The County of Monterey Resource Management Agency, hereinafter referred to as "County", is soliciting for qualifications from licensed Architectural firms with the intent to award and contract with one firm, hereinafter referred to as "CONTRACTOR", to provide Schematic Design through completion of construction of the Jail Housing Addition Project. In general this shall include support and design services during the Schematic Design Phase, Design Development Phase, Construction Document Phase, Bidding and Construction Phase. The services shall include but are not limited to: preparation of design documents at each phase, draft specifications, final construction specifications, cost estimating for each phase, design schedule development, permitting, verifying project compliance with Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) standards requirements, submittals and meetings with County and/or BSCC. Reports and submittals shall be in a form and inclusive of information satisfactory to County and BSCC for project reimbursement and project auditing purposes.
Due to existing site constraints it is mandatory that the existing jail remain in operation during the phased building program of the new Jail Housing Addition. The selected CONTRACTOR shall be required to provide phased construction documents to minimize disruption to the present operations of County's Sheriff's Department.
This solicitation is intended for a single, exclusive AGREEMENT. The term shall be effective upon execution of the AGREEMENT and shall remain in effect until project completion which is estimated to occur in June of 2018.
Interested firms must meet ALL of the following qualification requirements in order to be considered by County:
CONTRACTOR shall have a minimum of ten (10) years experience leading and controlling the design and construction of correctional projects. Experience shall be in the State of California with prisons or local community jails of similar size to this projectg AND
CONTRACTOR shall have ten (10) years experience with direct contact with the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA), Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations (CDCR) and California State Fire Marshal (CSFM)g AND
CONTRACTOR shall have under its employment at least one full-time LEED Accredited professional who will be assigned to work on this project.