Title
Orland Square Mall Stormwater Management, Design Engineering, Contract Award Recommendation
History
RFP #25-068 - Orland Square Mall Stormwater Management, Design Engineering was issued on December 5, 2025 to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced engineering firms to provide design engineering services for stormwater management improvements at Orland Square Mall. The entire Orland Square Mall property as well as the surrounding outlots are currently served by the detention basin at the southeast corner of the property.
The detention basin was originally permitted and built in 1975. As properties around the mall continue to develop and/or redevelop, it is anticipated that incremental detention storage and volume control will be needed to meet the current Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD) Watershed Management Ordinance (WMO) requirements.
The scope of work includes the analysis of the existing drainage, identification of additional detention and volume control needs under assumed development conditions, and a design of a stormwater management system to accommodate future needs to the maximum extent practicable. It is anticipated that this will include an underground detention system in the former Sears parking lot. It is also anticipated that this can accommodate up to six outlots may be built around the mall building.
Eleven engineering consultants submitted a response to the RFP:
1. HR Green, Inc. - $96,130.00
2. Spaceco, Inc. - $98,760.00
3. Farnsworth Group, Inc. - $100,500.00
4. Engineering Resource Associates, Inc. - $105,000.00
5. V3 Companies, Ltd. - $112,280.00
6. Baxter & Woodman, Inc. - $120,055.00
7. Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. - $132,590.00
8. MeritCorp Group, LLC - $148,800.00
9. Fehr Graham - $175,000.00
10. Terra Engineering, Ltd. - $175,000.00
11. Valdes Architecture and Engineering - $219,325.00
The selection committee reviewed and ranked the RFP responses based on the following selection criteria d...
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