The Wythe County Board of Supervisors (“WCBOS”) is soliciting proposals from qualified firms to provide professional engineering services expansion of the Fort Chiswell Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).

The WCBOS intends to expand capacity of the WWTP to minimum of 2.5MGD.  The scope of professional engineering services may include engineering design, environmental assessment, development of drawings, technical specifications and construction contract documents, bidding assistance, construction administration services; and supplemental services as appropriate to complete the project.

Firms wishing to submit a proposal shall provide five statements of qualifications and references on Standard Form (SF) 330, along with a cover letter of not more than two pages. Proposals shall be submitted to the following address:

Wythe County Board of Supervisors
Attn: Stephen Bear, County Administrator
340 South 6th Street
Wytheville, VA 24382

Proposals shall be labeled “Engineering Proposals – WWTP”

Proposals must be received by 4:00 p.m. local time on February 14, 2022. Proposals received after this time will not be considered.

Evaluation shall be based on the information contained in Standard Form (SF) 330 and the cover letter.  Selection criteria shall be as follows:

  • Qualifications of the design team (30 points)
  • Familiarity with the specific project requirements (30 points)
  • Past performance on comparable projects (15 points)
  • Demonstrated responsiveness of the firm (25 points)

Proposals will be reviewed and interviews may be scheduled with the top ranked firm(s) in accordance with the Virginia Procurement Policy.  Please note WCBOS reserves the right to award in part or in whole or to reject any or all proposals.  All elements of this project will comply with Rural Development, Virginia Department of Health, and Virginia Department of Environmental Quality procurement guidelines. WCBOS encourages the participation of MBE/WBE type firms

Offerors are advised that Section 2.2-4342 of the Code of Virginia (i.e. the Virginia Public Procurement Act) shall govern public inspection of all records submitted by the Offeror.

Site visits and/or opportunity for examination of available drawings and documents require advance appointment with WCBOS.  Questions or visit requests should be directed to Don Crisp at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (276) 637-4544 prior to February 9, 2022.