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School board approves slate of design firms for 2025 bond projects after debate over local participation
Summary
The Saint Tammany Parish School Board approved the screening committeerecommendations for architectural and design teams to handle 26 projects tied to the 2025 bond referendum after a 7-2-1 vote. Board members debated how the scoring rubric treated local firms and how workload and timelines will be managed across a multi-year program.
The Saint Tammany Parish School Board committee approved the screening and evaluation committeerecommendations to hire design teams for 26 capital projects tied to the 2025 bond referendum on Aug. 7, 2025, following extended discussion about the rubricand local firm participation.
The vote to accept the committeerecommendations passed, 7 yays, 2 nays and 1 abstention. The motion, made by Miss Moore and seconded by Miss Hanson, directed staff to proceed with contracting the highest-scoring firms and to use the listed second-place firms if any recommended firm cannot accept the work.
The committee recommended licensed architectural firms for each specific project after evaluating 45 submitted qualification statements. Miss Tipton, a staff member who presented the recommendations, said the RFQ was advertised beginning 05/28/2025 with a 07/01/2025 submittal deadline and that each of the 26 projects was scored separately, including criteria for key personnel, project experience, consultant qualifications and local experience. "These documents ultimately…
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