Request for ProposalsLyman Transmission Project Engineering Predesign Phase ServicesCity of BozemanMarch 2025NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Bozeman (City) is requesting proposals from qualified engineering consulting firms to provide predesign services with a focus on pipeline condition assessment, for the Lyman Transmission Rehabilitation Project.Copies of the Request for Proposals (RFP) are available on the City’s websiteAll statements of qualification prepared in response to this RFP must be provided as a single, searchable PDF document file and be submitted digitally as an email attachment to the submission email address below by the deadline indicated in this notice. Consultants are advised that the email attachment size limit is 25MB and that only one PDF file will be allowed per response. The subject line of the submission email shall clearly identify the RFP title, company name, and due date/time. File sizes greater than 25MB in size may be uploaded to the City Clerks’ Office upon special arrangement with the City Clerk. If such arrangement is made, it is sole responsibility of the Consultant to ensure the file upload is completed, and that the City Clerk is separately notified via email of the completed transmittal, prior to deadline.The deadline for submission of response to this RFP is Thursday, April 24th , 2025 at 3:00 p.m. MST. It is the sole responsibility of the responding individual to ensure their email transmittal is digitally timestamped as being sent to the Recipient’s email address prior to the prescribed closing time as late submittals will not be accepted.The email address for submission is: procurement@bozeman.netNON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL PAYThe City of Bozeman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.Discrimination in the performance of any agreement awarded under this RFP on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability is prohibited. This prohibition shall apply to the hiring and treatment of the awarded entity’s employees and to all subcontracts.As such, each entity submitting under this notice shall include a provision wherein the submitting entity, or entities, affirms in writing it will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability and which also recognizes the eventual contract will contain a provision prohibiting discrimination as described above and that this prohibition on discrimination shall apply to the hiring and treatment of the submitting entity’s employees and to all subcontracts.In addition, pursuant to City Commission Resolution 5169, the entity awarded a contract under this RFP and any subcontractors must abide by the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Section 39-3-104, MCA (the Montana Equal Pay Act), and affirm it will abide by the above and that it has visited the State of Montana Equal Pay for Equal Work “best practices” website, or equivalent “best practices publication and has read the material.Failure to comply with the above may be cause for the City to deem the submittal non-responsive.Any administrative questions regarding proposal procedures should be directed to: Mike Maas, City Clerk (406) 582-2321, procurement@bozeman.net.Technical questions regarding the project may be directed to Griffin Nielsen, Water Resource Engineer, gnielsen@bozeman.net. The respondent, and any of its associating parties, shall not contact other City staff in the preparation of its response to this RFP. Emailed questions or clarifications will be accepted until Thursday, April 17th, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. MST after which time the questions will be compiled, anonymized and provided with a posted response on the City’s RFP webpage. Further questions will not be entertained after the question period has elapsed.The City reserves the right to amend or modify any element of this RFP by issuance of an addendum at any time prior to the given submittal deadline. Any addenda that may be issued for this RFP will be individually noticed on the City’s RFP webpage. It is the respondent’s responsibility to determine if any addenda have been issued.DATED at Bozeman, Montana, this 29th day of March 2025.Mike MaasCity ClerkCity of BozemanFor publication on:Saturday, March 29th, 2025Saturday, April 19th, 2025