Request for Qualifications (RFQ) For Professional Bridge Design Engineering Services – Valley Road Bridge Replacement Project

RFQ FOR PROFESSIONAL BRIDGE DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES

WARWICK TOWNSHIP, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Warwick Township (Township) is requesting qualifications from interested and qualified parties to provide professional bridge design engineering services for the Valley Road Bridge Replacement Project.  The scope of work will include but is not limited to, preliminary design, environmental clearances, permit acquisition, ROW relocation coordination, final design of a concrete bridge structure to replace an existing 15.5’ stone masonry arch and corrugated metal plate arch, road restoration, bid packet preparation, and shop drawing reviews. The expected contract value is $265,000.  This contract will be awarded through a fair and open, qualifications-based process.  The appointed firm serves at-will at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, who may dismiss the firm at any time.

Firms are to review all documents herein attached and appended prior to submitting a response.  All responses must be submitted by 2:00 PM (EST) on Friday, January 31, 2025, via email to Township Manager Kyle Seckinger at kseckinger@warwickbucks.gov.  Responses submitted by any other means will not be accepted.

A firm will be appointed through a competitive review process.  Firms should demonstrate the capacity to complete the required work and provide several examples of completing comparable work in similarly-sized communities.  One or more may be invited in for an interview with the Township prior to selection.  Interviews may be held in person.

All questions about and submissions for this project must be submitted in writing to Township Manager Kyle Seckinger at kseckinger@warwickbucks.gov.  Correspondence and qualifications submitted via mail, fax, phone, or other means are not permissible and will be considered invalid. 

Warwick Township is located in central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania, just northeast of the City of Philadelphia, and encompasses the town of Jamison and portions of Warrington, Furlong, Rushland, Ivyland, and Warminster post offices. Warwick Township is a second-class township governed by three (3) elected Supervisors under a council-manager form of government. The Township operates with a $17 million annual budget and serves approximately 15,000 residents. The Township is home to three (3) elementary schools of the Central Bucks School District and a Vo-Tech school for high school age students.  The Township is a full-service municipality with approximately 40 full-time employees.  The Township is home to three (3) main state road corridors – York Road (Route 263), Bristol Road and Almshouse Road.

All project documents and appendices can be found below.