RFQ On-Call Professional Engineering Services Water and Sewer Infrastructure

The City of Hickory, North Carolina, is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ 27‑009) to establish an on‑call pool of professional engineering firms for water and sewer infrastructure services. Qualified firms will be evaluated on experience, personnel, and approach; fees are not considered in the ranking. The three‑year qualification period allows the City to issue task orders for planning, design, permitting, construction‑phase services, and related engineering work as needs arise. No guaranteed volume of work is provided, and each assignment will be negotiated separately. • Scope includes master planning, hydraulic modeling, pump‑station design, gravity‑sewer and water‑distribution design, treatment‑process evaluation, and geotechnical services. • Services may also cover regulatory permitting, stakeholder engagement, construction administration, and post‑construction close‑out. • Submissions must be a sealed hard‑copy SOQ (three bound copies) plus an electronic PDF, due by 12:00 p.m. EDT on Oct 30, 2026. • Questions are due by Oct 8, 2026. • Qualification period: three years from the effective date of any on‑call agreement.