Kingston Road Shoulder Widening - RFQ

The Town of Exeter issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select a professional engineering firm to provide complete design, permitting, and bid‑packaging services for the Kingston Road Shoulder Widening project, a 1.1‑mile roadway improvement funded largely by a New Hampshire DOT Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) grant. The award was made to CMA Engineers, Inc., which will be responsible for all phases of engineering from survey through construction‑phase support, subject to a negotiated fee. • Project scope: widen shoulders to a minimum of 5 ft, including excavation, box widening, paving, drainage adjustments, utility coordination, and environmental permitting. • Funding: $750,000 total project cost, with $600,000 (80 %) reimbursed through TAP and $150,000 from the town’s capital reserve. Engineering services budget is roughly $145,000. • Schedule: qualifications due Oct 9 2015; design work expected to be completed for a construction bid in late 2016/early 2017, with construction slated for 2017.