ON-CALL PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES

The City of Wilmington is establishing an on‑call professional engineering design services contract to provide a broad suite of engineering and consulting services—including surveying, environmental, geotechnical, roadway, bridge, hydraulic, traffic, and project‑management tasks—on a task‑order basis over a three‑year period (with a one‑time two‑year renewal option). Firms must be pre‑qualified with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the relevant work codes and possess the required professional licenses, liability insurance, and financial capability. The solicitation seeks Letters of Interest (LOIs) that include firm qualifications, team experience, technical approach, and references, submitted in bound, unbound, and electronic formats. Selection will be qualification‑based, scoring experience, expertise, staffing ability, and breadth of services; the City intends to shortlist several firms for interviews before awarding one or more professional services agreements. • Scope covers over 80 NCDOT work codes (e.g., bridges, traffic capacity analysis, environmental assessments, MSE wall design, special inspections, project management, traffic‑management plans). • Firms must be NCDOT‑pre‑qualified for any codes they propose to use; the City will not re‑collect this data if the NCDOT file is current. • The contract does not guarantee a minimum volume of work; assignments will be issued via supplemental agreements on a project‑by‑project basis. • Small Professional Service Firms (SPSFs) and MBE/WBE participation are encouraged, with mandatory sub‑contract clauses to involve minority‑ and women‑owned firms.