General Information

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) requests Statements of Qualifications (SOQ)from consulting engineering firms for the design and contract administration services for a project to retrofit/replace all the existing water meters located in the Town of Wrightsville Beach in order to interface with CFPUA’s meter reading platform. This project will receive funding from the 2023 Appropriations Act, Session Law (S.L. 2023-134).

The project will generally consist of identifying retrofit/replacement requirements for all water meters in Wrightsville Beach, developing contract drawings and technical specifications, obtaining necessary permits and encroachments (if necessary), assisting in the bidding process, and providing construction administration and observation-based services.

Submission of a Statement of Qualification (SOQ)

Consulting engineering firms are invited to submit a Statement of Qualification to CFPUA to be received no later than Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 2:00PM. Submittals received after this deadline will not be considered.

CFPUA will address questions regarding the RFQ until Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 2:00PM. Questions submitted after this time will not be addressed. Questions concerning this advertisement should be directed to Ben Guerrieri, Procurement Manager, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, at bids@cfpua.org.

SOQ’s shall be limited to 25-pages or less, excluding cover page, table of contents, tabs, resumes and appendices.

Firms shall submit their statement of qualifications for consideration in .pdf format to bids@cfpua.org. Maximum file size for .pdf submission is 25MB. A reply will be sent to the email address submitting the statement of qualifications to confirm receipt. It is the submitting firms’ responsibility to confirm that CFPUA has received a statement of qualifications via email. If email reply is not received from bids@cfpua.org, please call 910-332-6472 or 910-332-6651 before deadline for submission.

Please see http://www.cfpua.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/370 for CFPUA’s MWBE Outreach Plan for project goals.

Read More Information Here: RFQ Draft Water Meter-Transmitter Replacement Project-rev 072324