Active SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

    On-Call Construction Quality Assurance Services for Kiefer Landfill

    Issued by County of Sacramento
    countyRFPCounty of SacramentoSol. 278266
    Open · 19d remaining
    DAYS TO CLOSE
    19
    due Aug 24, 2026
    PUBLISHED
    Jul 27, 2026
    Posting date
    JURISDICTION
    County of
    county
    NAICS CODE
    541350
    AI-classified industry

    AI Summary

    County of Sacramento seeks qualified firms for on-call construction quality assurance services at Kiefer Landfill, including monitoring, testing, and reporting for liner and cover system construction. Emergency repair documentation and material qualification are key components. Proposals due by August 24, 2026.

    Opportunity details

    Solicitation No.
    278266
    Type / RFx
    RFP
    Status
    open
    Level
    county
    Published Date
    July 27, 2026
    Due Date
    August 24, 2026
    NAICS Code
    541350AI guide
    Agency
    County of Sacramento

    Description

    The County of Sacramento, Department of Waste Management & Recycling (DWMR) is soliciting proposals from qualified construction quality assurance (CQA) firms to perform construction monitoring, field and laboratory testing, and reporting associated with miscellaneous base liner system and / or final cover system construction for the Kiefer Landfill facility (KLF) on an on-call basis.  CQA services will be performed in conjunction with the actual liner system or cover system construction performed by a separate contractor. 

    The KLF is located in southeastern Sacramento County at 12701 Kiefer Boulevard, Sloughhouse, California 95683.

    Damage to the liner system affects the integrity of this environmental barrier and shall be repaired before covering the damaged liner with waste.  Due to limitations on locations for active waste placement, repairs may be of a very high priority to maintain service for the waste stream entering the landfill.  As such, emergency repairs will be needed on an on-call basis to keep the landfill operation running efficiently.  Whenever emergency repairs are needed, CQA services will be also be needed to document the repairs.

    In addition to emergency repairs, CQA services are also needed for materials used for the base liner system or final cover system to qualify such materials as meeting regulatory-approved specifications.  Such materials may include sideslope leachate collection and removal system (LCRS) soil, final cover soil, or other materials placed by the landfill operator that may need laboratory testing to document that it meets regulatory requirements.

     

    Background

    The County owns and operates the KLF for the disposal of Class III municipal solid waste, servicing the residences and businesses within the County of Sacramento and nearby cities.  Periodically, the KLF extends the landfill base liner system to incorporate more airspace to deposit waste.  The landfill liner system is a subsurface barrier that contains waste and waste constituents from being released into the surrounding environment.  The landfill final cover system is the final layer over landfilled refuse that controls the infiltration of stormwater, release of landfill gases, and protection against burrowing vectors.

    The Kiefer Landfill is permitted for base liner systems in Modules M1L through M11.  Module M1 (the original unlined area) was opened for waste fill operations in the summer of 1967.  Module M-1L was opened for waste fill operations in March 1994 with the first base liner system.  Currently, landfilling is occurring in Module M4.  Modules 5 through 11 will be constructed in the future to meet the demand for disposal service.  Five phases of final cover system have been placed over Module 1, and are being maintained indefinitely.

    Since the landfill liner has been constructed in multiple phases, the liner system components and material types vary.  A summary of the various liner system components is included with this RFP as Attachment A

    Project Details

    • Reference ID: 2026-PURB RFP-0063
    • Department: Waste Management and Recycling
    • Department Head: Jennifer Claiborne (Director)

    Important Dates

    • Questions Due: 2026-08-12T22:00:00.000Z
    • Pre-Proposal Meeting: 2026-08-05T16:00:00.000Z — Kiefer Landfill 12701 Kiefer Blvd. Sloughhouse, CA 95683

    Evaluation Criteria

    • Quality of the proposed services (40 pts)
        • How well the proposed services meet the requirements as stated in the RFP
        • Ability to respond to emergency on-call repair CQA requests
        • Demonstrated understanding of the scope of work and County’s needs
    • Experience and qualifications (30 pts)
        • Firm’s experience
        • Expertise of staff
        • Capability
        • Past performance
        • References
    • Quality of proposal compliance (10 pts)
        • Compliance with proposal format & content
        • Acceptance of the County’s terms and conditions
    • Overall Project Cost and Value (20 pts)

    Submission Requirements

    • Certification of Independent Contractor Status (required)

      "I hereby certify that the Contractor/Consultant firm employs five or more full-time employees. “Full-time”, as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, means persons employed for 20 or more hours per week, and excludes temporary employees whose term of employment will be less than one (1) month. This certification satisfies the Internal Revenue Service criteria for treatment of the above-named consultant as an independent contractor, not an employee for tax withholding purposes."

    • Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 1 (required)

      WHEREAS it is in the best interest of Sacramento County that those entities with whom the County does business demonstrate financial responsibility, integrity and lawfulness, it is inequitable for those entities with whom the County does business to receive County funds while failing to pay court-ordered child, family and spousal support which shifts the support of their dependents onto the public treasury.

      Therefore, in order to assist the Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services in its efforts to collect unpaid court-ordered child, family and spousal support orders, the following certification must be provided by all entities with whom the County does business:

      Contractor/Consultant hereby certifies that either:

    • Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 2 (required)

      New Contract/Consultant shall certify that each of the following statements is true:

      a. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all applicable state and federal reporting requirements relating to employment reporting for its employees; and

      b. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders and notices of assignment and will continue to maintain compliance.

      NOTE: Failure to comply with state and federal reporting requirements regarding a Contractor's employees or failure to implement lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders or notices of assignment constitutes a default under the contract; and failure to cure the default within 90 days of notice by the County shall be grounds for termination of the contract. Principal Owners can contact the Sacramento Department of Child Support Services at 1-866-901-3212, by writing to P.O. Box 269112, Sacramento, 95826-9112, or via the Customer Connect website at www.childsup.ca.gov .

       

    • Iran Contracting Act Certification (required)

      (California Public Contract Code, sections 2202-2208)

      When responding to a bid or proposal or executing a contract or renewal for a County of Sacramento contract for goods or services of $1,000,000 or more, a vendor must either:

      1. certify it is not on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by the California Department of General Services (“DGS”) pursuant to Public Contract Code section 2203(b) and is not a financial institution extending twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more in credit to another person, for 45 days or more, if that other person will use the credit to provide goods or services in the energy sector in Iran and is identified on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS; or
      2. demonstrate it has been exempted from the certification requirement for that solicitation or contract pursuant to Public Contract Code section 2203(c) or (d).

      To comply with this requirement, please select one of the options below. Please note: California law establishes penalties for providing false certifications, including civil penalties equal to the greater of $250,000 or twice the amount of the contract for which the false certification was made; contract termination; and three-year ineligibility to bid on contracts. (Public Contract Code section 2205.)

      OPTION #1 - CERTIFICATION

      I certify I am duly authorized to execute this certification on behalf of the vendor/financial institution, and the vendor/financial institution is not on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS and is not a financial institution extending twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more in credit to another person/vendor, for 45 days or more, if that other person/vendor will use the credit to provide goods or services in the energy sector in Iran and is identified on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS.

      OPTION #2 – EXEMPTION

      Pursuant to Public Contract Code sections 2203(c) and (d), a public entity may permit a vendor/financial institution engaged in investment activities in Iran, on a case-by-case basis, to be eligible for, or to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enters into or renews, a contract for goods and services. If you have obtained an exemption from the certification requirement under the Iran Contracting Act, please select "EXEMPTION" below, and attach documentation demonstrating the exemption approval with your electronic submission.

    • SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI) (required)

      Provide your SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI). If your firm does not have a UEI, go to: https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration to obtain one. 

    • Proposal (without cost proposal) (required)

      Upload your complete Proposal here. Do not include your cost proposal in this section.

    • Cost proposal (separate) (required)

      Upload your cost proposal here. Confirm that your cost proposal is not attached with your Proposal and is attached separately here.

    • Confidential sections of proposal (if applicable)

      The County will treat all information submitted in a proposal as available for public inspection once the County has awarded a contract. If you believe that you have a legally justifiable basis under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et. seq.) for protecting the confidentiality of any information contained within your proposal, you must identify any such information, together with the legal basis of your claim in your proposal, and present such information in this section as part of your proposal response package. The final determination of whether the County will assert a proposer's claim of confidentiality shall be at the sole discretion of the County. Click "file upload" below to upload any proposal documents you consider to be confidential documents.

    • Proposed Contract Exceptions

      If proposing any exceptions to the County's Sample Contract, upload a redlined revision of the Sample Contract attached to this solicitation here. Any submissions are for negotiation purposes only.

      If no exceptions are proposed, please skip this question.

    • Provide the full contact name, title, and e-mail of the signatory for your firm. Provide contact information for the contract manager for your firm in order to distribute contract documents, including other recipients requiring a copy, if awarded. (required)

      Signatory: name, title, email

      Contract manager/admin: name, phone, email

    • PaymentWorks Contact (required)

      Please provide the name and e-mail for a finance point-of-contact for your firm that will receive an invitation to complete the vendor registration process on the County's PaymentWorks portal.

      To clarify, if you are set-up with other agencies using PaymentWorks, that information is not available to the County, so you must complete this process for the County.

    • Evaluation criteria weights (required)

      Do you want to show evaluation criteria scores/weights in the solicitation? This question refers to the points or weights given to each criterion, not the actual scores that the evaluation panel assigns during evaluation.

    • Electronic pricing table (required)

      Are Proposers responding to an electronic pricing table?

      Select "yes" if you are providing a pricing table or template as part of your solicitation.

      Select "no" if you are asking Proposers to submit their own hourly rate sheet.

    • Will the contract amount exceed $1,000,000.00? (required)

      If "yes" Proposers will be required to complete the Iran Contracting Act Certification.

    • Will federal funds be used for this agreement? (required)
    • Contracting entity (required)

      Is this a County or SCWA solicitation? 

    • AB 339 Compliance (required)

      If this is a solicitation for services within the scope of County job classifications, was a 45 day notice provided to the union? Or did County Counsel determine these services are exempt under Gov Code section 3504.1?

    Key dates

    1. July 27, 2026Published
    2. August 24, 2026Responses Due

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