HomeMy WebLinkAbout21- Affidavit of Publication - WTP On-Call Engineering Services AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Request for Qualifications
STATE OF MONTANA, (RFQ) NON-DISCRIMINATION AND
EQUAL PAY
COUNTY OF GALLATIN WATER TREATMENT PLANT
ON-CALL ENGINEERING The City of Bozeman is an
SERVICES Equal Opportunity Employer.
I, Ann Harms, Legal Specialist being first duly sworn, de- NOTICE IS HEREBY giv- Discrimination in the per-
en and say that I am the principal clerk of the publisher en that the City of Bozeman formance of any agreement
p y p P p (Owner) is seeking qualifica- awarded under this RFQ on
of the Bozeman Dail Chronicle, a news a er in l tions from firms to provide pro- the basis of race, color, reli-
)' P p g enera fessional engineering services gion, creed, sex, age, mari-
circulation, Bozeman, Gallatin Coun , Montana; that I necessary to support the tal status, national origin, or
' operation and maintenance actual or perceived sexual
know from m ersonal knowled e that the Le al# 105069 of the Ci water treatment orientation, gender identity
or
}'p g g plants andd water storage res- disability is prohibited. This
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) ervoirs. Engineering services prohibition shall apply to the
q Q Q) WAT will be requested on an on-call hiring and treatment of the
or task order basis and could awarded entity's employees
a printed copy of which is hereto annexed,was published in include a wide variety of items and to all subcontracts.
including, but not limited to:
the entire issue of said newspaper for: 2 design, equipment selection, As such, each entity submit-
bidding, construction admin- ting under this notice shall in-
istration, process trouble- clude a provision wherein the
shooting and optimization, submitting entity, or entities,
industrial automation and con- affirms in writing it will not dis-
Insertion(s) in the following issues: 08/22/21, 09/05/21 trols, and safe drinking water criminate on the basis of race,
act compliance. Engineering color, religion, creed, sex,
firms responding to this RFQ age, marital status, national
must demonstrate a familiarity origin, or because of actual or
and depth of knowledge with perceived sexual orientation,
membrane water filtration and gender identity or disability
conventional water treatment and which also recognizes the
plants, as well as water diver- eventual contract will contain a
Total Cost: $140.00 sion,transmission and storage provision prohibiting discrim-
facilities,and exhibit a breadth ination as described above
of experience across relevant and that this prohibition on
engineering disciplines. The discrimination shall apply to
selected engineering firm will the hiring and treatment of the
be expected to mobilize quick- submitting entity's employees
ly to provide engineering ser- and to all subcontracts.
vices in a timely fashion.
In addition,pursuant to City
Copies of the Request for Commission Resolution
! Qualifications are available on 5169,the entity awarded a
the City's website at https:Hwe- contract under this RFQ and
j blink.bozeman.net/WebLink/ any subcontractors must
Tj DocView.aspx?id=239977&d- abide by the Equal Pay Act of
bid=0&repo=BOZEMAN 1963 and Section 39-3-104,
Subscribed and sworn by Ann Harms before me on: MCA(the Montana Equal Pay
All proposals must be pro- Act),and affirm it will abide
On 8th day of September, in the year of 2021 vided as a single, searchable by the above and that it has
PDF document file and be visited the State of Montana
submitted digitally as an email Equal Pay for Equal Work
attachment to the RFQ Re- "best practices"website,
cipient email address below. https://wayback.archive-it.
Respondents are advised that org/499/20210701223409/
Recipient's email attachment https:/equalpay.mt.gov/,or
size limit isMB and that only equivalent"best practices
one PDF file will be allowed publication and has read the
per response. The subject material.
line of the transmittal email
shall th the
Notary Public for the Sta 'of Montana Residing at title, company namidentife Land duhe e above may comply
e cause Ifor the
Bel rade Montana date/time. File sizes greater City to deem the submittal
g than 25MB in size may be up- non-responsive.
loaded to bzncloud.bozeman.
net upon special arrangement Any administrative questions
of the Recipient; however, it regarding submittal proce-
- - — -- — is the respondent's sole re- dures should be directed to:
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sponsibility to ensure the file Mike Maas, City Clerk (406)
c a Z m E.�o g- c m v.o o o o o m vupload is completed, and that 582-2321, agenda @ boze-
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ct°i w m '�5 0,'o`-woo v o °' f6 0"-'c o;c� tified via email of Dame,y prior
m,, w uJ?w °C rna.�'�c° = o m o cY m»- to the given deadline. Questions relating to the RFQ
w o c y E m y•— y Q O C w.2 should be directed to: Griffin
CALL gZj = u N a°'i a co o76 o Deliver RFQ responses via Nielsen, Engineer ll, (406)
¢ w J w cn v E o, ca y 3•m .0 c 2'0 o°' co,v email to the City Clerk by Sep- 582 2279, gnielsen @ boze
N D • a To c �'3•° o Co N o na tember 15, 2021 at 3:OOPM man.net.
m Q U o oU w a as MST. It is the sole responsi- DATED at Bozeman,
c y o c �� m cca E res: bility of the proposing party to Montana,this
Cr �Z ~Y c�,o t w a a a c w y o Y ensure that proposals are re Au ust 22,2021
C z c p o (D fl- T = 5 v a`� U E-i ceived prior to the closingtime g
m_; c o o am 3 S.5 � as late submittalswill nt be Mike Maas
accepted and will be returned City Clerk
unopened. City of Bozeman
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AD#136949 mission is: aacenda@boze-
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