engineering study, preliminary design, environmental documentation, permitting, final design, bidding assistance, and engineer-of-record support during construction. This will follow the Qualification Based Selection (QBS) process in accordance with NH RSA 21-I:22 Selection of Engineers, Architect and Surveyors, and the NHDOT Local Public Agency (LPA) Manual.

Interested and qualified firms are invited to provide a qualifications statement which includes the following information:

·         Company Overview 

·         Organizational Chart 

·         Resumes of Key Staff 

·         Proposed Subconsultants 

·         Project Understanding and Approach 

·         Recent Project Experience with related NHDOT LPA projects 

·         References (3 Minimum)

Upon receipt of the qualifications statements, the Town may interview firms or waive the interview process and select a firm based on the qualifications statement received. The Town will enter into negotiations with the top-rated firm. Fees are not part of the selection process and cannot be included. If the Town cannot reach an agreement with that firm, the Town will terminate negotiations with that firm and enter negotiations with the second-rated firm, and so on until an agreement has been reached.

Qualifications statements (4 copies) are to be delivered to the Town, no later than April 19, 2024. Qualifications Statements are to be addressed to:

Selectboard

Town of Canaan

P.O. Box 38

1169 US Route 4

Canaan, NH, 03741 

The Town of Canaan is under no obligation to reimburse firms for preparation and submission of their qualifications or to enter into an agreement with any of the firms who submit.