Envisioning a Chicago Waterway System for the 21st Century

Request for Preproposals and Qualifications: Consulting Services for Phase II

The Great Lakes Commission (GLC) and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative (Cities Initiative) invite preproposals and statements of qualifications to provide consulting services to serve as Lead Consultant (LC) to identify, evaluate and prioritize options for the separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River watersheds to prevent the transfer of aquatic invasive species and improve transportation, water quality and flood management in the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS).

The overall project, titled Envisioning a Chicago Area Waterway System for the 21st Century, is projected to be completed by January 2012. The requested consulting services to be provided under this project will be preformed, from January 2011 until approximately January 2012. Please refer to the formal Request for Preproposals and Qualifications below for more information.

• Request for Preproposals and Qualifications (PDF 09/23/10)

A pre-submittal conference call was held Tuesday, Oct. 5. The purpose of the call was to answer questions about the request for preproposals and qualifications for consulting services for the project. Please refer to the question and answer page for this RFPP/Q to view all questions and responses related to this opportunity. In addition, a summary of questions and responses that were discussed on the call, as well as those submitted in writing in advance of the call, is available below:

• REVISED: Summary of Q & A from Pre-submittal call
• NEW (Posted 10/14): Scoring and ranking criteria for the evaluation of RFQ/PP submittals

Resources

Please refer to the following resources for background and supporting information that may be useful as you develop your pre-proposal.

• Updated: Project Fact Sheet, October 2010 (PDF)
• Project FAQ , August 2010 (PDF)
• Great Lakes Commission Resolution on Asian Carp, February 2010
• Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative Statement of Unity, February 2010
• US and Canadian Advisors to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Resolution in support of Ecological Separation, 2010
• Preliminary Feasibility of Ecological Separation of the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes to Prevent the Transfer of Aquatic Invasive Species (PDF), Great Lakes Fishery Commission, 2008
• Summary of the Aquatic Invasive Species Summit Proceedings (PDF), City of Chicago, 2003

Questions

Do you have a question regarding the forthcoming RFQ/PP? Please click here to submit your input.