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In this issue …                                                                                                                    Page           The Kansas Register is an official
                                                                                                                                                  publication of the state of Kansas,
Rates                                                                                                                                             published by authority of K.S.A.
   Pooled Money Investment Board                                                                                                                  75-430. The Kansas Register is pub-
                                                                                                                                                  lished weekly and a cumulative
     Notice of Investment Rates.....................................................................................................271           index is published annually by the
                                                                                                                                                  Kansas Secretary of State.
Notices
   City of Overland Park, Kansas                                                                                                                  © Kansas Secretary of State 2022.
                                                                                                                                                  Reproduction of the publication in
     Notice of Public Information Meeting for 91st Street Bike/Pedestrian                                                                         its entirety or for commercial pur-
       Trail Improvements..............................................................................................................271        poses is prohibited without prior
   Pittsburg State University                                                                                                                     permission. Official enactments of
     Notice of Intent to Sell Land...................................................................................................271          the Kansas Legislature and pro-
                                                                                                                                                  posed and adopted administrative
   Kansas State Board of Regents                                                                                                                  regulations of state agencies may
     Notice of Funding Availability for Kansas Nursing Programs.........................................271                                       be reproduced in any form without
   Kansas Housing Resources Corporation                                                                                                           permission.
     Notice of Annual Performance Report on the Kansas Consolidated Plan......................272                                                 Current and back issues of the Kan-
   Kansas Insurance Department                                                                                                                    sas Register (HTML and PDF Format)
     Notice of Changes in Exempt Commercial Purchaser Thresholds...................................272                                            can be found at https://www.sos.
                                                                                                                                                  ks.gov/publications/kansas-register.
   Kansas Department of Agriculture – Division of Conservation                                                                                    html.
     Notice to Contractors for Wet Walnut Creek Watershed Joint District No. 58
       Rehabilitation Project...........................................................................................................272
   Kansas Department of Administration – Office of Procurement and Contracts
     Notice to Bidders for State Purchase.....................................................................................272
   Kansas State Board of Regents Universities
     Notice to Bidders......................................................................................................................273
   Cimarron Valley Railroad
     Notice to Bidders for Locomotive Auxiliary Power Units.................................................273
   Kansas Department of Health and Environment
     Request for Comments on Chanute, Kansas Industrial Pretreatment
       Program Enforcement Response Plan Update..................................................................274
     Notice of Intent to Issue Permit for Waste Tire Collection Center....................................274
     Notice Concerning Water Pollution Control Permits and Applications..........................274
   Kansas Department of Transportation
     Request for Comments on STIP Amendment......................................................................276                                     Register Office:
     Notice to Contractors for March Letting Information........................................................276                                 1st Floor, Memorial Hall
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Bridge Replacement Project in Morris County.............278                                                           785-368-8095
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Bridge Replacement Project in Neosho County...........279                                                        kansasregister@ks.gov
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Bridge Replacement Project in Sumner County...........281
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Bridge Replacement
       Project in Rice County..........................................................................................................283
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Pavement
       Reconstruction Projects in Washington County...............................................................284
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Pavement
       Replacement Project in Chase County...............................................................................286
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing
       Projects in Brown and Doniphan Counties.......................................................................287
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing
       Projects in Douglas and Leavenworth Counties..............................................................288
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing
       Projects in Geary, Harper, Mitchell, and Morris Counties.............................................289
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing
       Projects in Jefferson and Leavenworth Counties..............................................................291                                    Published by
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing                                                                               Scott Schwab
       Project in Miami County......................................................................................................292                 Secretary of State
     Notice to Consulting Firms for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing                                                                         1st Floor, Memorial Hall
       Projects in Wabaunsee County............................................................................................293                      120 SW 10th Ave.
     Notice to Consulting Frims for Construction Inspection for Resurfacing                                                                          Topeka, KS 66612-1594
       Project in Wyandotte County..............................................................................................294                       785-296-4564
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Table of Contents/Rates/Notices                                                                                                                                                                       271
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   Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
    Request for Proposals for Wichita, Kansas Bailey Street Corridor Grade
      Crossing Improvement Project.................................................................................................................................................................. 295

Executive Branch
   Secretary of State
     Notice of Forfeiture for January.................................................................................................................................................................... 297

Legislative Branch
   Legislative Administrative Services
     Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced February 3-9...................................................................................................................... 298

Bonds
   City of Osawatomie, Kansas
     Summary Notice of Bond Sale...................................................................................................................................................................... 304

Index to administrative regulations..................................................................................................................................................... 305

State of Kansas                                                                                               To listen to the meeting by phone follow the directions
             Pooled Money Investment Board                                                                 on the above webpage.
                                                                                                              Please contact Brent Gerard, Civil Engineer, at the City
                        Notice of Investment Rates                                                         of Overland Park at 913-895-6193, if you have any ques-
                                                                                                           tions about the meeting.
  The following rates are published in accordance with                                                        If you need special accommodations for the meeting,
K.S.A. 75-4210. These rates and their uses are defined in                                                  call 913-895-6155 (Kansas Relay Service 1-800-766-3777).
K.S.A. 12-1675(b)(c)(d) and K.S.A. 12-1675a(g).                                                            Please give 48-hours notice.
                 Effective 2-14-22 through 2-20-22                                                            Si requière asistencia en español, favor de llamar a Ed
                Term                          Rate                                                         Reyes al 913-895-6047.
             1-89 days                       0.08%                                                                                                                       Jennifer Gilbert
              3 months                       0.34%                                                                                                                     Contract Specialist
              6 months                       0.66%                                                                                                              Public Works Department
             12 months                       1.01%                                                         Doc. No. 049845
             18 months                       1.26%
               2 years                       1.42%                                                         State of Kansas
                                                                     Scott Miller                                               Pittsburg State University
                                                        Director of Investments
Doc. No. 049833                                                                                                                    Notice of Intent to Sell Land
               (Published in the Kansas Register February 17, 2022.)                                          Public notice is hereby given, pursuant to K.S.A. 75-
                                                                                                           430a(d), that Pittsburg State University intends to sell
               City of Overland Park, Kansas                                                               land adjacent to its main campus in Pittsburg, Kansas.
                                                                                                           The university intends to sell approximately 0.52 acres
              Notice of Public Information Meeting                                                         located at the corner of Ford and Joplin. Further informa-
  The City of Overland Park, Kansas will be conducting                                                     tion is available by contacting Office of Administration
a Zoom public information meeting, regarding the 91st                                                      and Finance, Pittsburg State University, 205 Russ Hall,
Street Bike/Pedestrian Trail Improvements project, at 5:30                                                 1701 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762.
p.m. Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The main focus of the                                                                                                         Douglas Ball
meeting will be to introduce the contractor and go over the                                                                       CFO and Vice President for Administration
anticipated construction schedule for the project.                                                         Doc. No. 049743
  The Zoom public meeting information can be found on
the Park Improvements webpage at https://www.opkansas.                                                     State of Kansas
org/recreation-fun/parks-trails/park-improvements.
                                                                                                                                          Board of Regents
Instructions for Using the Online Virtual Meeting Tool
  To view and listen to the electronic meeting online us-                                                                        Notice of Funding Availability
ing a device connected to the Internet:
                                                                                                              The Kansas Board of Regents will be seeking applica-
   • Type the Zoom link found on the above webpage                                                         tions from accredited Kansas nursing programs, with a
     into your browser                                                                                     Request for Proposals available February 10, 2022. This
   • You may be required to download the Zoom app to                                                       funding supports nursing faculty and laboratory supplies
     your device. (Downloading Zoom is free of charge)                                                     with a focus on student success. The term of the grant pe-
   • You may also be asked to enter your name and your                                                     riod is from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. Informa-
     email address.                                                                                                                                                                         (continued)

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tion and application materials will be available at https://            penditures of at least $37,385,350, except that
www.kansasregents.org/workforce_development/the_                        this amount shall be adjusted every five years
kansas_nursing_initiative February 10, 2022.                            by publication in the Kansas register by the com-
                                     April Henry, Director              missioner of insurance to account for the per-
                                   Workforce Development                centage change in the consumer price index; or
Doc. No. 049848                                                      5. [unchanged] is a municipality with a population
                                                                        in excess of 50,000 persons.
State of Kansas                                                  Any questions should be directed to the Insurance De-
             Housing Resources Corporation                     partment at 785-296-7811.
                                                                                                            Vicki Schmidt
               Notice of Annual Performance                                                       Insurance Commissioner
           Report on the Kansas Consolidated Plan              Doc. No. 049836
   The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation will pub-
lish a preliminary draft of the Annual Performance Re-         State of Kansas
port on the Kansas Consolidated Plan for community                               Department of Agriculture
and housing development for program year 2021. The                               Division of Conservation
Annual Performance Report on the 2021 Kansas Con-
solidated Plan will be available for public review and                               Notice to Contractors
comment March 4 through March 21, 2022. The Annu-
al Performance Report will be available online at http://      Name and Location of Project
www.kshousingcorp.org, beginning March 4, 2022.                  Rehabilitation of Wet Walnut Creek WJD #58 Site 153
Limited hard copies of the Annual Performance Report           located four miles south of Alexander, Kansas in the
are available through the Kansas Housing Resources             SW/4 16-19S-20W in Rush County.
Corporation, 611 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 300, Topeka, KS         Bid Opening Date and Location
66603; phone 785-217-2001; fax 785-232-8073; email info@         Sealed bids will be received by the Wet Walnut Creek
kshousingcorp.org.                                             Watershed Joint District #58, 300 W. K-4 Hwy., PO Box
                                            Ryan Vincent       207, LaCrosse, KS 67548, until 4:00 p.m. (CST) March 22,
                                        Executive Director     2022. Any bids received after the specified time will not
Doc. No. 049840                                                be considered.
                                                               Description
State of Kansas                                                  Site 153: Installation of 135.7 linear feet of 15” diameter
                      Insurance Department                     continuous interior pipe liner on existing watershed dam.
                                                               Contract Documents
                  Notice of Changes in Exempt                     Copies of the contract documents are on file at the of-
                Commercial Purchaser Thresholds                fice of the Wet Walnut Creek Watershed Joint District
  Pursuant to K.S.A. 40-246i, the Commissioner of Insur-       #58, 300 W. K-4 Hwy., PO Box 207, LaCrosse, KS 67548;
ance is publishing notice that the thresholds for exempt-      phone 785-222-2812.
ed commercial purchasers are updated as follows:                  For any questions pertaining to the project listed above,
   • K.S.A. 40-246i(a) “Exempt commercial purchaser”           please contact Hakim Saadi, P.E., Watershed Program
     means any person purchasing commercial insur-             Manager at 785-291-3099 or hakim.saadi@ks.gov.
     ance that, at the time of placement, meets the fol-                                                      Andrew Lyon
     lowing requirements:                                                                                 Executive Director
     1. [updated] Possesses a net worth in excess of           Doc. No. 049844
        $22,661,900, except that this amount shall be
        adjusted every five years by publication in the        State of Kansas
        Kansas register by the commissioner of insur-                   Department of Administration
        ance to account for the percentage change in the
        consumer price index;                                         Office of Procurement and Contracts
     2. [updated] generates annual revenues in excess                                 Notice to Bidders
        of $62,308,917, except that this amount shall be
        adjusted every five years by publication in the           Sealed bids for items listed will be received by the Of-
        Kansas register by the commissioner of insur-          fice of Procurement and Contracts until 2:00 p.m. on the
        ance to account for the percentage change in the       date indicated. For more information, call 785-296-2376.
        consumer price index;                                     All bids are to be submitted via email only to
     3. [unchanged] employs more than 500 full-time or         procurement@ks.gov. For more information, please visit
        full-time-equivalent employees per insured enti-       https://admin.ks.gov/docs/default-source/ofpm/procure-
        ty or is a member of an affiliated group employ-       ment-contracts/bid-submission-via-email-12-7-2020.pdf.
        ing more than 1,000 employees in the aggregate;        02/24/2022         EVT0008391    Tactical Boots
     4. [updated] is a not-for-profit organization or          02/28/2022         EVT0008406    Dispersant and Surfactant
        public entity generating annual budgeted ex-           03/07/2022         EVT0008407    Janitorial Services – Fort Scott

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03/09/2022 EVT0008405           Aggregate – East Central Area     Financial Services/Purchasing, 2323 Anderson Ave., Kan-
03/10/2022 EVT0008408           Glen Elder Parcel A-D Permits     sas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506.
03/23/2022 EVT0008409           Alcohol Beverage Control
		                              System                               Pittsburg State University – Bid postings: https://www.
03/29/2022 EVT0008399           Web-Based Solicitation Tool       pittstate.edu/office/purchasing. Additional contact infor-
04/29/2022 EVT0008410           Rest Area Maintenance –           mation: phone: 620-235-4169, email: sburke@pittstate.edu.
		                              District 6                        Mailing address: Pittsburg State University, Purchasing
  The above referenced bid documents can be down-                 Office, 1701 S. Broadway, Pittsburg, KS 66762.
loaded at the following website:                                     University of Kansas – Electronic bid postings: http://
https://supplier.sok.ks.gov/psc/sokfsprdsup/SUPPLIER/             www.procurement.ku.edu. Due to Covid-19, the Univer-
ERP/c/SCP_PUBLIC_MENU_FL.SCP_PUB_BID_CMP_                         sity of Kansas will not be accepting paper bids until fur-
                         FL.GBL                                   ther notice. Additional contact information: phone: 785-
                                                                  864-5800, email: purchasing@ku.edu.
   Additional files may be located at the following web-
site (please monitor this website on a regular basis for             University of Kansas Medical Center – Electronic bid
any changes/addenda):                                             postings: http://www.kumc.edu/finance/purchasing/bid-
                                                                  opportunities.html. Additional contact information:
http://admin.ks.gov/offices/procurement-and-contracts/            phone: 913-588-1117, email: hunkemoore@kumc.edu.
          additional-files-for-bid-solicitations                  Mailing address: University of Kansas Medical Center,
03/10/2022 A-014343         OFPM; Kansas Judicial Building –      Purchasing Department, Mail Stop 2034, 3901 Rainbow
		                          Window Replacement–3rd Floor          Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160.
		                          Ph. 1
                                                                     Wichita State University – Bid postings: http://www.
  Information regarding prequalification, projects, and           wichita.edu/purchasing. Additional contact information:
bid documents can be obtained at 785-296-8899 or http://          phone: 316-978-3080, fax: 316-978-3738, email: purchasing.
admin.ks.gov/offices/ofpm/dcc.                                    office@wichita.edu. Mailing address: Wichita State Uni-
                                   Richard Beattie, Director      versity, Office of Purchasing, 1845 Fairmount Ave., Cam-
                      Office of Procurement and Contracts         pus Box 38, Wichita, KS 67260-0038.
Doc. No. 049846                                                                                             Kathy Herrman
                                                                                        Chair of Regents Purchasing Group
State of Kansas                                                                                         Purchasing Director
            Board of Regents Universities                                                         Fort Hays State University
                                                                  Doc. No. 049784
                     Notice to Bidders
                                                                              (Published in the Kansas Register February 17, 2022.)
   The universities of the Kansas Board of Regents encour-
age interested vendors to visit the various universities’                           Cimarron Valley Railroad
purchasing offices’ websites for a listing of all transactions,
including construction projects, for which the universities’                                Notice to Bidders
purchasing offices, or one of the consortia commonly uti-           The Cimarron Valley Railroad is seeking bids for sev-
lized by the universities, are seeking information, com-          en (7) Locomotive Auxiliary Power Units (APUs). KDOT
petitive bids, or proposals. The referenced construction          Project No. RA-1641-22, Agreement No. 320-21.
projects may include project delivery construction pro-             The APU must be an EPA Smart Way Verified product
curement act projects pursuant to K.S.A. 76-7,125 et seq.         that has demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing loco-
  Emporia State University – Bid postings: https://www.           motive idling.
emporia.edu/about-emporia-state-university/business-                The APU must be able to:
office/purchasing. Additional contact information: phone:           • Heat and circulate locomotive engine cooling water
620-341-5137, email: purchaseorders@emporia.edu. Mail-              • Heat and circulate locomotive engine lube oil
ing address: Emporia State University Purchasing, Cam-              • Charge the locomotive batteries
pus Box 4021, 1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, KS 66801.                  • Have its own diesel engine and require no other
  Fort Hays State University – Electronic bid post-                     power source
ings: http://www.fhsu.edu/purchasing/bids. Additional               • Come equipped with an installation kit
contact information: phone: 785- 628-4251, fax: 785-628-            • Have instructions for installation
4046, email: purchasing@fhsu.edu. Mailing address: Fort             • Be capable of reporting operating status to a WiTro-
Hays State University Purchasing Office, 601 Park St.,                  nix communication system
Sheridan Hall 318, Hays, KS 67601.                                  The APU must have a maximum overall height of 36”
  Kansas State University – Bid postings: https://dfs.            or less.
ksucloud.net/rfq. All bids must be submitted via Kan-               Please submit bids to Nathan Carlson at NCarlson@
sas State University’s Vendor Bid Submission Secure               Jag-Transport.com.
File Upload portal, https://www.k-state.edu/finsvcs/                                                       Nathan Carlson
purchasing/bidsubmission.html.     Additional contact                                               Director of Mechanical
information: phone: 785-532-6214, fax: 785-532-5577,                                                 Jaguar Rail Transport
email: kspurch@k-state.edu. Mailing address: Division of          Doc. No. 049837

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State of Kansas                                                       action, is available for public review until March 18, 2022,
     Department of Health and Environment                             during normal business hours, Monday through Friday,
                                                                      at the following location:
                          Request for Comments                          Office of Sedgwick County Environmental
   The City of Chanute, Kansas is in the process of updat-              Resources & HHW
ing their Industrial Pretreatment Program, Enforcement                  1144 S. Seneca
Response Plan (ERP). A copy of the proposed modifica-                   Wichita, KS 67213
tions may be obtained from the City Manager’s Office,                   Contact: Susan Erlenwein, Director
101 S. Lincoln, Chanute, Kansas, during regular working                 316-660-7205
hours. The city can also be contacted by calling 620-431-               Additionally, the application form with primary per-
5200 for more information.                                            mit information is available for public viewing on the
   Any comments or hearing requests should be directed                KDHE Bureau of Waste Management website at https://
to the city’s designated EPA pretreatment coordinator,                www.kdhe.ks.gov/676/Solid-Waste-Public-Notices.
David Pratt, Life Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection              Anyone wishing to comment on the draft permit infor-
Agency, Region 7, Water Division, Permits and Loans                   mation should submit written statements postmarked no
Branch, 11201 Renner Blvd., Lenexa, KS 66219, phone                   later than March 18, 2022, to Emery Wiens at the follow-
913-551-7552 or via email at pratt.david@epa.gov.                     ing address:
   If no substantive comments or requests for a hearing
                                                                        Kansas Department of Health and Environment
are received within 30 days of this notice, the requested
                                                                        Bureau of Waste Management
modifications may be implemented by the City of Chan-
                                                                        1000 SW Jackson, Suite 320
ute, without further change.
                                                                        Topeka, KS 66612
   If public comments are received, the persons who sub-
mitted comments or participated in the public hearing, if               After consideration of all comments received, the di-
held, will be notified directly by the EPA of the approval            rector of the Division of Environment will make a final
or disapproval of the program modifications. The EPA’s                decision on whether to issue the permit. Notice of the
decision will also be circulated in the same newspaper                decision will be given to anyone who submitted written
as the original notice was posted. In either case, a final            comments during the comment period and to those who
decision of approval will be granted by the EPA within                requested notice of the final permit decision.
90 days following closure of the public comments period.                                                             Janet Stanek
                                                       Janet Stanek                                              Acting Secretary
                                                   Acting Secretary   Doc. No. 049835
Doc. No. 049841
                                                                      State of Kansas
State of Kansas                                                           Department of Health and Environment
     Department of Health and Environment
                                                                              Notice Concerning Kansas/Federal Water
                                   Public Notice                             Pollution Control Permits and Applications
  The Kansas Department of Health and Environment                        In accordance with Kansas Administrative Regula-
(KDHE) has reviewed an application from Waste Con-                    tions 28-16-57a through 63, 28-18-1 through 17, 28-18a-1
nections of Kansas, Inc., for a permit to establish and               through 31 and 33, 28-16-150 through 154, 28-46-7, and
operate a waste tire collection center. Waste tires will be           the authority vested with the state by the administrator
collected on-site, as a part of the existing transfer station         of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, various
operations, then separated by being on rims or not. Tires             draft water pollution control documents (permits, notic-
will be placed in two separate roll-off containers, which             es to revoke and reissue, notices to terminate) have been
will be taken to a waste tire processor approximately                 prepared and/or permit applications have been received
every thirty days. A maximum of 800 Passenger Tire                    for discharges to waters of the United States and the state
Equivalents (PTEs) will be allowed on-site, according to              of Kansas for the class of discharges described below.
their proposed Facility Operating Plan (1 PTE = 20 lbs. of               The proposed actions concerning the draft documents
whole or processed tires).                                            are based on staff review, applying the appropriate stan-
  The Collection Center will be located in the SE ¼ of                dards, regulations, and effluent limitations of the state
Section 26, Township 26S, Range 1W, in Sedgwick Coun-                 of Kansas and the Environmental Protection Agency.
ty, at the address of 4300 W, 37th St. North, Wichita, Kan-           The final action will result in a Federal National Pollut-
sas. KDHE has reviewed the application and found it to                ant Discharge Elimination System Authorization and/or
be in conformance with state solid waste statutes and                 a Kansas Water Pollution Control permit being issued,
regulations.                                                          subject to certain conditions, revocation, and reissuance
  KDHE is providing public notice of its intent to issue              of the designated permit or termination of the designated
a permit to Waste Connections of Kansas, Inc, for the                 permit.
proposed waste tire collection center described herein.
A copy of the administrative record, which includes the                                 Public Notice No. KS-AG-22-054
draft permit and all information regarding this permit                    Pending Permits for Confined Feeding Facilities

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Name and Address          Legal Description        Receiving Water               solids, pH, and E. coli, as well as monitoring for ammonia, chlorides,
of Applicant                                                                     nitrate + nitrite, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total nitrogen, total phospho-
                                                                                 rus, and selenium.
Lane County Feeders,      SW/4 of Section 01 &     Upper Arkansas
  LLC                     SE/4 of Section 02 &     River Basin                 Name and Address          Receiving Stream          Type of Discharge
16 W Rd. 230              NE/4 & W/2 of                                        of Applicant
Dighton, KS 67839         Section 11 &
                          NW/4 of Section 12                                   Hardtner, City of         Driftwood Creek           Treated Domestic
                          T17S, R29W                                           PO Box 217                                          Wastewater
                          Lane County                                          Hardtner, KS 67057
State Permit No. A-UALE-C004                                                   Kansas Permit No. M-AR39-OO02
Federal Permit No. KS0115177                                                   Federal Permit No. KS0081086
The proposed action is to approve an update to the Nutrient Manage-            Legal Description: NE¼, SW¼, SW¼, S8, T35S, R12W, Barber
  ment Plan (NMP) received for this existing facility currently permit-          County, Kansas
  ted for 70,000 head (70,000 animal units) of cattle weighing greater         The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for an
  than 700 pounds. The facility’s NMP was updated to include the                 existing facility. This facility is a three-cell wastewater stabilization
  addition of a land application field and less-limiting rate limitation         lagoon system. The proposed permit contains limits for biochemical
  changes to three fields. There are no changes to the permit or in the          oxygen demand, total suspended solids, and pH, as well as monitor-
  permitted number of animal units. Only the updated portions of the             ing for ammonia and E. coli.
  Nutrient Management Plan are subject to comment. This facility has
  an approved Nutrient Management Plan on file with KDHE.                      Name and Address          Receiving Stream          Type of Discharge
                                                                               of Applicant

             Public Notice No. KS-Q-22-008/012                                 Harshman                  Verdigris River via       Process Wastewater
                                                                                 Construction, LLC       Unnamed Tributary
  The requirements of the draft permit public noticed                          1648 F.P. Rd.
below are pursuant to the Kansas Surface Water Quali-                          Cedar Point, KS 66843
ty Standards, K.A.R. 28-16-28(b-g), and Federal Surface                        Kansas Permit No. I-VE38-PO01
Water Criteria.                                                                Federal Permit No. KS0098906

Name and Address          Receiving Stream         Type of Discharge           Legal Description: S7 & S8, T23S, R13E, Greenwood County, Kansas
of Applicant                                                                   Facility Name: Hilltop Quarry
Arlington, City of        North Fork               Treated Domestic            The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for an
PO Box 377                Ninnescah River          Wastewater                    existing facility. This facility is a limestone quarrying and crushing
Arlington, KS 67514                                                              operation with no washing. Outfall 001A consists of stormwater run-
Kansas Permit No. M-AR07-OO01                                                    off and Outfall 002A consists of quarry pit water that is occasionally
Federal Permit No. KS0049760                                                     pumped from the quarry pit, when needed. The proposed permit
                                                                                 contains generic language to protect the waters of the State.
Legal Description: NE¼, NW¼, NE¼, S14, T25S, R8W, Reno
  County, Kansas                                                               Name and Address          Receiving Stream          Type of Discharge
                                                                               of Applicant
Facility Location: 16401 W. Irish Creek Rd., Reno County, KS
                                                                               Haviland, City of         Lost Lake via             Treated Domestic
The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for           PO Box 264                Unnamed Tributary         Wastewater
  an existing facility. This facility is a three-cell wastewater stabili-      Haviland, KS
  zation lagoon system. This NPDES discharging lagoon wastewater                 67059-0264
  treatment facility has been reviewed for eligibility for the MDV for
  ammonia and has been determined to be eligible. Eligibility was de-          Kansas Permit No. M-AR42-OO01
  termined through analysis of the facility’s highest attainable crite-        Federal Permit No. KS0027839
  ria (HAC) for ammonia and an Economic Eligibility Determination              Legal Description: SE¼, SW¼, NE¼, S8, T28S, R16W, Kiowa
  (EED) that assessed the impact of the cost of a new mechanical facil-          County, Kansas
  ity to the community’s rate payers. The ammonia effluent limit was
  determined on 8/12/2021 by calculating the 99th percentile ammonia           The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for
  value from the facility’s discharge monitoring reports resulting in an         an existing facility. This facility is a two-cell wastewater stabilization
  ammonia limit of 4.3 mg/L for this facility. The EED was completed             lagoon system. The proposed permit includes a schedule of compli-
  on 11/18/2021. The proposed permit contains limits for biochemical             ance for the facility to submit a preliminary engineering report, in
  oxygen demand, total suspended solids, pH, and ammonia, as well                order to secure funding for improvements in order to meet final am-
  as monitoring for E. coli and total phosphorus.                                monia limits. The proposed permit contains limits for biochemical
                                                                                 oxygen demand, total suspended solids, ammonia, and E. coli, as
Name and Address          Receiving Stream         Type of Discharge             well as monitoring for pH, and water level in final cell.
of Applicant
Hutchinson, City of       Arkansas River           Treated Domestic
PO Box 1567                                        Wastewater                    Persons wishing to comment on or object to the draft
Hutchinson, KS                                                                 documents and/or permit applications must submit their
Kansas Permit No. M-AR49-OO01                                                  comments in writing to the Kansas Department of Health
Federal Permit No. KS0080586                                                   and Environment (KDHE) if they wish to have the com-
Legal Description: SW¼, SW¼, SW¼, S9, T23S, R6W, Reno                          ments or objections considered in the decision-making
  County, Kansas                                                               process. All written comments regarding the draft doc-
Facility Name: Fun Valley Wastewater Treatment Lagoons                         uments, application or registration notices received on
The proposed action is to reissue an existing State/NPDES permit for an        or before March 19, 2022, will be considered in the for-
  existing facility. This facility consists of ten septic tank systems and a   mulation of the final determination regarding this public
  two-cell wastewater stabilization lagoon system. The proposed per-           notice. Please refer to the appropriate Kansas document
  mit contains limits for biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended                                                                            (continued)

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number (KS-AG-22-054, KS-Q-22-008/012) and name of              amendment, contact KDOT’s Division of Program and
the applicant/permittee when preparing comments.                Project Management, 2nd Floor Tower, 700 SW Harrison,
   All comments received will be responded to at the            Topeka, KS 66603-3754; phone 785-296-3254.
time the Secretary of Health and Environment issues a             This information is available in alternative accessi-
determination regarding final agency action on each             ble formats. To obtain an alternative format, contact
draft document/application. If response to any draft doc-       the KDOT Office of Public Affairs, 785-296-3585 (Voice/
ument/application indicates significant public interest, a      Hearing Impaired–711).
public hearing may be held in conformance with K.A.R.             The comment period regarding the STIP amendment
28-16-61 (28-46-21 for UIC). A request for public hearing       for these projects will conclude March 2nd, 2022.
must be submitted in writing and shall state the nature                                                        Julie Lorenz
of the issues proposed to be raised during the hearing.                                                           Secretary
   Comments or objections for agricultural related draft        Doc. No. 049838
documents, permit applications, registrations or actions
should be submitted to the attention of Paige Drury,            State of Kansas
Livestock Waste Management Section at the KDHE, Bu-
reau of Environmental Field Services (BEFS), 1000 SW                        Department of Transportation
Jackson, Suite 430, Topeka, KS 66612. Comments or ob-
                                                                                   Notice to Contractors
jections for all other proposed permits or actions should
be sent to Michael Beezhold at the KDHE, Bureau of Wa-             Electronic copies of the letting proposals and plans are
ter, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612.          available on the Kansas Department of Transportation
   All draft documents/applications and the supporting          (KDOT) website at https://kdotapp.ksdot.org/Proposal/
information including any comments received are on file         Proposal.aspx. The website will allow the contractor to
and may be inspected at the offices of the KDHE. For ag-        request approval from KDOT to bid as a prime contrac-
ricultural related draft documents or applications an ap-       tor and be included on the “Bid Holders List,” or to be in-
pointment can be scheduled, or copies requested by con-         cluded on the “Non-Bid Holders List” as a subcontractor/
tacting Rachel Hammond at 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite            supplier. KDOT’s approval is required to bid as a prime
430, Topeka, KS 66612, telephone 785-296-6432 or email          contractor. To bid as a prime contractor, KDOT needs to
at kdhe.feedlots@ks.gov. For all other proposed permits         be notified of the intent to bid no later than the close of
or actions an appointment can be scheduled, or copies           business on the Monday preceding the scheduled letting
requested by contacting Christopher Zwiener, Bureau of          date. Failure to obtain prior approval to bid as a prime
Water, 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612,        contractor on any projects listed below will be reason to
telephone 785-296-3056 or email at Christopher.Zwiener@         reject your bid. The Secretary reserves the right to reject
ks.gov. These documents are available upon request at the       bids that do not comply with all requirements for prepar-
copying cost assessed by KDHE. Application information          ing a bidding proposal as specified in the 2015 edition of
and components of plans and specifications for all new and      the Kansas Department of Transportation Standard Speci-
expanding swine facilities are available at https://www.        fications for State Road and Bridge Construction.
kdhe.ks.gov/436/Livestock-Waste-Management-Section.                KDOT will only accept electronic internet proposals
Division of Environment offices are open from 8:00 a.m.         using the Bid Express website at http://www.bidx.com
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.        until 1:00 p.m. (CST) March 16, 2022. The KDOT bid
                                                                letting will be conducted remotely by audio broadcast
                                                 Janet Stanek   ONLY at 3:00 p.m. (CST) Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
                                             Acting Secretary   To join the conference call, dial 866-620-7326 and enter
Doc. No. 049842
                                                                conference code 5895748207. KDOT has tested the pro-
                                                                cess, but in the event of an unforeseen issue, KDOT will
State of Kansas
                                                                provide updates.
               Department of Transportation                        Each bidder shall certify that such person, firm, associ-
                                                                ation, or corporation has not, either directly or indirect-
                          Request for Comments                  ly, entered into any agreement, participated in any col-
   The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT)               lusion, or otherwise taken any action in restraint of free
requests comments on the amendment of the Statewide             competitive bidding in connection with the submitted
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) FY 22-25.             bid. This certification shall be in the form of a required
The comprehensive list of projects being amended to the         contract provision provided by the state to each prospec-
STIP may be viewed online at http://www.ksdot.org/              tive bidder. Failure to complete the required contract
bureaus/burProgProjMgmt/stip/stip.asp. The project list         provision and certify the completeness of the preceding
includes projects for counties, cities, and projects on the     statement when electronically signing the proposal will
state highway system. In addition to this list of projects      make the bid nonresponsive and not eligible for award
is Administrative Narrative Modification #3 for updates         consideration.
made to the Project Selection Criteria and Federal Lands
and Tribal Transportation Programs narrative sections of                          District One – Northeast
the STIP.                                                         Johnson – 56-46 KA-6246-01 – US-56, from the start of
   The amendment of the STIP requires a public com-             curbs in west Gardner northeast to N. Sycamore Street,
ment period of 14 days. To make comment on this STIP            milling and overlay, 0.9 mile. (Federal Funds)

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   Johnson – 56-46 KA-6370-01 – US-56, ramps at the US-           Geary – 31 TE-0495-01 – 8th Street from Eisenhower
56/I-35/W. 175th Street interchange to include unnamed         Drive to Garfield Street, Garfield Street from 7th Street
road from southbound ramps to W. 175th Street in Gard-         to 8th Street, and 7th Street from Garfield Street to K-57
ner, overlay. (Federal Funds)                                  highway in Junction City, pedestrian and bicycle paths,
   Pottawatomie – 75 TE-0501-01 – Green Valley Road,           0.5 mile. (Federal Funds)
from US-24 to Eagles Landing Drive; pedestrian bridge             Saline – 85 C-5061-01 – Simpson Road from Magno-
located north of Elk Creek Road; and a crossing located        lia Road to Crawford Street, grading, 2.0 miles. (Federal
at Hunter’s Drive, pedestrian and bicycle paths, 0.5 mile.     Funds)
(Federal Funds)                                                   Saline – 143-85 KA-3940-01 – K-143, bridge #104 over
   Shawnee – 70-89 KA-1266-06 – I-70 Polk/Quincy Via-          the Saline River Drainage located 2.62 miles north of I-70
duct from Topeka Boulevard to Kansas Avenue in Tope-           and bridge #103 over the Saline River Drainage located at
ka, special, 0.3 mile. (Federal Funds)                         the K-143/E. Granville Road intersection, bridge replace-
   Shawnee – 4-89 KA-6127-01 – K-4, bridge #231 over           ment. (Federal Funds)
the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railroad and the
Shunganunga Creek located 0.71 mile north of the north                         District Three – Northwest
US-40/K-4 junction, bridge repair. (Federal Funds)               Graham – 283-33 KA-6418-01 – US-283, from Prout
   Shawnee – 75-89 KA-6128-01 – US-75, bridges #206
                                                               Street in Hill City to the Graham/Norton County line,
and #207 over Topeka Boulevard (Old Highway 75) lo-
                                                               milling and overlay, 13.5 miles. (Federal Funds)
cated 2.53 miles and 2.54 miles respectively, north of
                                                                 Graham – 24-33 KA-6419-01 – US-24, from the east city
the Osage/Shawnee County line, bridge repair. (Federal
                                                               limits of Hill City to the US-24/K-18 junction, milling and
Funds)
                                                               overlay, 8.2 miles. (Federal Funds)
   Shawnee – 4-89 KA-6244-01 – K-4, from the Wabaun-
see/Shawnee County line to the K-4/I-70 junction, milling        Osborne – 181-71 KA-3938-01 – K-181, bridge #042
and overlay, 12.1 miles. (Federal Funds)                       over Twin Creek located 6 miles south of US-24, bridge
   Shawnee – 24-89 KA-6393-01 – US-24, from 550 feet           replacement. (Federal Funds)
west of N.W. Rochester Road east to 1,130 feet east of           Phillips – 36-74 KA-6002-01 – US-36, at 10 locations be-
N.W. Rochester Road in Topeka, milling and overlay, 0.3        ginning 0.57 mile east of E. 300 Road east to 0.27 mile east
mile. (Federal Funds)                                          of E. 1000 Road, guard fence, 6.7 miles. (Federal Funds)
   Wabaunsee – 30-99 KA-6245-01 – K-30, from the                 Rooks – 82 K-1659-07 – From 1.83 miles south of the
K-30/I-70 junction to the city limits of Maple Hill, milling   US-24/ Webster State Park Road entrance north to the US-
and overlay, 2.0 miles. (Federal Funds)                        24/Webster State Park Road entrance, state park road, 1.8
   Wyandotte – 670-105 KA-5495-02 – I-670, approximate-        miles. (State Funds)
ly 580 feet east of the I-70/I-670 junction to approximate-      Rooks – 258-82 KA-6379-01 – K-258, from beginning of
ly 634 feet west of the Wyandotte County/Missouri state        route to end of route at the US-24/K-258 junction, milling
line, lighting, 1.4 miles. (Federal Funds)                     and overlay, 3.5 miles. (State Funds)
   Wyandotte – 73-105 KA-5498-01 – US-73, US-73/K-7              Russell – 281-84 KA-2370-03 – US-281, from Land
junction and Hollingsworth Road on the Wyandotte/              Road north to the US-281/K-18 junction, grading and sur-
Leavenworth County line, intersection improvement.             facing, 12.0 miles. (Federal Funds)
(Federal Funds)
   Wyandotte – 70-105 KA-6086-01 – I-70, bridge #152                            District Four – Southeast
(over I-635 northbound) located at the I-70/I-635 Inter-          Bourbon – 69-6 KA-5563-01 – US-69 and intersection
change, bridge redeck. (Federal Funds)                         of 3rd, 6th, 12th, and 25th Streets in Fort Scott, traffic sig-
   Wyandotte – 70-105 KA-6369-01 – I-70, from S. 78th          nals, 2.0 miles. (Federal Funds)
Street east 4 miles to the west I-70/ I-635 interchange ap-       Chautauqua – 166B-10 KA-4997-01 – US-166B, bridge
proach; from 0.5 mile east of the I-70 bridge over Kaw         #009 over Deer Creek, bridge replacement. (Federal
Drive east to the west S.18th Street bridge approach; and      Funds)
from the I-70/I-670 split east to the west Lewis and Clark        Cherokee – 11 KA-6371-01 – US-69 (Military Avenue),
Viaduct bridge, milling and overlay, 6.4 miles. (Federal       from the south city limits of Baxter Springs to the north
Funds)                                                         city limits of Baxter Springs and US-166 (12th Street),
                                                               from the west city limits of Baxter Springs east to the
              District Two – North Central                     east city limits of Baxter Springs, milling and overlay, 4.4
  Dickinson – 70-21 KA-6406-01 – I-70, from approxi-           miles. (State Funds)
mately 1,843 feet east of the I-70/K-206 junction east to         Franklin – 68-30 KA-6329-01 – K-68, from the Franklin/
the Dickinson/Geary County line, patching and overlay,         Osage County line to the west city limits of Ottawa, mill-
2.9 miles. (Federal Funds)                                     ing and overlay, 12.3 miles. (Federal Funds)
  Geary – 40B3-31 KA-3952-01 – US-40B3, bridge #035               Miami – 61 N-0709-01 – Metcalf Road from W. 287th
(over the Union Pacific Railroad and Monroe Street) lo-        Street to S. 2nd Street in Louisburg, grading and surfac-
cated approximately 1,214 feet east of US-77B in Junction      ing, 0.9 mile. (Federal Funds)
City, bridge replacement. (Federal Funds)                         Osage – 68-70 KA-6328-01 – K-68, from the K-68/K-268
  Geary – 70-31 KA-6278-01 – I-70, from 0.64 mile east         junction to the Osage/Franklin County line, milling and
of the I-70/K-57 junction to the Geary/Riley County line,      overlay, 1.0 mile. (State Funds)
pavement patching, 15.5 miles. (Federal Funds)                                                                         (continued)

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                     District Five – South Central                                         BR#030; Replacement; Existing length: 112.4 feet,
                                                                              KA-6507-01    roadway width: 44 feet; Existing structure is an
  Sedgwick – 87 N-0717-01 – Academy Avenue from S.                                                             RCSH.
Cathey Street to Maize Road in Maize, grading and sur-
facing, 0.6 mile. (Federal Funds)                                           Anticipated Consultant Scope
                                                                              KDOT anticipates the following to be included in the
                         District Six – Southwest                           consultant’s scope: Survey services, preliminary de-
  Meade – 54-60 KA-6130-01 – US-54, bridges #031 and                        sign services through field check, and environmental
#032 over Crooked Creek located 6.1 miles and 7.7 miles                     documentation preparation (permitting). No discovery
respectively, northeast of the US-54/ US-160 junction,                      phase services will be required. Final design services
bridge repair. (Federal Funds)                                              may be added at a later date and at KDOT Secretary’s
                                                                            discretion.
                                                             Julie Lorenz     Current expectations for consultant scope are detailed
                                                                Secretary   below. The scope included herein may not be all-inclu-
Doc. No. 049839
                                                                            sive. A scoping meeting will take place after consultant
                                                                            selection is made.
State of Kansas
                                                                            Project Management
               Department of Transportation                                   • Develop and communicate Project Management
                                                                                 Plan and Quality Assurance Plan.
                      Notice to Consulting Firms
                                                                              • Perform quality control checks according to Quality
  The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is                              Assurance Plan.
seeking a qualified consulting firm or team of firms to                       • Provide electronic plan files compliant with KDOT
perform professional services for the project(s) described                       Graphic Standards Manual, including CAD confor-
in Table 1 below. Interested consultants must email a pro-                       mance checks and ControlCAD indexed DGN files
posal to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by 12:00 p.m.                               with ProjectWise attributes.
(CST) February 25, 2022, to be considered for selection.                      • Provide construction cost estimates at major project
Consultant Prequalification                                                      milestones.
   Interested consulting firms must be prequalified by                      Survey and Right of Way
KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in catego-                       • Provide a full survey including structures in the
ry(s): Interested consulting firms must be prequalified                         existing right of way. The deliverables shall incor-
by KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in the                           porate the full project including the roadway and
following Categories: 212 Highway Design–Minor Facil-                           bridge surveys and will be provided in the Kansas
ity; 222 Standard Span Bridge Design; 231 Traffic Control                       Regional Coordinate System.
Analysis and Design; 301 Land Surveying; 302 Engineer-                       • Establish and determine impacts to right of way
ing Surveying; and 401 Landscape Seeding and Erosion                            and utilities.
Control.                                                                    Road Design
   If a firm is not currently prequalified by KDOT, a pro-                   • Develop plans to field check.
posal may still be submitted. Firms not prequalified must                    • Perform roadway geometric design, drainage de-
also provide documentation that demonstrates the firm is                        sign, and roadside safety analysis.
qualified for each specified category listed in this notice                  • Visit the project site location.
for the project. Firms must use the KDOT prequalification
form to provide this documentation. KDOT 1050 Prequal-                      Bridge Design
ification Category Definitions (Blue Book) can be found at                    • The consultant will propose and evaluate different
http://www.ksdot.org/descons.asp. Consultants may cre-                          framing layouts for review and acceptance by the
ate a team to meet the prequalification requirements. All                       KDOT Bridge Office. Focus shall be to minimize
firms doing business with KDOT must be registered and                           disruption to the site and facilitate efficient con-
in good standing under the laws of the State of Kansas at                       struction to minimize closure of US-56.
the time of contracting and must comply with applicable                       • The proposed structure will need to match the exist-
state and federal laws, rules, and regulations.                                 ing structure’s geometry (vertical, horizontal, and
                                                                                cross-slope).
                 Table 1: Background and Scope of Project
                                                                              • Develop preliminary plans to field check.
Project Number                     Background and Scope of Project
                                                                            Traffic Engineering
                         This project is the replacement of the Big Johns
    KA-6507-01          Creek bridge (BR#030) which is located 1.93 miles
                                                                              • Development of Traffic Management Plan, includ-
                                    east of east Junction City.                  ing coordination with the local government and
                                                                                 KDOT District 2.
                            Table 2: Project Summary                          • Develop permanent signing and pavement marking
Project Number              Route and Scope            Roadway Scope             plans.
                                056-064            Roadway scope will be      • Develop Traffic Control Plans.
    KA-6507-01
                          Bridge Replacement            limited.            Activities to be performed by KDOT include:
 Project Number
                                   Structure BR#, Structure Scope,           • Environmental services, including lead paint test-
                                       Structure Size and Type
                                                                                 ing and permit application.

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    ◦ Note: Technical data to support these activities                               For key personnel to be assigned to the project
       will be required from the consultant immediate-                               provide names, office location, qualifications,
                                                                                     education, training, and expertise. Identify their
       ly after field check.                                          Qualifications
                                                                                     area(s) of responsibility and percent of their time
  • Utility coordination, if required.                               and Experience
                                                                                     dedicated to the project. List work for which
  • Geotechnical services including soil investigations,                             you do not have in-house capability and name
    bridge foundation geology, pavement field investi-                               the firm you propose to subcontract with.
                                                                                     Describe team’s past performance with
    gation and design, and surfacing recommendations                                 respect to ability to meet project schedules;
Anticipated Schedule and Key Dates                                                   quality of work; and ability to control costs
                                                                    Past Performance
                                                                                     on similar transportation projects, especially
 1. Proposals are due by or before 12:00 p.m. (CST) Feb-                             those performed for KDOT. Include three
    ruary 25, 2022                                                                   references and contact information.
 2. The program fiscal year for this project is FY 2026             Familiarity with
                                                                                     Describe team’s familiarity with KDOT’s
    (July 2025–June 2026).                                                           design process and standards. Describe
                                                                       KDOT and
                                                                                     familiarity with the project area and any
 3. Other important dates:                                             Project Area
                                                                                     identified special site conditions.
    a. Survey Complete: July 28, 2022                                                  Table 4: Evaluation Factors
    b. Plans to Materials and Research: December 30,
                                                                                         Evaluation Factor                            Weight
       2022
                                                                    Qualifications and experience of project manager and
    c. Field Check: October 2, 2023                                 other key project team members proposed for services
                                                                                                                                        20%
    d. Plans Complete on or before May 19, 2025                     Past performance history for similar projects/services
                                                                                                                                        20%
                                                                    for KDOT
Instructions for Proposal
                                                                    Commitment to meet advertised schedule                              20%
  1. No cost or pricing information shall be submitted              Approach to quality control                                         20%
     with the proposal. Proposals including cost or pric-           Understanding of KDOT Technical Policies                            10%
     ing information will be considered non-responsive              Demonstrated understanding of nature and scope of project           10%
     and withdrawn from further consideration.
  2. The consultant’s proposal must not exceed four                 Contract Terms and Conditions
     pages total (including any cover letter, index, etc.)            A standard KDOT agreement for engineering and
  3. A PDF (2MB maximum size) of the proposal must                  technical services will be used for professional services
     be emailed to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by                   projects. The following special attachments will need to
     the proposal due date and time.                                be provided by the selected consultant and all subconsul-
  4. The subject line of the email and the PDF file name            tants with the signed work order following negotiations
     must read:                                                     and will become attachments to the contract.
     a. “KA-6507-01–Replace BR030 on US-56 in Morris                  • Special Attachment No. 8 (“Tax Clearance Certificate”)
        Co_FIRM NAME”                                                 • Special Attachment No. 10 (“Policy Regarding Sex-
  5. The proposal must be accompanied by Special At-                    ual Harassment”)
     tachments No. 8 (“Tax Clearance Certificate”) and              Questions
     No. 10 (“Policy Regarding Sexual Harassment”). If                All questions regarding this request for proposals shall
     you need a Tax Clearance Certificate, you can request          be emailed to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov.
     one at https://www.ksrevenue.gov/taxclearance.                   Questions can be submitted until February 18, 2022;
     html. Allow 2-3 business days for processing.                  answers will be provided to all prequalified consultants
  6. The outline in Table 3 below describes the expected            on February 21, 2022.
     proposal organization and content sections.                                         Marcia Turner, P.E., Contract Manager
  7. Table 4 lists the evaluation criteria and associated                                  Division of Engineering and Design
     weights which will be used to make a selection.                Doc. No. 049826
                    Table 3: Proposal Content
                                                                    State of Kansas
     Section                    Description of Intent
  Cover Letter    1 Page                                                        Department of Transportation
                 Demonstrate a unique approach to accomplish
                 the design efficiently and to a high standard.
                                                                                      Notice to Consulting Firms
Project Approach
                 Include cost-effective and optimized solutions       The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is
                 to address the anticipated improvements in
                 the design. Include unique qualifications or
                                                                    seeking a qualified consulting firm or team of firms to
                 experience related to the project approach.        perform professional services for the project(s) described
                                                                    in Table 1 below. Interested consultants must email a pro-
                  Describe the approach to accomplish the
  Approach to     scope of services within the schedule
                                                                    posal to KDOT.DesignContracts@ks.gov by 12:00 p.m.
   Schedule       requirements. Include anticipated key             (CST) February 25, 2022, to be considered for selection.
                  milestone dates and availability of staff.
                                                                    Consultant Prequalification
                 Describe methods or procedures your firm             Interested consulting firms must be prequalified by
  Approach to    will use to provide all drawings, reports          KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in catego-
 Quality Control and other services with professional
                 quality and technical accuracy.
                                                                    ry(s): Interested consulting firms must be prequalified
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by KDOT or otherwise demonstrate qualification in the                           • Perform roadway geometric design, drainage de-
following Categories: 211 Highway Design–Major Facil-                             sign, interchange analysis, and roadside safety
ity; 221 Non-Standard Span Bridge Design; 231 Traffic                             analysis.
Control Analysis and Design; 301 Land Surveying; 302                            • Visit the project site location.
Engineering Surveying; 336 Right of Way Services; and                         Survey and Right of Way
401 Landscape Seeding and Erosion Control.                                     • Provide a full engineering and land survey includ-
   If a firm is not currently prequalified by KDOT, a                             ing structures in the existing right of way. The deliv-
proposal may still be submitted. Firms not prequalified                           erables shall incorporate the full project including
must also provide documentation that demonstrates
                                                                                  the roadway and bridge surveys and will be provid-
the firm is qualified for each specified category listed
                                                                                  ed in the Kansas Regional Coordinate System.
in this notice for the project. Firms must use the KDOT
                                                                               • Establish and determine impacts to right of way
prequalification form to provide this documentation.
                                                                                  and utilities.
KDOT 1050 Prequalification category definitions (Blue
                                                                               • Based upon consultant’s field survey data and his-
Book) can be found at http://www.ksdot.org/descons.
                                                                                  torical KDOT project information, consultant shall
asp. Consultants may create a team to meet the prequal-
                                                                                  establish and compile into a right of way strip map
ification requirements. All firms doing business with
                                                                                  the positions and locations of the existing highway
KDOT must be registered and in good standing under
                                                                                  right of way and property lines for the ownership
the laws of the State of Kansas at the time of contract-
                                                                                  adjacent thereto. Consultant shall perform these
ing and must comply with applicable state and federal
                                                                                  activities using coordinate geometry and Bentley
laws, rules, and regulations.
                                                                                  Open Site Designer.
                 Table 1: Background and Scope of Project                      • Visit the project site location.
Project Number                     Background and Scope of Project
                                                                              Bridge Design
                          This project is for the replacement of the US-59
    KA-6510-01            bridge over the Little Canville Creek in Neosho
                                                                                • Develop preliminary plans to pre-field check (con-
                                                County.                           tour map, construction layout, and typical section)
                                                                                  for replacement of Bridge 067-0008 carrying US-59
                            Table 2: Project Summary                              over the Little Canville Creek, including hydrau-
Project Number Route and Scope               Length (mi) Project Termini          lic analysis and completed Hydraulic Assessment
                                                            Appropriate           Checklist.
                            059-067                                               ◦ Due to the non-redundant nature of the existing
                                                           approach work
    KA-6510-01          Bridge approach,          0.2
                       roadside, drainage
                                                           on both sides of           bridge, the proposed bridge cannot be built us-
                                                             the bridge.              ing phased construction.
                                   Structure BR#, Structure Scope,              • Develop preliminary plans to field check.
 Project Number
                                       Structure Size and Type
                                                                                • Develop pre-office check plans (Bridge Structural
                        BR#0008; Replacement; Existing Length: 138.5 feet;        Details and Load Rating Model).
    KA-6510-01
                                         Type RDGH
                                                                                • Develop office check plans.
Anticipated Consultant Scope                                                    • Develop final plans for construction.
  KDOT anticipates the following to be included in the                        Traffic Engineering
consultant’s scope: Survey services; discovery phase                            • Develop Traffic Control Plans: This project will re-
services; right of way services; preliminary design ser-                            quire a shoofly detour to carry traffic around con-
vices through field check; environmental documentation                              struction.
preparation (permitting); final design services; and 3D                         • Coordination with the local government and
electronic deliverables preparation.                                                KDOT Office.
  Current expectations for consultant scope are detailed                        • Develop permanent signing and pavement mark-
below. The scope included herein may not be all-inclu-                              ing plans.
sive. A scoping meeting will take place after consultant
selection is made.                                                            Activities to be performed by KDOT include:
                                                                               • Environmental services, including lead paint test-
Project Management                                                                 ing and permit application
  • Develop and communicate Project Management                                     ◦ Note: Technical data to support these activities
     Plan and Quality Assurance Plan.                                                 will be required from the consultant immediate-
  • Perform quality control checks according to Quality                               ly after field check.
     Assurance Plan.                                                           • Permits will include NPDES – Storm Water Runoff
  • Provide electronic plan files compliant with KDOT                              Permit in which KDOT will require from consultant:
     Graphic Standards Manual, including CAD confor-                               ◦ Total project site area in acres
     mance checks and ControlCAD indexed DGN files                                 ◦ Total disturbed area in acres (from Seeding
     with ProjectWise attributes.                                                     Plans)
  • Provide bi-annual construction cost estimates and                              ◦ Impervious area in square feet (existing and pro-
     at major project milestones.                                                     posed)
Road Design                                                                        ◦ Above information needs to be provided by con-
 • Develop preliminary plans to field check.                                          sultant (90) days prior to letting
 • Develop final plans for construction.                                       • Utility coordination, if required.

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