CLARK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION

DIVERSITY, PROCUREMENT & CONTRACTS

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

NUMBER 24-003

Federal EIS Consulting Services for Proposed

Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport (SNSA)

This is a federally assisted contract and therefore is subject to 49 CFR Part 26, Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Financial Assistance Programs. A DBE Goal will be established once the scope of work is finalized. The selected respondent must meet or exceed the goal. If the selected respondent is unable to do so, they must submit a Good Faith Effort report in accordance with 49 CFR Part 26.

INVITATION TO PROPOSERS

The COUNTY has proposed the construction of a supplemental commercial service airport in the Ivanpah Valley, approximately 30 miles south of Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), along the east side of Interstate 15 (I-15), north of the Nevada-California border.

The proposed Southern Nevada Supplemental Airport (SNSA) is intended to provide supplemental airport capacity to accommodate the anticipated passenger and itinerant general aviation business jet growth in the Las Vegas and southern Nevada market, which LAS is not projected to be able to accommodate because of runway capacity limitations and development constraints.

The Board of County Commissioners, Clark County, Nevada (through its Department of Aviation) invites firms to submit qualifications to address environmental impact issues that are typically associated with the development and operation of a new airport on an undeveloped or “greenfield” site. The work is to be accomplished in accordance with (a) FAA Orders 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures and 5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Instructions for Airport Actions; and their respective desk references, along with (b) BLM Handbook H-1790-1, National Environmental Policy Act Handbook and the Department of the Interior Departmental Manual Part 516, National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and applicable state and local laws and regulations.

The selected Respondent will work with the Joint Lead Agencies of both the FAA and the BLM (JLA) to finalize the scope of work for the Project.

Additional details can be found within the documents located under the attachment tab of this Request for Qualifications.

The term for this contract will be for a three (3) year period, with an option to extend for two (2) one-year periods.

Please note that this is a sealed RFQ process.

All questions and/or responses to this Request for Qualifications must be processed through the NGEM website.

Inquiries, documents or other information submitted outside of NGEM (i.e. email, fax, hard-copy, etc.) will not be reviewed or considered.

REGISTRATION FOR THE NGEM SYSTEM

The NGEM System is accessible at www.ngemnv.com.

Potential Proposers MUST be registered register as a “Supplier”. This may be accomplished by clicking on the Supplier Registration link and completing the registration form. There is no cost to register or to use the NGEM System.

RFQ documents may then be viewed by selecting a specific project from the "Current Bid Opportunities" list and clicking on that project.

Once registered, "suppliers” may receive emails notifying them of bid opportunities. Reviewing any project RFQ data will automatically place the proposer’s contact information on the respondents list and the NGEM System will automatically send any and all updates, changes or addenda associated with that project.

An electronic proposal can only be submitted through the NGEM System. The RFQ document(s) can be printed for Proposer’s use, but an electronic proposal MUST be submitted through the NGEM System.

PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE

A pre-proposal conference will be held on January 30, 2024, at 9:00 am. to the conference will be held at Harry Reid International Airport in the Commissioners Meeting Room (CMR) located on the 5th floor of Terminal 1. See the activities tab for more details.

The pre-proposal conference provides the opportunity to ask questions regarding the RFQ, the response requirements, and the electronic proposal process. At the pre-proposal conference the electronic RFQ document is reviewed and questions from the attendees are answered.

ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED AT THIS PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE. FAILURE TO ATTEND WILL RESULT IN REJECTION OF PROPOSAL.

Interested parties are encouraged to notify the COUNTY of their intent to attend the Pre-Submittal Meeting by emailing Mr. Brian Motes at brianmo@lasairport.com. While this notice is not required, it will assist the County in ensuring that the meeting room will be sized appropriately.

Attendance via Teams is permitted. The link can be found in the activities tab under the pre-proposal conference activity.

Telephone calls regarding this RFQ will not be accepted.

All questions must be submitted electronically through the NGEM website and all responses will be posted on the NGEM website.

DUE DATE & TIME FOR RESPONSE SUBMISSION

All proposals are due to be submitted through the NGEM system by 2:00p.m. on March 5, 2024.

Upon completion of the proposal evaluation(s) by COUNTY, and approval of the Board of County Commissioners, all firms with submitted proposals will receive notification of further steps through the NGEM System.

After the contract is awarded, if award information, documents, or other information is required, a public records request may be submitted at www.LASairport.com/Records. Requests via phone or email will be redirected to this link.