The Facilities Committee on July 24 reviewed and approved a qualifications ranking (an RFQ, not an RFP) for design-build teams to perform future HVAC improvements not funded by ESSER, and agreed to forward the rankings to the full board for final approval.
The ranking is a prequalification step: it does not include pricing and is intended to create an ordered list of vendors the district may negotiate with when funds become available. Dr. Anthony Garza (presenter) and Raymond Villalobos explained the process and said four vendors submitted statements of qualifications; the top-ranked firm on the committee’s matrix was E3 Integral Solutions.
Trustees asked why some firms that publicly advertise HVAC services did not submit for this RFQ; staff explained that the design-build RFQ requires in-house engineering and design capacity and that some contractors may not pursue design-build contracts. The committee approved forwarding the rankings to the board for action; staff will include the ranking results in the board packet on Tuesday.