NOTICE
AS HOLDINGS INC. dba APPALACHIAN SALMON
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS
APPALACHIAN SALMON (“Owner”) of Raleigh County, West Virginia is seeking proposals (“Proposals”) from qualified firms or individuals (“Offerors”) for professional engineering services, surveying services, and/or architectural services. These services may include but are not limited to:
1. Permitting services for a NPDES Construction Stormwater Permit for approval by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WV DEP)
2. WV DEP Abandoned Mine Lands funding application services
3. WV DEP NPDES, Air Quality, and other permitting services
4. General engineering and architectural design services
5. Surveying services
6. Planning, designing, managing, and inspection of building construction
7. Troubleshooting issues that arise out of the normal course of business
8. Other technical services that may be necessary to complete this project
Proposals must include a statement of qualifications (“SoQ”) related to the selection criteria below, as well as an explanation of how the Offeror proposes to complete the project outcome within a timely manner.
Offerors Proposals will be considered based on the following selection criteria:
1. Experience and qualifications of individuals available for assignment
2. Accessibility to and familiarity with the proposed Appalachian Salmon aquaculture project
3. Relevant experience in providing services for projects of similar scope
4. Capacity to perform the desired task in a timely manner, taking into consideration the current and planned workload of the Offeror
5. Availability of qualified employees able to provide, or have in place contractual agreements with other firms or individuals to provide, the following services or expertise; civil engineering, surveying, environmental permitting, sastewater treatment systems, Abandoned Mine Lands program work.
Offerors will be evaluated based on the selection criteria listed above.
Following the evaluation process Offerors will be ranked and negotiations will begin with the top-ranked Offeror. If an agreement is satisfactorily advantageous to the Owner and considered fair and reasonable, the award shall be made to that Offeror. Otherwise, negotiations with the Offeror ranked first shall be terminated formally, and negotiations conducted with the Offeror ranked second, and so on until a satisfactory agreement is reached. The Owner reserves the right to retain the selected firm to provide design, construction services, permitting, surveying, and other tasks required for any project(s) identified in or related to this Appalachian Salmon project.
Appalachian Salmon reserves the right to accept or reject any or all Proposals. The contract will be awarded to the responsible Offeror whose Proposal is within the competitive range and determined to be the most advantageous to the Owner.
Procurement of professional engineering services shall be in accordance with WV Code Chapter 5G-1-3 and 24 CFR 85.35 and 85.36. The object of the competitive process is to select the firm who will provide the highest quality of service at a realistic fee. Accordingly, technical qualifications and experience will be weighed heavily. The Owner shall evaluate the SoQs, performance data and other materials submitted by Offerors and select the Offeror which, in their opinion, is best qualified to perform the desired service. Interviews may be conducted with discussions regarding anticipated concepts and proposed methods of approach. The Owner shall rank, in order of preference, the Offeror deemed to be the most highly qualified to provide the services required and shall commence scope of services and price negotiations with the highest qualified professional firm for services.
Appalachian Salmon will afford full opportunity for minority and women-owned business enterprises to submit Proposals in response to this invitation and will not discriminate against any firm or individual on grounds of race, creed, color, sex, age, handicap status, or national origin in the contract award.
The Owner will accept Proposals submitted prior to the end of business April 8, 2022. Any interested Offeror shall submit digital files of their Proposal to Austin Caperton, President, Appalachian Salmon at [email protected].
Austin Caperton
President
Appalachian Salmon
ID: 590507