Request for Proposals for Engineering Design Services

The City of Alameda (City) Public Works Department invites proposals for civil engineering design services for the rehabilitation of approximately 2.3 miles of sanitary sewer main, associated manholes and lower sewer laterals. It is necessary for Civil Engineering Design Consultants (Consultant) to read the information contained in this Request for Proposal (RFP) to understand how to submit the proposal, what documents must accompany the proposal and what legal obligations the Consultant is submitting by providing a successful proposal.  Any Consultant that wishes to be considered for this work must submit the information requested in this RFP and, if invited, participate in an interview.  Proposals must be received by the City Public Works Department by 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.   

The project involves design services for the rehabilitation/replacement of multiple sewer mains, manholes and lower sewer laterals on various streets and easements throughout the City.  The exact method of repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the sewer lines and determination if manholes require replacement, rehabilitation or keep-in-place should be determined during pre-design work.  

The proposal shall be submitted in electronic format (PDF) to the City of Alameda’s Public Works general mailbox at pw@alamedaca.gov by 2:00 p.m. on September 22, 2026.  It is the Consultant’s responsibility to clearly identify the RFP name in the email subject line “RFP for ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR SEWER REHABILITATION – EXISTING ROADWAYS”. It is also the Consultant’s responsibility to acknowledge and respond to the automated response message from the City of Alameda so that the email is released from the City’s spam account. The City shall not be held liable for negligence on the Consultant’s part to confirm acknowledgement or failure to respond to the automated message. The time and date on the email, as received in the City’s general mailbox, will serve as the official received date and time stamp. Please allow sufficient time to submit and acknowledge the submittal of your proposal. RFPs with a time stamp after 2:00 p.m. will not be accepted.

All questions regarding the proposal documents and proposal should be directed to:

William Smith, Project Manager
City of Alameda Department of Public Works
950 West Mall Square, Room 110
Alameda, CA 94501
wsmith@alamedaca.gov

Pre-proposal questions will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.  

 

RFP-Engineering Design Services for Sanitary Sewer Main Rehabilitation(PDF, 1MB)