CITY OF WAUWATOSA
PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS / REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

Design Services – Pavement Replacement of North Avenue, 95th St to 73rd St
WI DOT 2135-15-00-70
Replacement of North Avenue Bridge
B40-998 DOT ID 2135-05-01/71
B40-999 DOT ID 2135-05-02/72

OFFICIAL NOTICE

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION PROPOSALS REQUESTED: Formal proposals, One (1) electronic copy (single pdf) delivered via email will be received until 5:01 PM, Friday, April 7, 2023 per the instructions in the Request for Proposal document. Submittals received will be forwarded to an internal selection team for review to determine a shortlist of consultants to proceed to the Request for Proposal phase of this solicitation. This is not a public bid opening.

The City of Wauwatosa is requesting proposals from approved WISDOT (Wisconsin Department of Transportation) consultants to provide design services for the repaving of North Avenue from 95th St to 73rd St, including the replacement of the two North Ave bridges over the Menomonee River. Included in the design will be spot geometric improvements, traffic signals, street lighting, storm sewer, water main and sanitary sewer relays, TPP plat and survey. Formal WISDOT approval requires consultants to have completed a Consultant Report, WISDOT Form DT1538, and be actively included on the WISDOT roster of eligible engineering consultants (FDM 8-5-45).
This contract will be a three-party contract with WisDOT and the City of Wauwatosa. The design will require the selected consultant to work with multiple City, County and State agencies, as well as, members of the Community.

The pavement replacement project currently has a December 8, 2026 Let date and the bridges currently have a February 9, 2027 Let date. The city is working with DOT to combine these three DOT projects into a single let with the PSE package due November 1, 2026

Copies of the Request for Qualifications and Proposal may be obtained by contacting Laurel Schleimer, at lschleimer@wauwatosa.net All requests for documents will be fulfilled via email only.

Listed below are estimated dates and times of actions related to this RFP:

• March 10, 2023 Release RFP
• March 23, 2023 Clarifications/Questions due 12:00 PM
• March 30, 2023 Answers to questions received sent to plan holders by 4:00 PM
• April 7, 2023 Qualification Proposals due at 4:30 PM

Proposer certifies that their proposal has been made without connection to any other vendor and is, in all respects, fair and without collusion or fraud, and is made with the understanding that no elected official or Wauwatosa City employee has an interest, directly or indirectly, unless otherwise stated.

PATENTED DEVICES, EQUIPMENT AND PROCESSES: It is understood and agreed that without exception, bid prices include all royalties and costs arising from patents, trademarks, and copyrights. The successful bidder shall, in all cases, indemnify and save harmless the City of Wauwatosa from any and all claims for infringement by reason of the use of any such patented design, device, material, or process to be used or delivered, and shall indemnify the said City of Wauwatosa for any cost, expense, and damage which it may be obliged to pay by reason of such infringement, at any time during or after delivery.

The City of Wauwatosa reserves, exclusively to itself, the right to reject any or all proposals, or to accept the proposal deemed most advantageous to the City and to waive any or all technicalities or informalities in submitted proposals. No alterations or modifications to bids shall be allowed after bid opening.

Dated: March 10, 2023
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin