River Infrastructure Locating and Assessment

Pierce County is seeking a Geotechnical Engineering firm that demonstrates knowledge and expertise in locating hidden, obscured, and buried flood risk reduction assets, such as revetments and levee features, for Phase 1 of a "State of the System" study. The Consultant will use repeatable, scalable, and defensible methods that can be applied to similar flood risk reduction assets along the managed river system. The proposed work will be conducted along selected segments of the Puyallup and White Rivers.

Background

Pierce County Planning and Public Works is responsible for the ownership, operation, and maintenance of over 70 miles of riverine flood risk reduction infrastructure in the form of levees and revetments. The majority of the infrastructure was constructed between 1915 and the mid-1960’s. The levee prisms or levee core were constructed of earthen materials. The earthen materials primarily consisted of in-situ river-wash silts and gravels. The levee prism was then typically armored with concrete panels to protect the levee prism. Revetment were constructed by shaping the bank line and armoring with concrete panels. The concrete may or may not contain steel reinforcement. Over time portions of the infrastructure have become hidden, obscured or buried due to natural river processes such as vegetation growth and sediment deposition. Other causes may be attributed to encroachments from development activities.

Pierce County Planning and Public Works is starting a process to initiate a “State of the System” study to better understand flood risk reduction infrastructure condition and performance along the managed riverine system. A critical dependency of that effort is accurate knowledge of the location of the existing flood risk reduction assets. Several segments of the flood risk reduction assets are currently hidden, buried, undocumented, or poorly represented in existing records. Without first locating, documenting, and assessing these assets, a “State of the System” effort cannot be successful or credible.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 2026-RFQ-142
• Department: Planning and Public Works
• Department Head: Planning and Public Works (Director)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-19T23:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Experience and Qualifications (30 pts) —

  In a narrative, identify the team (to include working titles, degrees, certificates, and licenses), describe the roles and responsibilities of each team member, and how each team member will contribute to the successful completion of the scope of work of the overall contract. Describe the team’s experience, capacity, and availability for providing the services being requested. Describe how team members meet or exceed the preferred experience being requested in this RFQ.

  • Provide an organizational chart demonstrating the relationships and hierarchy of the team described above. Identify individuals by name, position, discipline, and contractor. Identify key backup personnel.
  • Resumes of the team members may be included as an appendix. Resumes are to be limited to one single-sided, letter-size page for each team member. Resumes exceeding this limit will not be reviewed. 
• Project Approach Narrative (55 pts) —

  Describe the team’s general approach, methodology and goals for accomplishing the various services outlined in the Scope of Services section for providing the requested services. Approach should include information on:

  • General information for supporting the services at Pierce County as outlined in the Scope of Services.
  • Innovative offerings and Service offered
  • Communication Plan: Describe the flow of information and project communications with team members, the County’s project manager, and various stakeholders.
  • QC/QA: Explain the Quality Control and Quality Assurance program for the requested services.
• Accuracy and Completeness of the Statement of Qualification (SOQ) (5 pts) —

  Statement of Qualification will be evaluated on the following criteria:

  • Formatting and layout.
  • Spelling and grammatical accuracy.
  • Coherent and logical flow of written responses.
  • Completeness 
• Past Performance (10 pts) —
  • Include a list of, at a minimum, five (5) recent contracts/projects in the last ten years, to include a point of contact, contact information (phone and email), and a brief description, for services relevant to the items listed in the Scope of Services as performed by the team members. Only projects completed by team members of the project team will be considered. Supplemental project information may be included as part of the appendix.

Submission Requirements

• Proposal (required) —

  Upload Proposal

• Project Description (required) —

  Please provide a brief, one to two paragraph, description of the project.

• Initial contract period: —

  Please enter the initial contract period:

   

  EXAMPLE:

  The initial contract period is anticipated to be for 12 months. The County has the option of renewing for an additional four years after initial contract is executed. The actual schedule will be negotiated with the selected firm based on consultant and agency staff availability and finalized scope of work.

• Renewal Options (required) —

  Plese enter the renewal options for this project.

  EXAMPLE:

  The initial contract period is anticipated to be for 12 months. The County has the option of renewing for an additional four years after initial contract is executed. The actual schedule will be negotiated with the selected firm based on consultant and agency staff availability and finalized scope of work.

• Do Federal Terms & Conditions Apply to this Project? (required)