Description
Columbia County is seeking a qualified engineering firm to provide comprehensive planning and engineering services for a suite of flood‑mitigation and flood‑risk‑management projects in the West End of Bloomsburg, PA. The work includes preliminary and final design, permitting, real‑estate acquisition assistance, environmental review, construction‑administration, and close‑out for three non‑structural mitigation projects (US Route 11 profile adjustment, Bloomsburg Fairgrounds swale, Fishing Creek channel modifications) and two structural levee/floodwall systems (Fishing Creek alignment and Fairgrounds interconnection). The county has secured roughly $7 million in soft‑cost funding (FEMA PDM, state EDCDI, county match) and anticipates a total engineering effort of about 2 years, with design completed by mid‑2028 and construction thereafter pending additional construction funding.
• Engineering services cover all phases: preliminary studies, 2‑D hydraulic modeling, permits (PennDOT, DEP, USACE, FEMA), property acquisition, design‑drawings, bid documents, construction administration, and final reporting.
• Three mitigation projects require pricing in the proposal; two structural projects will be awarded on qualifications with later price negotiation.
• Funding sources include FEMA PDM ($1.725 M), PA DCED ($4.3 M), Luzerne County ($0.584 M), and county match ($75 k).
• The contract will be awarded to a single firm; interviews may be conducted for high‑ranking proposals.
• Deliverables include a Benefit‑Cost Ratio > 1, a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR), and an Operations & Maintenance manual.