Santa Clara Valley Water District PlanetBids #VW0730

On-call environmental assessment, remediation, and stormwater engineering services

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking on-call environmental assessment, remediation, and stormwater engineering consultants for work in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. - Government buyer: Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water); Consultant Contracts Services Unit #820. - Requested services: - Phase I and Phase II hazardous substance liability and environmental site assessments, including soil and groundwater sampling, borings, monitoring wells, evaluation, and reports. - Asbestos-containing materials, lead-based paint, and PCB surveys, including estimates of abatement or management needs and costs. - Remedial risk assessments, alternatives analyses, plans and specifications, regulatory and permitting support, construction oversight, confirmation sampling, and completion reports. - Stormwater pollution-prevention planning, BMP bid support, inspections, contractor oversight, monitoring, and permit documentation. - Task-order project management and coordination; supplemental services may include training, expert witness support, peer review, and additional monitoring. - OEMs and products: No OEMs, commercial vendors, manufactured products, part numbers, or product quantities are identified. - Agreement value and term: One or more agreements share a $4,000,000 aggregate not-to-exceed ceiling over five years. No minimum work is guaranteed; task orders will set individual schedules. - Notable qualifications and requirements: Proposers need at least five years of relevant experience. The Consultant Project Manager must hold a California civil professional engineer license, and the proposer or a subconsultant must hold California QSD certification. Prevailing-wage requirements apply to specified field activities. - Cost proposal examples: Illustrative scopes include Phase I work for a typical 1–5-acre property; Phase II assumptions include five borings and two groundwater monitoring wells, each up to 30 feet. Remedial design examples include evaluation of up to three alternatives. A sample stormwater oversight scope assumes an 18-month project; actual scope and timing depend on task orders. - Insurance: Required coverages include general liability, auto liability, professional liability when applicable, workers’ compensation/employers’ liability, and cyber liability. Minimum limits range from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, with extended post-completion coverage required for certain policies.

Description

Santa Clara Valley Water District seeks proposals from qualified firms to provide on-call or as-needed hazardous substance liability and environmental site assessments, asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint surveys, remedial design, and storm water management and engineering services. The RFP anticipates awarding agreements to one or more firms for a five-year term, with an estimated not-to-exceed aggregate amount of $4,000,000; no minimum amount of work is guaranteed. Proposers must meet stated experience and licensing requirements, including five years of relevant experience, a California civil professional engineering license for the Consultant Project Manager, and QSD certification held by the proposer or a subconsultant. Proposals are due electronically by October 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM.

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