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Dallas County Seeks Multiple Firms for Professional Services

In a recent request for qualifications, the state’s second-largest county includes technology needs.

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In a request for qualifications for which responses are due later this month, Dallas County is seeking statements from firms to include multiple professional services ranging from engineering to oversight.

This is an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, and up to 16 highly qualified firms may be ranked and shortlisted.

“The selected firms will be issued work orders for projects or services managed by Dallas County Public Works,” according to the RFQ. “This is a solicitation for professional services for a single project or multiple projects over the period of two years with three additional one-year option periods.”

Highlights include:
  • Floodplain management services including development and/or review of software solutions for effective floodplain permitting. 
  • Geographic Information Services (GIS) to be integrated with Dallas County GIS. Multiple professional services including hard copy and digital map production, drone operation for aerial photography, lidar, contour and elevation data acquisition and processing, 2D and 3D data development, analysis, and presentation.  
  • Transportation planning services addressing all planning and related professional engineering services including intelligent transportation systems planning. 

Contract values aren’t stated. Vendors should respond digitally via BidSync or hard copy by 2 p.m. April 28. The bidding process began March 17, and questions are due by noon April 14. The contact is Dallas County Purchasing Department Contracts Specialist James Doss.
Rae D. DeShong is a Dallas-based staff writer and has written for The Dallas Morning News and worked as a community college administrator.