City of Linn seeks consulting firms for construction inspection services for pedestrian safety project.

Published in the Washington County News on February 5, 2026 Advertisement Date: February 5 , 2026 City of Linn Request for Qualifications (RFQ) The City of Linn Kansas is seeking qualified consulting firms for construction inspection in the category equivalent to the Kansas Department of Transportations (KDOT) Work Category: 241 Roadway and Bridge Construction Inspection for the project listed below. Description Improving Pedestrian Safety in Linn Kansas 2024 TE-0572-01, which is a Transportation Alternatives sidewalk, ramp, curb cut and crossing improvement project including analysis work to determine proper sign and pavement marking placement using established engineering principles on both sides of 5 th Street between Main and Highway 15 and 5 th Street north on oak Stret to the school. Schedule and Deadlines Technical proposals are due on or before February 20th, 2026 to be delivered by mail to the City of Linn, Atten. City Clerk Teresa Penning, 104 5 th Street, Linn, Kansas 66953. Interested consulting firms must be pre-qualified by KDOT in the work categories noted above. If this is an issue, please reach out to the grant administrator. Anticipated Schedule for Subsequent Events: Evaluation and ranking of technical proposals shall take place on or about February 23 rd , 2026, after which all firms that submitted letters of interest will be notified of the ranking. Negotiations with the highest ranked firm to commence on or about February 25, 2026 . KDOT Three-Party agreement in place and in effect by March 15, 2026. Request for Proposal (Technical) The City of Linn is seeking a consultant to provide construction inspection services for the City of Linn project described as Improving Pedestrian Safety in Linn Kansas 2024 TE-0572-01., The work includes, but not limited to proper inspection of location and installation of appropriate signs, proper inspection of location and installation of all pavement marking, and proper inspection of location and installation of traffic control and construction work-zone signing as per construction plans. Inspection of all material testing as required by project specifications. Inspection of location and installation of erosion control and seeding as per construction plans. All paperwork required to complete construction of project. Evaluation Factors Technical proposals will be evaluated based on the factors listed below to rank the most qualified firm in order of preference as first, second, third, etc. If determined necessary by the City of Linn, a Preliminary Review Committee will be formed to reduce the number of firms evaluated to no fewer than three (3) and no more than five (5). Reasons for exclusion from evaluation will be: size and/or qualifications; experience of personnel available for project; current uncompleted work or distribution of work; performance; no response from firm; or other reason. Firms excluded from short list will be notified as to reason for exclusion. Factors for evaluation and weight: 1. Ability to perform the desired services within the time prescribed 15 pts; 2. Past performance of firm 15 pts; 3. Training of staff 15 pts; 4. Previous experience with similar work and knowledge of project procedures 15 pts; 5. Commitment of resources that could limit performance (ex.: staff, equipment) 15 pts; 6. Firms familiarity with project area 15 pts; 7. Accessibility of firms office 10 pts. The highest ranked firm will be asked to enter into negotiations with the City of Linn for an agreement. In the event the City of Linn cannot reach agreement with the ranked firm, it will terminate negotiations with said firm and commence negotiations with the next highest ranked firm, and so on, until an agreement is reached for a satisfactory scope of services for a fair and reasonable number of hours, or the City of Linn decides to pursue other alternatives. Contract Terms and Conditions This is a KDOT project using KDOT funding. A standard three (3) party agreement will be utilized with special attachments for the Kansas Tax Clearance Certificate, the Certification of Final Indirect Costs, and the Policy Regarding Sexual Harassment. Instructions for Technical Proposal Note: No costs shall be contained in the technical proposal. Technical proposals will consist of the technical proposal and a completed and signed Special Attachment No. 9 (Certificate of Final Indirect Costs), a completed and signed Special Attachment No. 10 (Tax Clearance Certificate). All these forms can be obtained via email to city of Linns grant administrator Deb Ohlde, NCRPC communitydevelopmentadvisor@ncrpc.org . The main text of consultants technical proposal must not exceed six (6) pages (including cover sheets, indexes, etc.) to address the topics listed. Describe processes and procedures proposed by consultant to meet the project completion deadline listed above. Describe processes and procedures, included best practices, that will be used to perform the tasks and produce the deliverables described above under Request for Proposal (Technical). Include in the technical proposal items such as: Project manager/engineer in charge History of project with similar tasks Availability of staff to meet schedule without overtime Cost-effective or cost-reduction practices, processes or procedures used by consultant, if any Any sub-consultant and their role (if any) that will be performing services on the project must complete Special Attachment No. 9 (Certificate of Final Indirect Costs), and the Special Attachment No. 10 (Tax Clearance Certificate). Questions about this request for qualifications shall be sent to the City of Linn Grant Administrator, Deb Ohlde at NCRPC at 785-275-2499 or communitydevelopmentadvisor@ncrpc.org.