Request for QualificationsLyman Reservoir Project Engineering Predesign Phase ServicesCity of BozemanMarch 2025The City will select the Consultant it deems most qualified upon review of statements of qualifications received in response to this request for qualifications notice. The selected Consultant must demonstrate expertise in complex municipal water supply systems and specific prior experience in the following: concrete water tank condition assessments; prestressed concrete water tank design; synthetic lining systems for leak prevention; water treatment facilities and chemical feed systems; hydraulic baffling systems; water system hydraulics, water tank siting evaluations; geotechnical suitability investigations; constructability analyses; cost estimating; and development of project alternatives, screening criteria, and recommendation of preferred alternatives.Copies of the Request for Qualifications are available on the City’s websiteAll statements of qualification prepared in response to this RFQ 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 RFQ 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 responses to this RFQ is Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 3:00pm local time. It is the responsibility of the Consultant to ensure its submission is received by the City Clerk prior to this deadline. 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 RFQ 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 RFQ 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 relating to the RFQ may be directed to: Brian Heaston, P.E., Senior Water Resources Engineer (406) 582-2282, bheaston@bozeman.net.DATED at Bozeman, Montana, this 29th day of March, 2025.Mike MaasCity ClerkCity of BozemanFor publication on:Saturday, March 29, 2025Saturday, April 19, 2025