Active SLED Opportunity · WASHINGTON · PIERCE COUNTY
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Pierce County seeks a design consultant for the Chambers Creek Dam removal and estuary restoration project, including sediment management and habitat restoration. The project supports salmon recovery and environmental protection with federally funded engineering design services.
This RFQ seeks a design consultant to design the 30% to 100% design plans associated with the (1) Chambers Creek Dam removal (2) Chambers Bay estuary bank and channel protection measures to include riparian and marsh restoration post dam removal, and (3) Sediment management post dam removal to minimize the impacts of environmental pollution in the Chambers Creek system and to manage the quantity of sediment deposited in the marina and channel to Puget Sound.
In 1933, the Chambers Creek Dam was built to assist in water withdrawal for Glacier Gravel Company and the Everett Pulp & Paper Company. The dam was constructed to create a water impoundment that would allow each of the companies to utilize the surface waters for their respective gravel mining and pulp/paper manufacturing operations. The Chambers Creek Dam is an earthen-filled dam. The dam’s spillway is concrete and slopes downward to the west. The sides of the dam are constructed of interlocking corrugated metal sheet pile. The dam has a crest length of 170 feet, a height of 22 feet, and a surface area of 5.0 acres. Fish ladders flank either side of the dam. In 2009, Pierce County conducted an inspection of the dam. The dam was found to have cracks in the concrete cap structure, the bottom was scoured, and sections in the lower sheet pile were missing or had holes. In 2012, a second fish ladder was added.
Removing Chambers Bay Dam is a priority action for salmon recovery in Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 12. Removal of the dam and restoration of Chambers Creek will address several threats to salmon recovery: loss of off-channel habitat, disconnection of the floodplain, alteration of natural flow regimes, loss of riparian function, and degraded habitat complexity and connectivity. In addition, the dam impedes fish passage, and its removal will directly benefit species such as Chambers Creek chum salmon, coho salmon, pink salmon, steelhead, cutthroat trout, and bull trout, as well as juvenile rearing populations of Chinook salmon, from all over Puget Sound on a shoreline between the Puyallup and Nisqually River deltas. Removal of the dam and restoration of the estuary will restore tidal and estuarine processes and provide approximately a 40% increase in habitat, more diversity of habitat, and more prey for priority salmon species.
This project is an element of a larger effort to restore the Chambers Bay Estuary that involves the replacement of Chambers Creek Bridge. A separate RFQ led by Pierce County Office of the County Engineer has been produced to lead that stage of the project. Both projects will occur simultaneously to account for the impacts to tidal influence, differing hydrogeomorphology, and channel locations, which will evolve during the construction phases of the project.
The County is initiating engineering design for D817 Chambers Bay Estuary Restoration. To support this effort, Pierce County is seeking an engineering firm to provide Preliminary and Final Design Engineering services for the project. This is anticipated to be a federally funded project and must adhere to the WSDOT Local Agency Guidelines. In 2023, Pierce County completed a Type, Size and Location (TS&L) study for the bridge replacement project, and in 2026 Pierce County completed a Comprehensive Implementation Strategic Plan (CISP). Both documents can be found on the project webpage here: Chambers Bay Estuary Restoration | Pierce County, WA - Official Website.
Previous recent (within last five years) experience completing final design and preparing contract special provisions and cost estimates for projects associated with dam removal, habitat protection and sediment management tasks. List the project(s), the construction cost, provide a summary about each project, your firm's role in its development, and who from your firm worked on the project.
Previous recent (within last five years) experience completing final structural design and preparing contract special provisions and cost estimates for dam removal projects. List the project(s), the construction cost, provide a brief summary about each project, your firm's role in its development, and who from your firm worked on the project.
Previous recent (within last five years) experience preparing environmental (wetland, stream, shoreline, protected species) mitigation and hydraulic designs using local, state and federal guidelines. List the project(s), the construction cost, provide a brief summary about each project, your firm's role in its development, and who from your firm worked on the project.
Previous recent (within last five years) experience engaging tribes, agencies, interested parties and the community on highly complex and controversial projects. List project(s), communication and engagement strategies, the construction cost, and provide a brief summary about each project, your firm's role in its development, and who from your firm worked on the project.
Specific expertise of key personnel, supported by brief resumes of each. List the Project Manager and the Discipline Leads who will be responsible for leading the project. Of those staff, identify who are licensed civil engineers and/or structural engineers in the State of Washington, staff who have Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and any staff who are on the County's lists for Wetland Specialists, Fisheries Biologist, or Wildlife Biologists
Firm’s strategy for successfully completing this project, overall project approach, and any innovative technologies or ideas for consideration on the project.
Firm's background and stability, and success at providing similar services to other local government agencies, and availability to provide the requested services in projected time frame.
Firm's project delivery and management system and internal review process for keeping projects on schedule and within budget. Describe the tools and techniques the firm uses to successfully track and monitor project performance.
Completeness, accuracy, and organization of the submitted Statement of Qualifications in response to the RFQ and overall evaluation of firm's ability to effectively provide the requested services.
Firm's facilities including, but not limited to, computer equipment and applicable engineering programs and computer drafting capabilities.
Pierce County may interview the top ranked from the evaluation list. If interviews are conducted, rankings of the firms shall be determined by Pierce County using the combined results of interviews and proposal submittals
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