The San Joaquin County Department of Public Works (County) is seeking qualified consultants to provide appraisal services, review appraisal services, and real property acquisition services beginning July 1, 2025. Consultants may submit the qualifications required to provide for any or all of the requested services. The selected Consultants will assist the County in providing services for various road and bridge projects, including state and federally funded projects. Knowledge and experience with the local concerns and market conditions is a key qualification. Supported state and federally funded projects include, but are not limited to: • road and street widening and realignments, • bridge rehabilitations and replacements, and • intersection signalization. Supported activities include, but are not limited to: • acquisition of easements and/or fee simple interests for project construction, • disposal of surplus property. The selected Consultants will be requested to enter into an Independent Contractor Agreement (Exhibit A) with County, as well as provide an acceptable Certificate of General Liability Insurance naming San Joaquin County, its officers, employees, agents and volunteers as additional insured. It is anticipated that there will be several project assignments per fiscal year. County will issue a Purchase Order for each selected Consultant for the assignment of multiple projects. The maximum Purchase Order for any Consultant may not exceed $200,000 per fiscal year for all assigned projects. The Independent Contractor Agreement will be in force for two fiscal years ending June 30, 2027, and may be renewed upon mutual agreement for an additional year ending June 30, 2028.

The work is located on various roads through San Joaquin County Supervisorial Districts 3, 4 and 5. The work, in general, consists of chip sealing approximately 31 miles of various roadways throughout the County and is part of a seven-year cyclical Chip Seal Program Base Estimate Range between $1,700,000 and $2,077,000