Right-of-Way Engineering and Survey Support Services (Merced to Bakersfield ROWE I and ROWE II) Requests for Qualifications

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) anticipates issuing two Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) to procure two contracts for Right-of-Way Engineering and Survey Support Services (ROWE) (Merced to Bakersfield ROWE I and ROWE II)

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The procurements will result in two contracts with scopes of work that provide personnel and expertise to prepare Right-of-Way (ROW) appraisal maps, legal descriptions, land surveying, staking, monumentation, record maps, exhibits to support ROW acquisition and/or RON packages, and other required services. The geographic scope for the services will be located in the 171-mile Merced to Bakersfield segment in the Central Valley.
The resulting contracts will both have durations up to 4 years and not-to-exceed amounts of $10 million.

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The anticipated schedules for these procurements are as follows:

• RFQ Release Dates: March 2025 (ROWE I) and (ROWE II)
• Virtual Pre-Bid Conference and Small Business Workshop: March 2025 (ROWE I) and April 2025 (ROWE II)
  • To register for the pre-bid meeting go to the event website: Link to come.
• Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) Due Dates: April 2025 (ROWE I) and May 2025 (ROWE II)
• Notice of Proposed Award Dates: May 2025 (ROWE I) and June 2025 (ROWE II)
• Contract Execution and Notice to Proceed Dates: July 2025 (ROWE I) and (ROWE II)

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The RFQs will be available to download from the California State Contracts Register (CSCR). Updates, including responses to written questions and any RFQ addenda, will be provided on the CSCR.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Offerors with existing ROWE contracts and/or Offerors who intend to submit SOQs on both RFQs, are required to submit a request for an organizational conflict of interest (OCOI). Failure to submit an OCOI prior to submittal of an SOQ may delay the contract award.

If you have questions about a potential organizational conflict of interest, please submit questions and/or a request for an Organizational Conflict of Interest determination to the Authority’s Chief Counsel at Legal@hsr.ca.gov, and Tawnya Southern, at tawnya.southern@hsr.ca.gov referencing the applicable Right of Way Engineering and Survey Support Services (Merced to Bakersfield ROWE I and/or ROWE II) RFQs.

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Questions regarding this procurement should be submitted to Chris Rice(for ROWE I) and Gordon Miyauchi (for ROWE II) at ROWE@hsr.ca.gov los yog (916) 324-1541.