Water System Engineering Services

2026-11-03

SUMMARY:Through this Request for Pre-Qualification, the Town of Drumheller (the “Town”) invites organizations that are experienced in the provision of engineering and professional consulting services related to municipal water system infrastructure, to provide non-binding submissions for the provision of such services to the Town on an ‘as and when’ needed basis in support of various water system related projects that the Town may require over the next 3-years. The types of projects and assignments that such services may need to support will vary but examples of anticipated projects are detailed herein. Key summary details of the Pre-Qualification process are as follows:As an outcome from this RFQUAL, the Town will shortlist up to 2 Respondents that will then become ‘Pre-Qualified Organizations’.The Pre-Qualified Organizations will be ranked in order of 1st and 2nd (with the 1st-Ranked Organization being the highest-ranked, and the 2nd-Ranked Organization being the second highest-ranked) according to their total weighted scores from the RFQUAL Evaluation.For all future water system engineering and professional consulting service assignments required by the Town, including any water system-related projects or assignments which may not be specifically identified in this RFQUAL (collectively referred to herein as the “Assignments”), the Town may at its sole option either:Provide a right of first refusal to the Pre-Qualified Organizations, in order from 1st-Ranked to 2nd Ranked*, for the Direct Award of a contract of any value for the Assignment; orInvite the Pre-Qualified Organizations to participate in a ‘by-invitation’ only 2nd-stage RFP process for the specific Assignment; orConduct a public-Request for Proposals process open to both Pre-Qualified Organizations and non-Pre-Qualified organizations, where the specifics of the Assignment warrant a further public process at the sole discretion of the Town.*Right of first refusal will first be offered to the 1st-Ranked Organization. If the 1st-Ranked Organization does not have capacity to take-on the Assignment or the parties cannot come to a mutual agreement regarding the Assignment, then the Town may at its sole option offer a right of refusal to the 2nd-Ranked Organization. The Pre-Qualification of organizations from this RFQUAL will be valid for a period of 3 years from the Closing Date of this RFQUAL, in accordance with the requirements of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). No further notices to solicit Submissions for inclusion in the Pre-Qualified list will be issued during this three-year period. No exclusivity shall be provided to the Pre-Qualified Organizations regarding water system engineering and consulting services for the Town of Drumheller. As noted above, the Town may choose to run separate public competitions for such services to certain assignments.Full details on the potential Service Assignments required, plus full instructions on how to provide a submission, are provided in the Request for Pre-Qualification documents available for download following registration. Registration and download of documents for this opportunity is free of charge.

Canada

2026-09-01