Environmental and Stormwater Engineering - Professional Continuing Consulting Services 2026-2031 (GEC)

The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified consultants to provide Environmental and Stormwater Engineering Professional Consulting Services to the Divisions of Environmental Management and Stormwater for the implementation of multidisciplinary projects. Typical work may include: updating Watershed Management Plans or ICPR models including floodplains; designing stormwater improvement projects including green infrastructure best management practices and nature-based shoreline restoration projects, reviewing and analyzing hydrologic and hydraulic data; performing Quality Control, constructability, or peer reviews; performing water quality, sediment, and biological monitoring design and sampling; laboratory or data analysis and reporting; resource mapping; reviewing environmental regulations; providing support for project management or data management; and providing general environmental services in support of the County’s environmental programs, and other environmental work as needed.

Background

The Public Works Divisions of Environmental Management and Stormwater are responsible for watershed management and planning, water quality and ecological evaluations which requires engineering and environmental support services operation, maintenance of stormwater assets, and the development and implementation of green infrastructure projects.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26-0343-RFQ-CCNAC
• Department: PUBLIC WORKS
• Department Head: Kelli Hammer Levy (Director)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-04-24T19:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Qualifications (300 pts) —

  A statement describing the Proposer’s qualifications and experience in providing the same or similar services as outlined in the RFP Scope of Work. This description should include the names of the person(s) who will provide the services, including any subcontractors, their qualifications, and the years of experience in performing this type of work/services.

• Ability of Firm and its Professional Personnel. Willingness and Ability to Meet Schedule and Budget Based on Current and Projected Workload (425 pts) —
  1. Reviews the level of qualifications and experience of the firm and project team and appropriateness of the organization of the project team.
  2. Reviews the professional resources available to properly provide services as requested in the RFP document.
  3. Reviews the project team to ensure the team proposed contains all of the critical disciplines required.
  4. Prime team proposed should have exceptional professional resources to properly provide services.
  5. The project manager and proposed team should be uniquely qualified to provide the desired services.
  6. Evaluates the workload commitments that will impact the firm’s ability to complete services on schedule.
  7. The submittal should demonstrate that the firm has adequate time available and personnel to compete services on schedule and additional backup staffing capability in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
• Firm Experience with Projects of Similar Size and Past Performance (375 pts) —
  1. Reviews the firms experience with projects of similar size, type and scope and the performance on those specific projects.
  2. The prime firm must have adequate, recent (within the past five years) experience with projects of similar type as defined in the RFP document.
  3. Experience pertaining to specific Pinellas County projects may also be considered. Pinellas County staff shall not however furnish references for such projects.
  4. The scope of services provided should represent projects that are similar to those defined in the RFP document.
  5. The overall performance of the firm relative to projects of similar size and scope should be evaluated.
• Volume of Work Previously Awarded by the County (50 pts) —

  Pre-populated by the Purchasing, the purpose of this criterion is to affect an equitable distribution of contracts. This criterion is evaluated based on CCNA Continuing contract value encumbered (Purchase Orders issued) to a firm during the (2) previous completed fiscal years through current to date. The points are worth 5 percent of the overall points available and are distributed as follows:

  $0 - $200,000 – 5% of points available

  $200,001 - $400,000 – 4% of points available

  $400,001 – $600,000 – 3% of points available

  $600,001- $800,000 – 2% of points available

  $800,001 - $1,000,000 – 1% of points available

  Over $1,000,000 – 0% of points available

  Based on a typical 1,000-point evaluation scoring process, a firm deemed to be in the $0-$200,000 category threshold would be allotted 50 points etc.

• Pinellas County Small Business Enterprise (SBE) Status (100 pts) —
  1. Provides points pre-populated by the Purchasing Department for SBE status as designated by Pinellas County. To qualify, a firm or its sub consultants must be located in one of 4 counties (Pinellas / Hillsborough / Pasco / Manatee) and have annual sales of goods/services not exceeding the maximum 3 year average of 3 million dollars or gross revenues not exceeding 8 million dollars for construction and not exceed a maximum 3 year average of 50 employees.
  2. Prime firm or sub-consultant must directly associate Small Business Enterprise (SBE) and be an integral part as defined by CCNA Florida Statute Section 287.055 and cannot consist of vendors or suppliers from office supply, printing services, etc.
  3. If the prime firm is certified as a Pinellas County SBE, 100 points will be awarded. If the prime firm is not a certified Pinellas County SBE and utilizes 1 certified Pinellas County SBE as sub-consultant, 50 points will be awarded. If the prime firm utilizes more than 1 certified Pinellas County SBE as sub-consultant, 75 points will be awarded. Failure to utilize certified sub-consultants, as presented in your submittal and evaluated accordingly may affect future awards to your company. A prime firm or sub-consultant must be certified through Pinellas County Economic Development as an SBE prior to submission of your proposal document. If the firm nor any of its sub-consultants are not certified as Pinellas County SBE, 0% of the points available will be awarded.
  4. Proposer must provide complete SBE Status Form (Attachment A).
• Statement of Work (50 pts) —

  A proposed Statement of Work that enumerates and defines the work/services that Proposer will provide to the County to complete the Scope of Work in this RFP, including each task, deliverable, and/or goods or products comprising the services Proposer will provide, as well as a proposed completion schedule for each task or deliverable, if applicable. The Proposer’s Statement of Work shall be in a form that can be incorporated into the Services Agreement at the County’s option.

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through and confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements?

• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here.

• Acknowledgement (required) —

  Please note there are three attachments/affidavits which will have to be completed and signed by the AWARDEE.

  1. Human Trafficking Affidavit

  2. Foreign Countries of Concern Affidavit

  3. Truth in Negotiations

• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toPinellas County, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanTuesday, May 5, 2026 addressed to:

  Pinellas County
  Pamela Ulrich
  22211 U.S. Hwy 19N
  Clearwater,FL33765

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Environmental and Stormwater Engineering - Professional Continuing Consulting Services 2026-2031 (GEC)"), and Contract Number ("26-0343-RFQ-CCNAC") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Pinellas County so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into ProcureNow from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?

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