Mountain Regional Water Special Service District is inviting qualified engineering services firms (firms) to submit Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) for general civil engineering services. The District will use the SOQs to create a Prequalified Firm list. Firms and the SOQs from prequalified firms will be used for future procurements, including evaluations of SOQs for specific projects.
SOQs DUE: By 5:00pm on Friday, November 13, 2026
Submit SOQs as: One (1) electronic copy in PDF format to Chief Procurement Officer, Andy Garland, at: agarland@mtnregionalwaterutah.gov
The subject line of the submittal email should include the respondent's name (firm/company) and "General Civil Engineering SOQ". Please note that the District has an email attachment size limit of 20MB.
REQUEST FOR SOQs AVAILABLE: The request for SOQs will be available on October 5, 2026 on the District website.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Interested firms are encouraged to provide contact information (e.g. point of contact name, email, and phone number) as soon as possible for communication purposes. Expressions of interest should be submitted in the form of a brief cover letter via email to Andy Garland. This will help the District relay important information during the submittal period such as any changes to or clarifications regarding SOQ requirements.
QUESTIONS: All questions are to be directed to Andy Garland in writing, via email by October 26, 2026. In order to achieve consistency in submittals, all questions addressed to the District that may change or clarify submittal requirements will be answered by email to all interested parties. District Board members are not to be contacted in connection with this request.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (brief): Provide general civil engineering services relating to water infrastructure for the District.
SCHEDULE / KEY DATES: Request for SOQs 10/5/26; Questions/Clarification Requests due to the District 10/26/26; District response to questions/clarifications 11/4/26; SOQs due 11/13/26; Reference Checks Week of November 16th; Selection and Award 12/11/26. The District anticipates contract negotiations to conclude by the middle of January following selection.
GENERAL INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND: The District is a special service district established in 2000 by the Summit County Commission to regionalize water service in the Snyderville Basin. The District employs approximately 30 people and covers almost 40 square miles and currently serves a population of over 9,500, providing irrigation water for three golf courses and wholesale water to other water companies. District infrastructure includes approximately 220 miles of water lines, 23 groundwater wells, 1 surface water diversion and water treatment plant, 60 pumps throughout 20 pump stations, and 93 pressure reducing valve stations maintaining 82 water pressure zones ranging from 6,000 to 9,300 feet.
SCOPE OF WORK / AREAS OF INTEREST: The District routinely requires study, design, and construction management services related to all District infrastructure. Specific areas and tentative tasks include:
- Water Resources and Conservation: water conservation assistance, water loss analysis, economic analysis and value engineering, impact fee support including preparation of Impact Fee Facilities Plan and support for Impact Fee Analysis, master planning.
- Pump Stations and Groundwater Wells: pump station analysis and pump selection, mechanical design, submersible and line shaft pump selection for groundwater wells.
- Chlorination: chlorination system design and installation.
- Distribution, Transmission: raw water conveyance, drinking water distribution and transmission line design, modeling and hydraulic analysis, pressure reducing station design.
- Storage: raw water storage, drinking water storage reservoirs, associated civil design.
- Project Management and Construction Administration: technical specifications and detail revisions, cost estimating, development of project schedules, budgets and implementation plans.
SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: The SOQ shall be a maximum of ten (10) pages in length, plus optional supporting information in an appendix (appendices should not exceed 50 pages). By submitting an SOQ, firms certify that all information provided is true and accurate.
Required content includes:
- Vision/Understanding: brief understanding of the District's needs and explanation of why the firm is better equipped to address those needs.
- Experience and Qualifications: firm name and office locations, brief history and description, at least three relevant projects with descriptions and references (highlighting similar utilities encouraged), any distinguishing information or special expertise.
- Project Team: organizational chart identifying team members and roles, designated project manager and description of how they would lead the project and which representative projects they managed, resumes for key team members in an appendix. Note that staffing cannot be changed without District approval (approval not to be denied if replacement is of equal ability/experience).
- Other: information regarding the firm's financial solvency and any existing quality assurance and/or quality control plan.
SELECTION: The SOQ will be evaluated on firm qualifications/experience (20 points), project team/project management/local availability (30 points), past experience in Snyderville Basin or similar mountainous terrain (20 points), past experience with sought services (20 points), and references (10 points) for a maximum of 100 points. The District may select one or multiple firms to create a prequalified list and may distribute assignments by rotation, geographic area, or firm expertise. The District reserves the right to make assignment decisions in the best interest of rate payers.
