Request for Qualifications: Cuyahoga River Navigation Channel Bulkhead Condition Assessment Services
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Cleveland, Ohio

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Directors that sealed Statements of Qualifications
(“SOQ”s) from qualified professional services firms will be received by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority for the following Project:

Cuyahoga River Navigation Channel
Bulkhead Condition Assessment Services

The selected professional services firm will perform the scope of services outlined in the SOQ documentation, which includes a comprehensive above and below the waterline bulkhead condition assessment along the Cuyahoga River federal navigation channel.

Statements will be received via email to the attention of Gabriella Eisel at Gabriella.eisel@portofcleveland.com until 4:00 p.m. local time on July 2nd, 2026.

SOQ documentation will be available and may be obtained via email request to
Gabriella.eisel@portofcleveland.com. Any future addenda will be posted on the Port’s website.

THE PORT AUTHORITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL
SUBMISSIONS, TO WAIVE ANY TECHNICALITIES, TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL INFORMATION,
AND TO OTHERWISE PROCEED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE PORT
AUTHORITY.

Statements will be evaluated and scored in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code and criteria within the SOQ documentation to determine the most qualified, responsive, and responsible professional services firm/team. The Port Authority may request interviews with firms following the submission of their SOQs. The Port Authority will negotiate a contract along with fair and reasonable compensation with the most highly ranked and qualified firm. If negotiations fail with the firm/team ranked most qualified, the Port Authority may elect to enter into negotiations with the firm/team ranked second most qualified and if negotiations again fail, the same procedure may be followed with each next most qualified firm/team selected and ranked in order of ranking until a contract is negotiated.

Any SOQ may be withdrawn or amended prior to the closing deadline. If any interested firm has questions, they should contact Gabriella Eisel, of the Port Authority, at 216-377-1341 or email
Gabriella.eisel@portofcleveland.com.

THE PORT AUTHORITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL AT ANY TIME FOR ANY
REASON THIS SOLICITATION AND TO REJECT ALL STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION. UNDER
NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL THE PORT AUTHORITY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS
INCURRED BY ANY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRM IN RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST FOR
STATEMENTS OF QUALIFICATION AND ANY SUBSEQUENT PHASES OF THIS EVALUTATION
AND NEGOTIATION PROCESS.

Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority
Jeff Epstein
President and CEO