The Fort Worth Central City project will provide numerous contracting opportunities both in the professional service and construction service sectors. The full extent and nature of these opportunities in terms of separate contracts can not be fully determined at this time, but will evolve as the project moves forward and begins to be implemented. An initial listing of potential Central City contracting opportunities has been developed to help inform various agencies and business of the professional and construction contract potential.

These potential opportunities are shown on the following table. It is intended to illustrate the diversity of contracting agencies, types of contracts, and possible approaches. A summary of the information provide is as follows.

Project Elements

The table is organized vertically by major project element and components as applicable. Major project elements include:

• Land preparation (property acquisition, relocation, HTRW, demolition)
• Infrastructure (bridges, roadways, utility relocation)
• Bypass channel, levees, retaining walls
• Pedestrian bridges
• Structures (flood isolation gates, storm water pump station, dam)
• Water feature (interior water feature, Marine Creek)
• Valley storage/ ecosystem mitigation

Contracting Agency

Contracting agencies are anticipated to include the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), City of Fort Worth (City), Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The contracting agency or agencies anticipated to have a role within a project element are identified with an "X".

Professional Service and A/E Opportunities

A/E opportunities are generally defined as professional services performed by consulting or specialty firms and may include the following:

• Survey (for property, design, construction)
• Geotechnical/drilling (for structural, environmental, geotechnical)
• Laboratory/ other services (for soil, groundwater, asbestos, etc.)
• Preliminary design (for civil, structural, hydraulic, drainage, utility, etc.)
• Design (for civil, structural, hydraulic, drainage, utility, etc.)
• Construction management (for roadways, bridges, utilities, excavation, etc.)

A preliminary estimate of the potential number of prime contract opportunities is provided. Potential A/E subcontract opportunities are not shown; however, it is anticipated that multiple opportunities will exist.

Construction Opportunities

Construction opportunities will consist of both prime and sub contracts. The type of construction opportunities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Excavation
• Demolition / recycling
• Concrete
• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Landscaping
• Utility
• HTRW

For each of the project tasks the type of construction opportunities which are anticipated to be available or indicated with an "X". The number of contracts by element will vary based on project schedule, contracting goals and other project requirements and cannot be estimated at this time.

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Contacts

For additional information, please contact the following:

City of Fort Worth: sundra.davis@fortworthgov.org
Tarrant Regional Water District: scate@trwd.com
Texas Department of Transportation: jrosson@dot.state.tx.us
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: carolyn.staten@usace.armry.mil

Acronyms and abbreviations:

CFW – City of Fort Worth
DBE – disadvantaged business enterprise
HBCU/MI – historically black colleges and minority institutions
HUB – historically under-utilized business (state)
HUBZone – historically under-utilized business (federal)
M/WBE – minority- and/or woman-owned business enterprise
NAWIC – National Association of Women in Construction
NCTRCA – North Central Texas Regional Certification Agency
S&V – Streams and Valleys, Inc.
SBA – Small Business Administration
SDB – small disadvantaged business
SDVO – service-disabled veteran-owned business
TC – Tarrant County
TRWD – Tarrant Regional Water District
TU – Trinity Uptown
TUCP – Texas Unified Certification Program
TRV – Trinity River Vision
USACE – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WBE – woman-owned business enterprise
8(a) – business development program for prime contracts