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RFQ Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for Consultant Services – Various Disciplines

Issuing Agency

City of San Bruno

Location

California

Published Date

Nov 21, 2025

Closing Date

Dec 4, 2025

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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Bid Title:	RFQ Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for Consultant Services – Various Disciplines
Category:	Request for Proposals/Qualifications
Status:	Open

Description: The City of San Bruno is seeking Qualification Submittals, electronically or by mail, by November 20, 2025, at 5:00 PM, for the following service: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of San Bruno (“City”) wishes to establish a list of qualifying firms to provide various engineering and professional consulting services, including architectural, design, civil, construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural, landscape architecture, traffic and transportation, project management, plan check, development review, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, fire suppression, geographic information system, financial advisory, real property transaction, and public outreach and engagement. This list of services will be valid for five (5) years.  There is no guarantee of work, and firms will be considered as relevant projects are developed. The work assigned may be discrete, short-term assignments or may be part of larger capital projects, planning projects, maintenance efforts, or engineering efforts. Publication Date/Time: 10/23/2025 12:00 AM Closing Date/Time: 12/4/2025 5:00 PM Submittal Information: Electronically: RWood@sanbruno.ca.gov; Physical Submission/Mail: City Clerk's Office (see RFP) Pre-bid Meeting: N/A Contact Person: Robert Wood, Management Analyst Public Works Department RWood@sanbruno.ca.gov Related Documents: RFQ San Bruno On-Call Consulting Services Submittals Due 112025 Addendum No 1 San Bruno Pre-Qualification List for Consulting Services 102925 Addendum No 2 Pre-Qualified List for Consulting Services Various Disciplines 103025 Addendum No 3 Pre-Qualified List for Consulting Services Various Disciplines 103025

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City of San Bruno

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

for

Establishing a Pre-Qualification List for

Consultant Services – Various Disciplines

City of San Bruno

Department of Public Works

567 El Camino Real

San Bruno, CA 94066

RFQ Due Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025, at 5:00 pm

Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines

Announcement and Summary

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

Page 1 of 7

City of San Bruno

1. PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

The City of San Bruno (“City”) wishes to establish a list of qualifying firms to provide

various engineering and professional consulting services, including architectural, design,

civil, construction, environmental, geotechnical, structural, landscape architecture, traffic

and transportation, project management, plan check, development review, electrical,

mechanical, plumbing, fire suppression, geographic information system, financial

advisory, real property transaction, and public outreach and engagement.

This list of services will be valid for five (5) years. There is no guarantee of work, and

firms will be considered as relevant projects are developed.

As projects are developed, a Consultant Services Agreement will be entered into with

one (or more) consultant(s) to provide professional services for a variety of projects on

an on-call basis. The work assigned may be discrete, short-term assignments or may

be part of larger capital projects, planning projects, maintenance efforts or engineering

efforts. On an on-call, as-needed basis, the selected firm(s) may later be asked to

provide professional engineering services proposals on specific needs, based on an

agreed-upon scope of services and fees.

The City, at any time, may abolish the list(s) established using this process prior to the

expiration period and initiate a new Consultant selection process to establish new list(s).

The City reserves the right to reject any or all responses received as a result of

solicitation; to extend the submission due date for; to modify, amend, re-issue or re-

rewrite this document; and to procure any or all services by other means.

All costs associated with the preparations and responses to this Request for

Qualifications (RFQ) shall be borne solely by the Consultant and at no cost to the City.

Submission of the Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) indicates acceptance by the firm of

the conditions contained in the RFQ unless clearly and specifically noted in the SOQ

submitted and confirmed in the contract between the City of San Bruno and the firm

selected.

2. GENERAL INFORMATION

The City’s Public Works Department provides professional, strategic, and cost-effective

maintenance and capital improvement to critical City infrastructure, including the delivery

of potable water, traffic and transportation, street lights, wastewater and stormwater

collection systems, recycling and environmental sustainability, facility maintenance, and

the City fleet. The Department is made up of eight divisions that are responsible for

managing administration and engineering activities, the City’s streets maintenance,

water, stormwater, wastewater, building and facilities, central garage, and solid waste

operations.

The City annually adopts a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget, which provides

funding for major infrastructure improvements throughout the City. The general

engineering projects may include storm drain, water and sewer improvements, pump

Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines

Announcement and Summary

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

Page 2 of 7

City of San Bruno

stations, sidewalks, bike paths, pavement rehabilitation, park and facilities

improvements, green infrastructure design, striping, neighborhood traffic calming

studies, traffic signal modifications, landscaping and irrigation systems design, HVAC

system designs, building security, facility electrical design, structural design, plumbing

design and other related projects as required. On occasion, the City may need

consultant services for surveying, plan check, geotechnical, traffic studies, electrical

design, mechanical design, structural design, construction management and inspection,

environmental and public health plan reviews and inspections, public outreach and

engagement, and financial advisory and utility rate modeling.

3. SCOPE OF SERVICES

Under general direction of the City’s staff, qualified firms may be responsible for, but not

limited to, providing the services in the following areas listed below:

1) Architectural

2) Civil (inclusive of Surveying)

3) Construction Management and Inspection

4) Development Review

5) Electrical

6) Environmental Public Health and Safety

7) Financial, Economic Advisory and Utility Rate Modeling

8) Fire Suppression

9) Geographic Systems Information (GIS)

10) Geotechnical

11) Landscape Architecture

12) Mechanical

13) Plan Check / Plan Review

14) Plumbing

15) Project Management: 1. General

2. Capital Improvement Program (CIP)

3. Land Development

16) Public Outreach and Engagement

17) Real Estate (Commercial) Advisory and Brockerage

18) Special Testing / Inspection

19) Structural

20) Transportation / Traffic

The Scope of Services, found in Attachment 1, includes examples of the general tasks

to be performed by the Consultant. Final tasks shall be developed as a Consultant is

selected for a particular project. At that time, if the Consultant believes the project can be

enhanced in any way by the addition of other tasks or the deletion of any specified tasks,

such information should be incorporated into the final project proposal.

Consultants who wish to be considered for multiple disciplines must include individual

responses and qualifications within the submittal for each discipline. Only one

comprehensive submittal is required. Submittals must include the Service Category

Checklist provided in Attachment 3.

Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines

Announcement and Summary

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

Page 3 of 7

City of San Bruno

Consultants responding to this RFQ must focus their responses with specificity

describing the expertise, direct involvement, and experience of the anticipated team to

be allocated for completing the requested services. If there are any exceptions to the

core of requested services, the Consultant shall list said exceptions in the SOQ. For

specialized work for which the prime consultant shall require a sub-consultant, the prime

consultant shall service as an administrative liaison between the City and the sub-

consultant.

Services shall be requested by the City on an as-needed basis and paid according to an

approved rate schedule. Upon determination of a need for service, the City will inform

the selected firm(s) of the specific staffing need and/or scope of work. The firm(s) will

prepare a detailed scope and cost proposal. Upon agreement of a detailed scope and

cost, the City will issue a task order for the work.

4. SELECTION PROCESS

The RFQ process will establish a ranking based on how each SOQ meets the

qualifications of the Scope of Services and the requirements of the RFQ. The SOQ

shall conform to the Qualifications Format and Submittal Requirements (Attachment 2).

It is important that all listed items be included in the SOQ. Responses which do not

comply with all of the requirements per the RFQ deadline will not be considered. The

City reserves the right to reject any or all SOQs without qualifications and negotiate

specified requirements and costs using the selected proposal as a basis.

The selected consultant shall be required to enter into the City’s standard consultant

services agreement (Attachment 4). All Consultants that respond to the RFQ shall

assume that the execution of the agreement, without changes, will be a required

condition.

All submitted Proposals must include:

1) Complete the “Service Discipline Category Checklist” (Attachment 3)

2) A signed copy of the “Standard Agreement Acknowledgement” (Attachment 5); and

3) A statement responding to the “Litigation and Criminal Investigation”

questionnaire (Attachment 6).

Furthermore, the City reserves the right to reject any or all SOQs without qualifications,

negotiate specific requirements and costs using the selected proposal as a basis, and

waive any and all irregularities to choose the firm which, in the City’s opinion, best

serves the City’s interests.

Pre-Qualified List for Consultant Services - Various Disciplines

Announcement and Summary

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

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City of San Bruno

5. SELECTION CRITERIA

Proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

Criteria

1. Quality and completeness of Proposal.

5%

Presentation, completeness, clarity, organization, and conformance to the

RFQ content and requirement.

2. Proposed Work Plan and Approach.

5%

Consultant’s proposed work plan and approach.

3. Project Management and Problem Solving.

15%

Demonstrated ability and specific experience with problem solving,

development of solutions, project management, and quality control/quality

assurance, and successful management of multiple projects of varying

sizes. Strongest examples will include those identifying and representing

the specific project managers proposed for the City’s projects.

4. Experience with Government Agencies and Community Stakeholders.

Prior experience and ability to work with governmental agency staff and

direct interactions with community members and other stakeholders; and

translating various requirements and interests into successful projects.

15%

5. Staff and Resource Availability and Depth.

15%

Availability and depth of staff and resources to deliver quality products on

schedule, including work and short notice and under time constraints.

6. Staff Qualifications and Experience.

Qualifications and experience of the firm’s key personnel, particularly

those being proposed as project managers.

25%

7. Completion of Similar Projects and References.

Demonstrated professional work examples and references.

15%

8. Communication Skills.

5%

Strength of written and verbal communication/presentation skills.

100%

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Announcement and Summary

Request for Qualifications (RFQ)

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Commodity Codes

• NAICS 541330Engineering Services
• NAICS 541611Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services

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