SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · NEVADA COUNTY (CA)
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Nevada County OES seeks environmental consulting firms for wildfire mitigation projects. The RFQ updates the Qualified List for technical services including CEQA/NEPA clearance, hazardous fuels reduction, and coordination with diverse landowners. The contract term is five years with renewal options.
The County of Nevada Office of Emergency Services (OES) is soliciting sealed Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) from Environmental Consulting firms to provide technical and administrative environmental consulting services for various wildfire mitigation projects. This request is intended to update and add to the existing Qualified List (QL) of Environmental Consulting firms approved by the Board of Supverisors on January 23, 2024 (Res. 24-043) for the period Janaury 23, 2024 through June 30, 2029. Please note, if your firm has an existing Master Service Agreement with the County of Nevada for the Qualified List of Environmental Services referenced in Res. 24-043 you are required to respond to this solicitation to be placed on the updated list, and you should respond according to the specifications described in Section 9 of this solicitation. If you are not currently assigned to the Qualified List, you must respond according to the specifications described in Section 8. All proposals will be evaluated in accordance to the evaluation criteria defined in Section 10. OES is seeking firms that have strong technical knowledge of environmental and cultural resources, knowledge of State, Federal, and local environmental regulations, depth of resources, and sensitivity to local resources. Qualified firms must have the capacity to conduct all technical studies and assessments required and to obtain California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) clearance and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearance for projects that include but are not limited to hazardous fuels reduction, roadside vegetation abatement, defensible space, and home hardening across Nevada County. Firms must be experienced in coordinating with diverse landowners, including private, state, and federal and must be familiar with the processes of working on State and Federal grant-funded projects (Sierra Nevada Conservancy, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Wildlife Conservation Board, Federal Emergency Management Agency, United States Forest Service etc.). Nevada County is located northeast of Sacramento County and is adjacent to Sierra, Placer, and Yuba Counties in California and Washoe County in Nevada. The County has a total land area of 974 square miles which extends from west-slope foothills up and over Donner Summit into Truckee on the east side of the County. Ecological conditions range from oak woodlands (~1,000-foot elevation) to high elevation conifer assemblages (~7,000-foot elevation) and a significant portion of the County land mass is United States Forest Service Tahoe National Forest. The purpose of this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) is to establish an updated Qualified List of firms to provide Environmental Consulting Services on an as-needed basis. The County intends to name up to ten (10) Consultants to the List, which shall be valid for five (5) years from the date of award, with an option to renew for two (2) additional one-year periods. The County makes no specific guarantee of a minimum or maximum amount of services which shall be requested of any firm who is named to the Qualified List. The County will assign work by soliciting informal proposals from one or more of the Consultants from the Qualified List for specific tasks and will make awards based on the experience and expertise required for the work, proposer’s current workload, ability to respond, or other relevant criteria. Award of contracts and delivery of services are further described in Section 5.0. --- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS --- Q: For the Firms Named on the Qualified List (QL) of Environmental Consulting Firms Approved by the Board of Supervisors on January 23, 2024 (RES. 24-043), can the fee schedule be included as the last tab of the SOQ within the binder? Or should it be separated in a sealed envelope? A: No answer provided yet. Q: For the Firms Named on the Qualified List (QL) of Environmental Consulting Firms Approved by the Board of Supervisors on January 23, 2024 (RES. 24-043), will brief biographies for staff be sufficient in Tab C, or should we also include resumes in an Appendix A: No answer provided yet. Q: How should the Tab A Organizational Chart differ from the Tab C Organizational Chart? A: No answer provided yet. Q: The evaluation section mentions references 7.4 to 7.7. Should these references actually be 8.3 to 8.6? A: No answer provided yet. Q: Should the letter and the packaging label be at the attention of: Attn: Desiree Belding, CPPO, CPPB Nevada County Purchasing Division Eric Rood Administrative Center, 1st Floor, Suite 129 950 Maidu Avenue Nevada City, CA 95959 A: No answer provided yet. Q: Do rate sheets need to be included for subconsultants? A: No answer provided yet.
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