Request a Bid Packet

Request for Qualifications with Cost Proposals RFQ/P #43-025

Wauka Mountain Compactor Site Design and Renovation

Hall County Board of Commissioners (Owner) is hereby soliciting submissions from qualified consulting firms specializing in recycling, transfer stations, convenience centers (compactor sites), and municipal solid waste landfills that are interested in and capable of producing a set of quality construction plans and specifications with a degree of construction oversight for the Wauka Mountain Compactor Site redesign project.

Bid Post Date: April 18, 2023 Bid Due Date: May 16, 2023 - 2:00pm EST

Bidding Process: The County is now accepting sealed bid proposals from qualified consulting firms specializing in recycling, transfer stations, convenience centers (compactor sites), and municipal solid waste landfills Service for the Wauka Mountain Compactor Site Design and Renovation (herein ‘Services’). The County will accept Bids in the Purchasing Department located on the fourth (4th) floor of the Hall County Government Center, 2875 Browns Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30504, on May 16, 2023 2:00pm EST.

Proposal Documents: Bidders may request submittal documents via the County’s Website at https://www.hallcounty.org/Bids.aspx ,then click the ‘Request a Bid Packet’ link, fill out the requested information, click ‘Submit’, and Purchasing will send you a bid package via email.

Evaluation and Selection: The County will evaluate all submittals in accordance with the Official Code of Hall County, Georgia 3.10, and as further detailed herein. The County will evaluate proposals using a two-step process. The first is the ‘Technical Proposal’ that outlines the bidding firm’s qualifications and experience and its approach to offering the Services. The total available points available is eight-hundred (800) points.

The Evaluation Committee will then evaluate cost for such services to determine the best value in the interest of the County. The total available points available for cost is two hundred (200). The total highest score is a possible one-thousand (1,000) points. The highest scoring proposal will be the apparent award winner and may enter negotiations with the County.

The County reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and use any idea(s) in a proposal regardless of contract award or not. The County shall have the right to waive any informality or irregularity of immaterial deviation in any bid received.

Award Process: The County reserves the option to reject any or all bids, in whole-or-in-part, or to select any bidder to complete the described Service. The County will not make an award of contract solely based on lowest bid, but also on approach, references, qualifications and other subjective criteria as the County may deem necessary and determine at its sole discretion. Bidder then expressly understands that the County may reject the proposal for any reason without liability on part of the County to the Bidder.

Questions: Bidder’s must present all questions in writing and directed solely to the issuing officer at mhawkins@hallcounty.org For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address. . No other contact of any nature, verbal, email, or other communication is permissible with any other County staff member, nor its elected officials, nor Commissioners, during the evaluation process. The County may deem such as collusion, and thus render the submission in violation of the Official Code of Hall County and thus the County may render the proposal as non-responsive and not evaluate the proposal for an award.